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THREATS - Coggle Diagram
THREATS
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ransomware- This is malware that interferes with a user's operation of a computer unless a sum of money is paid.
viruses-a virus is a computer program that is hidden within another program. The virus code is only run when the host program is executed.
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Trogans- these are users tricked into installing under the pretence. Some of them are just annoying.
spyware- this comes packaged with other software. It gathers other information about a user and sends it to the criminal such as passwords and other login details.
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brutal force attacks- this is where a hacker attempts to crack a password by systematically trying different combinations of letters and numbers until he finds it.
denial of service attacks- these are designed to bring down servers or websites by flooding them with superfluous bogus requests such as repeated attempts to login
the concept of SQL injection- many websites use databases to store the details of users. structured query language is used to search these databases,