Common Types of Malware Attacks
Permanently block access to the victim's personal data unless a ransom is paid.
What is Ransomware?
An online scam where criminals send alluring emails to an organization, user, and more to collect sensitive information.
What is Phishing?
A network security system that monitors and controls network traffic
What is a Firewall?
A type of malware that is secretly installed on a victims device to spy on them and gather their sensitive information.
What is Spyware?
Type of social engineering attack wherein scammers make false promises to lure users into revealing personal information or installing malware on their system.
What is Baiting?
Type of software that prevents, detects, and quarantines malicious programs.
Unwanted or malicious advertising installed on an endpoint
What is Adware?
A type of social engineering conducted specifically through SMS messages.
What is SMS-phishing?
A form of scrambling information that prevents unauthorized parties from accessing or manipulating said information.
What is Encryption?
This type of Malware pretends to be innocent, but is in fact malicious.
What are Trojans?
A physical breach where an attacker gains access to a physical facility by asking the person entering ahead of them to hold the door or grant them access.
The process of making a copy of system data in order to recover the system in case of system failure.
What is a Backup?