Types of cyber security threats

 With so many types of attacks that hackers can carry out, business owners should at least take note of certain key tangents. Regardless of their primary purpose, any of these methods can cause damage to your business in ways that could take longer to disclose, if necessary.

Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) 

These long-term targeted attacks are mainly intended to steal, spy or disrupt. Network intrusion can be carried out secretly and in different stages. Once access is gained, attackers can't even do anything for long periods of time - waiting for strategic moments to hit.

Notable APT attacks in the past: GhostNet , Titan Rain

Distributed service denial (DDoS) 

DDoS attacks are intended to disrupt the operations of a network or website by flooding it with requests and information. When the server can no longer cope with the flood, the services will start to fail and eventually shut down.

Notable DDoS attacks: Github , Spamhaus , American banks

Phishing

Phishing is a very common threat to cyber security. It is the act of sending fraudulent emails that resemble legitimate ones to entice recipients to send back sensitive data. Phishing attacks normally aim to capture user credentials, such as usernames and passwords, or even financial information. 

Notable phishing cases: Facebook and Google , Crelan Bank

Technicians are well-versed with the brass tacks of the services/products, which they provide support for. If IT Technicians are unable to resolve a problem, it is escalated to the senior team.

ransomware 

In recent years, Ransomware has gained popularity and targets a wide range of victims. Victims who do not know can find the entire encrypted hard drive with a note asking them to pay a "ransom" for a decryption key. Users who do not pay normally lose all their data.