COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
TYPES OF COMPUTER SECURITY
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Hacker
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Hacktivist
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Vulnerability Broker
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Phisher
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hacktivists are typically politically motivated and often hack into businesses and government systems to promote or spur social change. Sometimes referred to as “hackers with a cause, ” these individuals steal confidential information to expose or disrupt their target’s operations.
Detailed explanation-2: -A hacktivist is a hacker activist, someone who attacks computer systems for political reasons. “Hacktivism” is hacking activism.
Detailed explanation-3: -A Man-in-the-Middle Attack (MITM) is also known as an eavesdropping attack. In this attack, an attacker comes in between a two-party communication, i.e., the attacker hijacks the session between a client and host. By doing so, hackers steal and manipulate data.