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intro to system security (cyber attacks (you can be black mailed into…
intro to system security
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What is System Security
System security is what keeps your devise safe, is could be a program such as Mcafee that will stop, get rid of and / or quarantine threats so that nothing happens to your valuable data.
What Is A Cyber Attack
A Cyber attack is when someone hacks into your computer using coding and / or virus software such as malware to steal money and authentication details to accounts such as bank and others to steal data.
A cyber attack is when someone is trying to gain unauthorized access to a computer or device for something beneficial
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Methods Of Cyber Attack
Social Engineering
Social Engineering is were the person trying to pursue the threat using some other form besides a computer, to obtain your authentication details.
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phishing
Phishing is were a person creates a fake email (usually), pretending to be your bank account or a website you have signed up for. They then make a situation that is believable and tell you to click on a link to 'fix' the 'problem'. The information you put into the website that was linked, is then sent to the person who made the email / threat
Brute Force Attack
Brute Force attack is when a person uses software that guesses every possible password for an account belonging to someone. So that the person can gain authentication to that persons account.
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Denial Of Service Attack
This is were, in a network the file server gets overwhelmed as somewhere in the network a device is uploading malicious malware onto the server. This is usually done in a group as it is guaranteed to be more successful.
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Data Inception
Using code to intercept and redirect a conversation or otherwise to pretend to be someone else and talk to a person over text as such to get their information by pretending to be who they were talking to before.
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