Cybersecurity threats include viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, and unsolicited emails. These threats can cause malfunctions, data loss, and loss of sensitive information. Some threats are caused by accidents or carelessness. Criminals may also prey on unsuspecting individuals to steal personal information.
The different cyber security threats include those threats that attack not only the computer hardware, but also the software. These threats affect the normal functioning of the computer and can lead to malfunctions, data loss, monitoring or loss of sensitive information. Things like computer viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, adware and unscrupulous characters are also sources of computer threats. Some of the cybersecurity threats are the result of accidents or people’s carelessness.
In addition to physical threats to cybersecurity, other types of threats are more insidious. An example is a computer virus which is a malicious program created by someone with bad intentions to adversely affect the functioning of a computer without the permission of the computer owner. Normally, these viruses sneak into the computer where they hide inside various files such as program file or other documents. These can lie dormant until something triggers them. As soon as the virus gets active, it will proceed to cause substantial damage to your computer system by corrupting files and making them unusable, erasing all information present on the hard drive and also randomly displaying pre-programmed messages.
Other types of non-physical threats to computer security include the Trojan horse, which is a cunning program that appears to provide some kind of advantage while serving a more sinister purpose. The purpose may be to give a hacker access to a computer or to alter or damage certain files on a computer. Examples of these types of threats are unsolicited emails and viral links.
Adware and spyware are physical threats to computer security that are secretly installed on a user’s computer with the intention of monitoring the user’s Internet usage. Some of the things it monitors are the types of sites the user visits, the types of books or music the user downloads, and other things like the types of things the user orders on the internet. Sometimes, they display some types of ads that are personalized to you based on an analysis of your internet activity.
Some criminal elements troll the Internet looking for unsuspecting people to prey on. They can send fake letters claiming to be someone they are not to request people’s email addresses, passwords, and other types of personal information. The purpose behind this is to allow them to gain unauthorized access to the individual’s computer with the intention of stealing the individual’s identity, money or other information. Then there are threats to computers simply due to carelessness on the part of the owners. Such threats can include water leaks on computers and power surges that can affect computer infrastructure.
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