Cyber Attacks Explained

There are many different ways a threat actor can target a victim, the more you know about these attacks and how they are designed to work, the better you can protect the systems you own, and the data that resides within them.

Here you will find links about various types of cyber attacks, what they are, how they work, and what can be done to protect against them

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  Buffer overflows

  How overflowing a memory buffer lets an attacker run their own code.

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  Denial of Service (DoS)

  Flooding a system so legitimate users can’t get through.

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  Botnets

  Armies of hijacked devices working together on an attacker’s orders.

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  Ransomware

  Files locked, data held hostage, and a payment demand attached.

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  Malware

  The umbrella term for software built to damage or exploit a system.

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  Phishing

  Tricking someone into handing over credentials or clicking something they shouldn’t.

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  Password attacks

  Guessing, cracking, or stealing the keys to an account.

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  Injection Attacks

  Slipping malicious input into a system that trusted it too much.

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  Cross Site Scripts (XSS)

  Getting a browser to run script it should never have trusted.

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  Insider threats

  When the risk to a system comes from inside the organisation.

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  Man in the Middle (MiTM)

  An attacker quietly sitting between two parties who think they’re talking directly.