We live in a digital world where life beyond the web is too hard to think of. Our personal lives, work lives, and finances all in the process tend toward the world of the internet, mobile computing, and electronic media. Humans are just one click away to attain knowledge about every little thing. Smartphones and Laptops seem to be a part of daily life, internet usage also expanded. Unfortunately, the overall aspects make us more vulnerable than ever to malicious attacks, invasions of privacy, fraud, and other unpleasantries. In March 2013, the nation’s top intelligence officials cautioned that cyber-attacks and digital spying are the top threat to national security, eclipsing even terrorism. Reports suggest that by the year 2021, the total loss in the global economy would be US$6 million due to cyber-attacks and cybercrime would cost $10.5 Trillion annually by 2025.

At the time of this pandemic, the attack surfaces matured rationally and rapidly than at any point before. And this builds its issues. It is important to analyze how the attacks were undertaken, when and where the organizations are most disclosed. Cybersecurity defends us from hackers, cyber thefts, and further agents of scams. Still, rate your cybersecurity knowledge, getting dogged isn't just a direct threat to the confidential data companies need. It ruins the relationships with the clients and even places them in significant legal jeopardy. That’s why cybersecurity is such a vital part of a secure and well-ordered digital world. In 2021, the representatives from the U.S., the European Union, and 30 other countries pledged to mitigate the risk of ransomware and harden the financial system from exploitation with the goal of disrupting the ecosystem, calling it an "escalating global security threat with serious economic and security consequences."

Cyber Security is the practice of protecting technologies, processes, and controls to protect critical systems, networks, programs, devices, and sensitive information from cyber-attacks/digital attacks. Also known as information technology (IT) security. It aims to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks or threats, whether those threats originate from inside or outside of an organization, and protect against the unauthorized exploitation of systems, networks, and technologies. Organizations with a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, governed by best practices and automated using advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning, can fight cyber threats more effectively and reduce the lifecycle and impact of breaches when they occur.

How Cybercriminals affect organizations and their methods of attack for different security systems.

Some factors driving the growth in cybercrime include:

-> Distributed nature of the Internet.

-> Cybercriminal’s ability to attack targets outside their jurisdiction makes policing extremely difficult.

-> Ease of commerce and profitability on the dark web.

-> The proliferation of mobile devices and the Internet of Things.

Some of the known Cybersecurity threats to date are:

Phishing Attacks: Most commonly used technique to attack the general public online. Here, fake text messages and emails are sent to a particular user to get access to their private information.

Denial-of-service (DoS) Attacks: These are generally a nuisance the hackers here, drown a network with numerous requests to exhaust the bandwidth but they enlighten us about what is the need for Cyber Security.

Malware: Downloads or emails from some insecure sites carry ransomware, worms, spyware, and viruses that may compromise your security.

Man-in-the-middle (MitM) Attack: To steal data, the attacker in this kind of attack places himself secretly in a two-party communication and even possibly alters the communication.

Password Attack: The hacker tries to crack a password by the hit and trial method.

SQL Injection Attack: The hacker will put malicious code into an SQL-using server. This is generally done with an unsafe website search box. If this works successfully, the hacker gains access to target confidential information.

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