COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
TYPES OF THREATS AND ATTACKS
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Question
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You receive an email from your bank, telling you that your account has been compromised and you need to validate your account details or else your account will be closed. you are supposed to click a link to validate your information. What is this an example of?
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a security breach at your bank that needs to be resolved
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spam
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ransomware
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Phishing
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Trojan horse: A destructive program that pretends to be a useful application, but harms your computer or steals your information after it’s installed.
Detailed explanation-2: -A phishing email or message can deliver ransomware, steal valuable data, obtain user credentials, and initiate wire transfers. Phishing is valuable. A successful phishing scheme can help criminals steal large sums of money and valuable data. People aren’t good at stopping them.
Detailed explanation-3: -Threat 1: Tailgating. Threat 2: Theft of documents. Threat 3: Unaccounted visitors. Threat 4: Stolen identification. Threat 5: Social engineering. Measure, mitigate and monitor your organisation’s human cyber risk.
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