Types of attacks
How to be more secure
100

when attackers attempt to trick users into doing 'the wrong thing', such as clicking a bad link that will download malware, or direct them to a dodgy website

What is Phishing?

100

These should be changed at least once every year to protect your information

What are passwords?

200

Any offensive maneuver that targets computer information systems, computer networks, infrastructures, personal computer devices, or smartphones.

What is hacking?

200

This service hides your IP address when traversing the internet

What is a VPN?

300

An attack that prevents access of service by flooding the servers with requests

What is a DDOS?

300

These are rules and regulations organizations and businesses have in place to ensure protection of its data

What are organizational policies?

400

In this attack a perpetrator gets in the middle of communication to eavesdrop or impersonate

What is a Man-In-The-Middle attack?

400
You should always have this feature enable to ensure your device is up to date without needing to keep an eye on it

What are automatic updates?

500

This attack consists of insertion or “injection” of code via the input data from the client to the application

What is an SQL injection attack?


500

You should be mindful of these types of networks when it comes to cyber security

What are public Wi-Fi networks?