Companies are at risk for many different types of cyber-crime and attacks, including:
- Data Breaches: Unauthorized access to or theft of corporate or customer data.
- Ransomware Attacks: Malware that encrypts an organization’s data, with attackers demanding a ransom to provide the decryption key.
- Phishing Scams: Fraudulent communication that tricks individuals into providing sensitive data or installing malware.
- Denial of Service (DoS) or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks: Overwhelming a system’s resources to make it unavailable to users.
- Malware Attacks: Malicious software designed to disrupt, damage or gain unauthorized access to a computer system or network.
- Social Engineering Attacks: Manipulating individuals into breaking normal security procedures to gain unauthorized access to systems or data.
- Cyber Extortion: Threats to attack a company’s digital assets or release sensitive information unless a ransom is paid.
Some of the most common cyberattacks involve compromised user credentials. User credentials may be stolen as part of a larger data breach or through installed malware such as key loggers. Users can….
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