Causing several damages to finance, reputation, and business continuity, cybersecurity threats have become pervasive and are upending every facet of the digital realm. In the present cyber world, no business is safe due to the often fear of confidential data leakage, critical assets to malicious attacks, and others.
A cybersecurity threat is a deliberate attempt to gain unauthorized access to any other individual’s or organization’s network.
Sorts of Cyber Security Threat
- Malware: Defined as malicious software, Malware is the most common type of cyberattack consisting of spyware, ransomware, viruses, and others that get downloaded in the system when the person clicks on an email or link.
- Phishing: Phishing is carried out by fake communication like emails, SMS, and others that tricks people to share sensitive information.
- Man-in-the-middle attack: Man-in-the-middle attack is a type of cyber threat that takes place between two-party communication.
- SQL injection: SQL stands for Structured Query Language injection attack that occurs when cybercriminals access the database via uploading malicious SQL scripts.
- Denial of service: Under the denial of service attack the systems are flooded with massive traffic which leads to the unfulfillment of legitimate requests.
