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chapter 11, Security Defences - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Phishing emails often use generic greetings like “Dear Customer” or “Dear User”.
      - This shows it was auto-sent, not personal.
      - Some may use your correct name but get other details (e.g. job, country) wrong. : :
      - These are signs the message could be a scam.
  - - - The email or message seems to come from a
      - fake sender or from an address or contact that
      - does not match the supposed source. Fake
      - senders usually use email accounts from free
      - providers such as Gmail and Yahoo or from sites
      - that misspell the names of legitimate sites. On
      - chat platforms, their usernames may be made
      - up of random letters and numbers
  - - - Always verify by calling the official contact if unsure.
      - Legit banks/companies don’t ask for such info via email or chat.
      - They ask for personal or sensitive info.
      - Phishing messages may pretend to be from a bank or company.
- - - - Protection from unauthorised access.
    - - Ability to access the data in a timely and uninterrupted fashion.
    - - Protection from unauthorised modification.
- - - - is a type of malicious software known as malware
        
        installs itself without users knowledge
        
        displays unwanted advertisements
    - - physical
        
        Data corruption due to not ejecting storage device properly
        before physical removal
        
        Data corruption due to exposure of storage media to
        physical impact or extreme temperatures
      - non physical
        
        overwriting data due to multiple users being on one platforms
        
        daqta corruption due to incorrect entry
    - - Spyware is a type of hidden malware that secretly collects personal data and information about its user and transmits the information to attackers without users knowledge
    - - use of emails and fake messages
        
        posing as reputable companies to steal personal data
    - - small piece of data stored by web browser
        
        not malicious
        
        needed to keep track of authentication information
    - - The interception of requests sent from a computer to a legitimate website and there direction of those requests to a fake website to steal personal data