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It’s important to stay aware of cyber threats so you don’t experience any negative consequences due to a lack of protection. While cyber threats can come in many different forms, they are all used by hackers to get into many different systems and databases to steal information. There are also risks for people without an extensive technical background, especially if they have access to sensitive company data. So now we are going to talk about the different cyber threats and what they can do. There are some threats that you need to be aware of even if you don’t know anything about cybersecurity. These are the ten most famous threats described below: 1. Zero-Day Exploit 2. SQL injection 3. Brute-Force attack 4. DNS – Hijacking 5. Phishing 6. Ransomware 7. Cross-site scripting 8. Dos – DDoS 9. Man-In-The-Middle Attack 10. Cloud access management These types of cyber-Threats are clarified very clearly in the below article: 1. ZERO-DAY EXPLOIT A zero-day exploit is the most famous type of cyber threat in this cyber world. With this threat, hackers will exploit the vulnerabilities. There are many examples of this. For example, if a programmer designs software with an unknown vulnerability, someone might hack it. Even if a hacker finds a vulnerability and gets access to a system, if the day programmer knows about it, the day is known as a zero-day vulnerability. If a hacker exploits that day, it’s still called a zero-day exploit. 2. SQL INJECTION SQL INJECTION (SQL) is a language used to communicate with database systems. SQL injection is a highly popular attack due to this attack many companies and government websites are lost their data. It will destroy the whole database by injecting malicious code into SQL statements. For example, It generally happens if a user asked for input like username and password, and he injects the code into the database so it may work or may not work. 3. BRUTE-FORCE ATTACK Brute-forcing is one of the oldest cyber threats. But it works effectively, brute force is normally used in password cracking also follows the trial-and-error approach to gain access into any server or in any account that is protected by a password. There are many tools to do brute-force some of the tools are burp suite, Hydra, Hash cat, etc are some tools that automate the brute force. We can do brute-forcing manually also by automation, even so, we need to prepare the wordlist of the user personal data. Brute-force makes too many attempts up to find the actual password or username. 4. DNS – HIJACKING Domain Name Server(DNS) Hijacking is also known as DNS poisoning. This cyber-threat method is called DNS Configuration by this technique hacker can redirect the website to another malicious site that can be (hackers handover website) or a hacker can make the website offline. They can make DNS – Hijacking in different ways, For example, they call to Domain provider and does some social engineering tricks and handovers the server. Cybersecurity criminals are providing a lot of issues for companies, but there are security measures that can be taken to decrease the risk. If they report those vulnerabilities, they also offer a bounty or any reward for the security researcher. 5. PHISHING Phishing is a fraudulent activity of sending out emails that can extract sensitive information from the victim. The phishers send out the email to the victim with a subject line that seems relevant or intriguing, then they will ask for some personal information upfront or trick you into clicking on a link that downloads malware onto your device. It is also hard for people to differentiate between legitimate emails and phishing emails if they are not aware of what phishing looks like. Some of the most common types of phishing targets include: 1) Companies that handle sensitive information such as banks and credit card companies, 2) Companies where employees have access to sensitive information such as hospitals and universities, 3) Companies that provide services or products that we use every day such as retail stores and utilities. 6. RANSOMWARE “RANSOMWARE ATTACK” if you see this type of text in your system suddenly you will get a mini heart attack if you have any confidential data in it. This is one of the malware types it enters into our system through installing any software from unknown websites or by clicking any unknown links etc… If ransomware enters into any system, the hacker will leave the key of ransom until you pay how much he wants. Due to this malware, many organizations and individuals are affected a lot also they pay them to get their ransom key. Finally, to secure yourself/anyone from ransomware attacks, don’t click on any unknown links that are sent through emails or any messages, stop installing cracked & applications from unknown websites, and keep any security software up to date, you should secure your backups. 7. CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a vulnerability where the bug exists on websites. With this XSS bug, we can almost collapse the website that is the power of XSS. There are some types in XSS like stored XSS, reflected XSS, etc are some types. The attackers typically do this by injecting malicious code into the website. If we report this vulnerability there is a chance of receiving a high bounty according to the severity. 8. DOS-DDOS Every hacker uses this attack to down a network or website. The hacker sends more traffic to a website in the sense if it receives more traffic the server faces a heavy load so that the website will be down or even did not work at all. Dos and DDoS both are different from each other. DDoS(Distributed denial-of-service) is done by a group of members sending traffic continuously with multiple machines whereas Dos(Denial-of-service) attack is a single traffic flood. 9. MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE ATTACK Man-In-The-Middle attack(MITM) is a malicious attack where the hacker will be a middle man in a conversation of user and network or application. However, he breaks the security and enters into the conversation by this attack he can steal our data, credit card, etc. But nowadays security has been increased. So there is a decline in the rate of attack. 10. CLOUD ACCESS MANAGEMENT In cloud access management we should maintain a cloud environment securely and safely if it fails due to mismanagement the hacker will exploit the vulnerability and gain access to the cloud environment. so that he dumps the databases also get control over the cloud network, it happens when it is insecure configuration, poor communication, etc… These are some of the cyber-threats utmost faced in the cyber world.CONCLUSION:
Today’s criminals can commit crimes from the comfort of home. This will only continue to increase and we should be proactive in ensuring our families and businesses are protected from cyber threats. Cybercriminals will continue to exploit the technology that is available to them to commit crimes. We need to be vigilant in protecting our information and ensure that we don’t let any criminals rob us of the life we want.We really hope that you’ve found this text interesting and taken something useful away from it. Consider sharing with your colleagues and peers if you wish to see more articles like this on the web. 🙂