CYBER THREAT

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what is a threat?

In computer security, a threat is a possible danger that might exploit a vulnerability to breach security and therefore cause possible harm.

A threat can be classified broadly into two types
  •      environmental threats     
  •      manmade threats



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  •       environmental threats

Environmental issues are harmful effects of human activity on the biophysical environment. Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the natural environment on the individual, organizational or governmental levels, for the benefit of both the environment and humans. 

Seven Biggest Environmental Threats
1.     Climate Change. ...
2.     Species Extinction and Biodiversity Loss. ...
3.     Air and Water Pollution. ...
4.     Water Crisis. ...
5.     Natural Resources Drain. ...
6.     Deforestation Impact. ...
7.     Soil Degradation. 

  •         manmade threats


        Manmade threats human errors and weaknesses make up most of the man-made threats.
An employee is the greatest asset as well as the most dangerous possible threats to an organization. The first category of manmade threats is caused by employees. This is also known as an insider threat.  This may be unintentional as well as intentional.  An employee may unknowingly leave his PC unlocked while going for a break which would pave the way for another disgruntled employee of the same organization to gain access to the system and steal data from the system.
The second category of manmade threats is caused intentionally by people outside the organization also called external human threats. A member outside the organization attacking the information system with malicious intent is called a hacker.
Intentional threats are caused by individuals with motivations that can be categorized as political-economic and socio-cultural political motivations are aimed at destroying or taking control of the target system. Posting irrelevant and controversial political statements.

What are hacktivists?
The people carrying out such activities are called hacktivists
example cyberterrorism. Economic motivations are aimed at earning money by stealing intellectual data and selling it to the organization's competitors. So-called cyber espionage. Installing ransomware like Krips locker and encrypting the data are on a target machine and blackmailing the target to pay a ransom to get the decryption key. Personal motivations are aimed at satisfying the self out of a sense of curiosity or a desire to get publicity by causing psychological damage to the target via social networking sites.
This is also called cyberstalking.

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