Threats

Since technology has become so advanced, it’s also become easier to hack and plant certain viruses in your personal device that can cause multiple problems, which may altogether cause you to get another device. The top three threats that are included with Cyber Security, those three threats are: Cybercrime, Cyber-attack, and Cyberterrorism. Cybercrime has single actors, or group actors that target certain systems for financial gain, or to even just cause disruption and mayhem. Cyber-attacks are more of a focused cyber threat. It often involves politically motivated information gathering. Some examples of that include a few years back, during the 2016 presidential election between Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton, when it was reported that someone hacked Hilary Clinton’s emails and threatened to send them out to the public. Cyberterrorism is the intent to undermine electronic systems and to cause dismay and panic amongst the public. Another big threat to Cyber Security is Malware. Malware is malicious software, and it’s software that cybercriminals or hackers created to disrupt and potentially damage someone’s computer. There are plenty of different types of malware, some include: viruses, spyware, phishing, and trojans, just to name a few.