Agenda:-
- Why Cybersecurity awareness is required
- Types of cyber Attacks
- Countermeasures for cyber attacks –Do’s & Don’t
Why Cyber Security awareness is required today?
- Why Cyber Security awareness is required today
- Before 50 years every company using only one desktop
- The world is getting more digital
- Online bank transaction
- Online shopping
- Online Hotel / Food Booking
- Online Classes
- Online Meetings-Training
What is Cybersecurity?
Cyber security is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks.
Types of Cyber Attacks:
- Malware – Virus , Worm, Trojan horse, Ransomware
- Phishing
- Email Spoofing
- Spam
- DoS / DDoS
- Credit Card / ATM Cards frauds.
- Insider Threat
Malware:
Malware = Malicious + Software
- Virus
- Worms
1. A computer Virus is a malicious software program loaded onto a user’s computers without the user’s knowledge and performs malicious actions.
2. Spreads by our actions –USB Drive / Downloads / Emails
3. computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computer.
4. A Trojan Horse or Trojan is a type of malware that is often disguised as legitimate software.
Malware Ransomware:
The rise of ransomware over the past few years is an ever-growing problem that has quickly become an extremely lucrative criminal enterprise. Targeted organizations often believe that paying the ransom is the most cost-effective way to get their data back — and, unfortunately, this may also be the reality.
Malware Detection:
Malware Symptoms :
1. Change your browser home page / start page.
2. Ending up on a starting site when conducting a search.
3. System –base firewall is turned off automatically.
4. Lost of network activity while not particularly active
5. Excessive pop-up windows.
6. New icons, programs favorites which you did not add
7. Frequent firewall alerts about unknown programs when trying to access the internet .
Poor System performance.
Malware Phishing:
Phishing is way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, PIN bank accounts, Credit card details by mesqurading