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U4L10 CyberSecurity (Vocab (Antivirus Software (Software that keeps a…
U4L10 CyberSecurity
Vocab
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DDoS Attack
Usually a virus installed on a lot of computers that then activate at the same time and overwhelm the target.
Firewall
software that is on servers (often routers) that only lets only specific things to pass depending on security rules
Phishing Scam
a thief trying to get your username and password to access your personal information by tricking you
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Recent Attacks
DDoS Attack
On February 28th,2018 GitHub was the victim of a DDoS attack.GitHub is a popular source code website and after the attack, it was offline for 5 minutes and took almost a week to recover. In the attack, it faced 1.3 Tbps of traffic. https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/08/largest-ddos-attack.html
Data Breach
On the 22nd and 23rd of March 2019 CapitalOne, a bank holding company was the victim of a data breach.The data was exposed by a hacker and 160 million records were breached. Information exposed included names, addresses, ZIP codes, phone numbers, email addresses, birthdates and self-reported income, customer credit scores, credit limits, balances, payment history, and contact information. https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-emerging-threats-2019-data-breaches.html
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