As cyber-attacks
are on a continuous rise they have resulted in being one of the major threats to
the world. Since 2008 there has never been much concern given about the
imminent threat of cyber-attacks but the steady and rapid evolution of time and
technology has changed it. It is a major wake up call to the various existing
companies and organisation to secure themselves as well as their customers to
not fall victim to such attacks.
Therefore
in order to comprehend different ways through which an attacker might resort to
for hacking into an organisation, here’s an overview of some of the most common
types of attacks seen today:
- MALWARE
Alluding
to the different types of harmful software, for example, viruses and
ransomware. Once the malware enters the computer system it is more than capable
of causing quite havoc. From taking control of the PC to observing your
activities, to quietly sending a wide range of classified information from your
PC or system to the attacker's home base.
Attackers
will utilize a miscellany of techniques to get the malware into your PC;
however at some stage it regularly requires the user to make a move to install
the malware. This can incorporate clicking a link to download a document, or
opening an attachment that may look safe but in reality it has a malware
installer hidden inside.
- PHISHING
At the
point when an attacker needs the user to install the malware or unveil any
sensitive data, they frequently resort to phishing attacks, an attacker may
send you an email that will appear to be rather legitimate, it will contain an
attachment to open or a link to click. When you do so it'll thereby install
malware in your computer. There is likewise a probability that the link will
connect you to a website that appears quite legitimate and requests you to sign
in, in order to access a critical document—with the exception of the website
actually being a trap used to capture your credentials when you attempt to sign
in.
When the
attacker specifically focuses on a specific site's users it settles on
Cross-Site Scripting attack. The attack includes infusing malignant code into a
site; however for this situation the site itself isn't being attacked. Rather,
the pernicious code the assailant has infused just keeps running in the user's
program when they visit the infected site, and it pursues the user directly and
not the site.
Cross-webpage
scripting attacks can altogether harm a website's notoriety by setting the
users' data in danger without any sign that anything pernicious even happened.
Any sensitive data a user sends to the website, for example, their
qualifications, credit card information, or other private information—can be
captured by means of cross-site scripting without the site owners acknowledging
there was even an issue in the first place.
- CREDENTIAL REUSE
When it
comes to credentials, variety is always essential. Users today however have so
many logins and passwords to remember from that it's very tempting to reuse
some of them to make life somewhat less demanding. Now despite the fact that it
is suggested that you have interesting passwords for every one of your
applications and sites, numerous individuals still reuse their passwords which
unfortunately is a fact that attackers heavily rely upon. Once these attackers
have a compilation of these usernames and passwords from an already breached
site, they then utilize these same credentials on different sites where there's
a shot they'll have the chance to sign in.
This
nonetheless, is only a small selection of some very common attack types and
methods as likewise with the advancement in time and innovation, new techniques
will be developed by attackers. The users however are advised to be aware of
such attacks and fundamentally try at enhancing their available security.
