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Malware and Threats
These articles cover various types of malware and cyber threats.
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Brute Force Attacks
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. While this classic adage is meant to help motivate people to push past failure, it can also be unofficially considered the motto of brute force attacks. A brute force attack is “a hacking method that uses trial and error to crack passwords, login credentials, and encryption
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Man-In-The-Middle Attacks
Have you ever wondered if someone was listening in on your conversation while in public? While this may be known as eavesdropping in the real world, this sort of action has a different name in the realm of cybersecurity: a man-in-the-middle attack. A man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack is one in which the hacker “may try to
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All About Trojan Horses
The classic tale of the Trojan Horse is a prime example that not everything is as it seems upon first glance, and this lesson extends to the malware of the same name.
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Tailgating: More Than a Pregame Party
Not all cyber threats require a computer or technology, despite what one would assume. Tailgating is a type of attack that aims to circumvent physical security measures in order to compromise cybersecurity.
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What is Shoulder Surfing?
While some cyber threats can be complex and require a bit of know-how to perform, there is one type of cyber threat, shoulder surfing, that is an extremely easy type of attack that can be performed by anyone, regardless of age or technological skill.
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Smishing: A Text You Should Not Answer
Have you ever received a text from a shipping company, bank, or service provider urging you to click on a link? Well, you likely received a smishing message.
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Keyloggers: Spying on Your Keyboard
There are many different ways in which cybercriminals and hackers try to steal our personal information, but there is a particular method to stealing data that is both dangerous and much more discrete: a keylogger.
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What is a Virus?
“My computer has a virus!” is a very common phrase that people say when their technology fails. It is important to know what a virus is, how it works, and how to remove one if your computer becomes infected.
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Worms: Creepy-Crawly Computer Compromisers
There are many types of computer malware within the world, each with their own capabilities and purpose. One such type of malware is a worm. While their pink, earth-loving namesakes may be mostly innocent, computer worms are anything but. Much like the animal, computer worms are able to burrow deep into a network and can be difficult to contain.
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Malvertising: Eye-Catching Danger
Malvertisement is a way that hackers attempt to steal your personal information or even infect your machine with malware simply using online advertisements.
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Social Engineering: Targeting the Human, not the Machine
There are many types of attacks that threat actors and hackers perform in order to gain unauthorized access into a system. One such attack is known as a Social Engineering attack, which targets the user instead of the computer.
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Don’t Click! The Look Who Died Scam
Another type of scam has been circulating social media as of late, which has been dubbed the “Look Who Died” Scam. Whatever you do, don’t click the link!
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