Cyber Attacks During COVID-19

Cyber Attacks During COVID-19

A cyber attack is intentional exploitation of computer systems, networks, and technology-dependent enterprises. These attacks use malicious code to modify computer code, data, or logic.

We will discuss the common types of attacks:

Phishing Attack: Phishing is a type of social engineering attack often used to steal user data, including login credentials and credit card numbers. It occurs when an attacker, masquerading as a trusted entity, dupes a victim into opening an email, instant message, or text message. ... An attack can have devastating results. It happens when an attacker, posing as a trusted individual, tricks the victim to open a text message, email, or instant message.

Malware Attack: A malware attack is when cybercriminals create malicious software that's installed on someone else's device without their knowledge to gain access to personal information or to damage the device, usually for financial gain. ... At least one type of malware attack is growing. Malware is a code that is made to stealthily affect a compromised computer system without the consent of the user. Malware is any software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, ...The 5 most common malware types are viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, spyware, and ransomware.

• Virus. Viruses are designed to damage its target computer by corrupting data, reformatting your hard disk, or completely shutting down your system. ...
• Worm. ...
• Trojan Horse. ...
• Spyware. ...
• Ransomware.

Web Attacks: Cyberattacks on web applications are increasingly common. As more and more governments and businesses move their services online, web applications become an easy target for cybercriminals. Web attacks are one of the biggest threats to corporate security and data security. seven most common types of attacks are:

*SQL injection attack

*Cross site scripting (XSS) attack

*Denial-of-service (DoS)/ distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack

*OS command injection attack

*LDAP injection attack

*Brute force attack

*Zero-day attack

Cyber Security Threats :

• Social Hacking. “Employees are still falling victim to social attacks. ...
• Ransomware. Businesses of all sizes are being increasingly targeted in Ransomware attacks. ...
• Use Active Cyber Security Monitoring. ...
• Unpatched Vulnerabilities/Poor Updating. ...
• Distributed denial of service (DDoS) Attacks.

There are many examples of web applications such as webmail, login forms, content management systems or shopping carts. Developers use a combination of server-side script (ASP, PHP, etc.) and client-side script (HTML, JavaScript, etc.) to develop these applications – but both sides have vulnerabilities that can lead to a web application attack. 

The analysis of this year’s results continues to reaffirm that the web application vector is a major and significant threat to the security of organizations of any size, anywhere in the world, whether they take security steps or not. Web application vulnerabilities pose an increasingly serious threat to the security posture of organizations as a whole. Now is the best time to take a serious look at how automation can help make your application security more holistic and agile.