5.3 - Threats

There are seven main computer threats:

• Phishing: When scammers trick people into telling them their personal information.
• This could include passwords, bank account details and other sensitive data.
• Interception: When data on a is stolen and can be viewed and edited by the hackers.
• This is often due to a lack of security of information.
• Hacking: When people exlpoit weaknesses in a system allowing them to access things they shouldn't.
• This could involve looking at vulnerabilities in the coding of an application and hence, being able to exploit it.
• Eavesdropping: When people purposely overhear private communication.
• Viruses: Harmful applications installed on computer systems that duplicate and spread.
• Trojan: A misleading program that appears to be a repuable application but in fact isn't.
• Social Engineering: When people are misled into revealing information to individuals with bad intentions.