Cyber security attacks are the type of actions that are designed to destroy, steal, modify, or disable information through unauthorized access to computer systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Globally, India in 2021 was among the top three nations that experienced the most server access & ransomware attacks. While the attackers can launch campaigns with the advent of network-based ransomware worms & this is possible without human intervention, according to says Cisco Annual Cybersecurity Report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of the time, the attackers aimed to cause economic destruction. But, recently attackers’ goal has shifted to destructing the data. And yes! There are numerous types of attacks. Here, we\u2019ve listed the 7 most common types of cyber attacks. Have a quick peek below-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Phishing is a type of attack that involves fraudulent communications, mostly through emails to unsuspecting users, & appears to be coming from a reliable or trustworthy source. In this way, attackers attempt to grab sensitive information like financial information or user-base information from the target. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The name \u2018Phishing\u2019 has its roots in the word \u2018fishing\u2019, where the attackers use the trustworthy senders\u2019 names as bait to access forbidden & confidential information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t be surprised to know that about 83% of organizations in India saw a <\/strong>rise in phishing attacks during the pandemic 2020-21<\/strong>, according to the ‘Phishing Insights 2021’ by Sophos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DOS attacks intend to shut down a targeted computer or network while making it inaccessible to its intended users. Also, these attacks work by flooding the target with huge traffic, or by sending information to the target that triggers a crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When more than one computer or network is used to flood\/attack a targeted resource then such an attack is known as Distributed denial-of-service(DDoS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The recent DDoS attacks found by Researchers from Qihoo 360 are through the \u2018Gargantuan botnet<\/em>\u2019 – a new botnet with more than 10,000 infected devices, literally capable of launching DDoS attacks left, right & center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You\u2019d have heard of it earlier or understood just by the name. Password hacking are an easy way to gain access to confidential & critical data or systems. We all are well aware of the fact that passwords are the most widespread method of authentication. But did you wonder what\u2019s deep in it? Let\u2019s see –<\/p>\n\n\n\n Password attackers use social engineering skills. They\u2019d sometimes test the network connection to obtain unencrypted passwords or gain access to the database of passwords. And, needless to mention, sometimes they\u2019d simply guess the passwords. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are two mainstream classifications in Password Attacks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCyber Security Attack #2: Denial-of-Service (DOS)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Cyber Security Attack #3: Password Attack <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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