Knowing about Cyber Security can change your life forever. It is not only about the entertaining aspect of ethical hacking, ethical hackers earn millions of dollars every year by participating Bug Bounty programs. I am not exaggerating when i say millions of dollars, you can check it out if you can not believe. Want to learn about it? I will teach you…
What is Cyber Security?
Recognizing what cyber security entails can help you enhance your ability to keep yourself and others safe from harm.
In fact, cybersecurity means very different things to various individuals in different situations, resulting in a wide range of relevant policies, procedures, and practices for a person looking to secure her social media accounts against hacker takeovers.
In technical language, cybersecurity is a subset of information security that focuses on data and information systems that store and process data in electronic form, whereas information security includes all types of data security (for example, securing a paper file and a filing cabinet).
Changes in technology have a massive effect on cybersecurity. As the speed of technical progress increases, so will the rate at which new cyberattacks emerge.
What is the Goal of Cyber Security?
The goal of cybersecurity, according to cybersecurity professionals, is to protect the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Accessibility (CIA) of data, which is sometimes referred to as the CIA Triad.
Confidentiality means making sure that information isn’t shared or made available to unauthorized users (people, organizations, or computer processes).
Integrity refers to the accuracy and completeness of data. For instance, the data is never changed in any way by an unauthorized user or even by a technological error.
Availability means ensuring that information, as well as the technologies used to store and handle it, are available. Outside of the cybersecurity profession, availability is sometimes considered as a secondary feature of information security, following integrity and confidentiality.
The truth is the term cybersecurity is easy to explain. but the practical expectations that people get when they hear the term differ greatly.
Examples of Cyber Attack
Some cyber attacks are carried out with the goal of harming the victim. The hazard posed by such attacks is not that a criminal will steal your money or data directly, but that the attackers may destroy you in some other way that may include stealing your identity.
The following are some examples of Attacks That Inflict Damage:
- DoS attacks (Daniel-of-service)
- DDoS attacks (Distributed denial-of-service)
- Botnets and zombies
- Data destruction attacks
Tip: DDoS assaults are one of the reasons why you should never make an online financial transaction at the last moment- the site you need to use may be unreachable for a variety of reasons, one of which is an active DDoS attack.
Impersonation: is one of the most serious risks posed by the Internet, because it allows malicious individuals to impersonate people. for example, Criminals would find it hard to impersonate a bank or a shop and persuade customers to pay up their money in exchange for a guaranteed rate of interest or commodities.
And When You can Earn?
Whenever you earn enough skills to solve challenges. You can evaluate your skills by joining Capture the Flag programs for free. Join the SecureBug platform, and participate in SecureBug’s monthly challenges.
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