Types of online threats

• Phishing


  An email sent from an internet criminal disguised as an email from a legitimate trustworthy source. The message is meant to lure you into revealing sensitive or confidential information
• Pharming


  A malicious website that resembles legitimate website used to gather usernames and passwords
• Internet scam


  • A type of scam that misleads the user in many ways attempting to take lead of them
  • The purpose of this scam is to cheat the target of their personal property directly rather than private information through fabricated promises confidence tricks and many more
• Internet bots


  • A network of zombie computers that have been taken over by a robot or bought that performs large scale malicious acts for the creator of the botnet
  • Captcha technology is used to avoid this type of security threat
• Malware


  Generic term for spyware and adware. It is a malicious software disguised as real software often secretly installed intended to transfer and gather private information like passwords without the user's permission.
• Types of malware

  • Adware - a type of malware that automatically delivers advertisements
  • Spyware - a type of malware that functions by spying on user activity without their knowledge
• Virus and worm


  • Virus is a program designed to replicate by attaching itself into other computer programs data files or the boot sector of the hard drive
  • Worm can be injected into a network by any types of means like a usb stick or an email attachment
• Computer bug


  • A malfunction in a computer system through its runtime
  • The term bug originated to the most found on the mark ii by grace hopper that caused a system of function
• Cyberstalking


  The use of the internet or other electronic device to harass or stalk individuals group or organization
• Cyberbullying


  The act of tormenting threatening harassing or embarrassing another person using the internet or other technologies
• Spam


  An unsolicited email instant messages or social media messages. These messages are fairly easy to spot and can be damaging if you open or respond
• Spoofing


  Describes a criminal who impersonates another individual or organization, with the intent to gather personal or business information