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The Essence of Cyber Security in Technology’s Growing and Developing Potential<\/h2>\n

\"WhatAs the number of mobile users increases, so do the opportunities for exploitation. In fact, hundreds to thousands of network outages, computer viruses, data compromised by hackers, and other incidents are affecting our lives. Cyber security is an attempt to protect your data, programs, computers, and networks from such exploitation. And, this has even become a critical issue in the society considering that the growing volume and sophistication of cyber attacks have been at a point where national security is threatened.<\/p>\n

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Cyber Security<\/h3>\n

Cybersecurity is everyone\u2019s responsibility, especially those directly affected such as governments, military, financial institutions, corporations, hospitals, and other businesses. To have strong cyber security, you must know the cyber security definition, the importance of it and understand how cyber attacks work and affect your data, programs, computers, and networks. So, the article will introduce you to some forms of cyber-attacks including cybercrime, cyber terror, and cyberwar.<\/p>\n

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Cyber Attacks<\/h3>\n

Cyber-attacks have three categories: cybercrime, cyber terror, and cyberwar.<\/p>\n

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  1. Cybercrime – The attack includes the acquisition of debit\/credit card data and intellectual property and impairment of the operations of a web or service. All forms of cybercrime focus on stealing data or money and causing disruption.<\/li>\n
  2. Cyberterror – The attack includes terrorist activities in cyberspace.<\/li>\n
  3. Cyberwar – The attack includes espionage and sabotage against another nation in order to extract data or cause disruption.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Cyber attacks are done at a distance using numerous means of attack in malware (malicious software) domain.<\/p>\n

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    Malware<\/h3>\n

    There are many types of malware with each having its specific goal and technique.<\/p>\n