CYBER SECURITY

Cyber security is the practice of defending computers, servers,

mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from
malicious attacks. It’s also known as information technology
security or electronic information security.

A cyber attack is an assault launched by cybercriminals using

one or more computers against a single or multiple computers
or networks. A cyber attack can maliciously disable computers,
steal data, or use a breached computer as a launch point for
other attacks
TYPES OF CYBER ATTACKS
• Phishing
• Man-in-the-middle attack
• Denial-of-service attack.
• SQL injection
• Zero-day exploit
• DNS Tunneling
• Zero day exploit
• Cryptojacking
• Pasword attack
 PREVENTION FROM CYBER ATTACKS
•Avoiding malicious downloads done by mistake.
•Avoiding malicious installs done by mistake.
•Preventing from being a victim to Man In The Middle
Attack.
•Protection from phishing.
•Protection from damage that trojan horses may cause.
Some Trojan Horses are built in a way that the
majority of the code is for doing useful and seemingly
innocent things while a small portion does something
nasty like acting as a backdoor or escalating
privileges.
•Use strong password
•Never share your Aadhar/PAN number(In India) with anyone
whom you do not know/trust.
•Never share your SSN(In US) with anyone whom you do not
know/trust.
•Do not post sensitive data on social networking sites.