cyber attacks
Online security breaches
Cyber attacks are malicious attempts to damage, disrupt, or gain unauthorized access to computer systems, networks, or data.
They range from phishing schemes targeting individuals to sophisticated state-sponsored operations against infrastructure.
Common forms include ransomware, denial-of-service attacks, and data breaches: The company suffered a cyber attack that exposed millions of customer records.
- financial gainIncome exceeding expenses
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
- data breachesUnauthorized access to protected information
- security breachUnauthorized penetration of protected systems
- hackersUnauthorized computer system intruders
ransomware · financial losses · zero-day exploit · identity theft · hacktivism · malware · antivirus software · botnet · denial of service · spyware · reputational damage · social engineering · man in the middle · legal consequences · intellectual property theft · critical infrastructure · trojan horse · brute force
- global issuesclimate change, water scarcity, inequality, pandemics, poverty
- Cyberespionagespyware, intelligence gathering, state actors, covert operations, credential theft
- cyber borderssplinternet, balkanization, walled gardens, geo-blocking, content filtering
- Military Powerarmy, navy, air force, marines, troops
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, Siberia
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
cyber attacksconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
bombing · guerrilla warfare · hand-to-hand combat · ground assault · armed assault
cyber attackscyber defense
Protecting systems from attacks
cybersecurity · network security · network defense · security patches · digital security