cyber threats
Online security risks
Cyber threats are potential dangers to computer systems, networks, and digital information.
The term covers malware, hacking attempts, phishing schemes, ransomware, and other malicious activities targeting digital infrastructure: The company hired specialists to assess cyber threats.
Government agencies issue warnings about cyber threats from foreign actors.
The modifier cyber- marks anything related to computers and the internet.
- ransomwareHostage-taking code
- privilege escalationGaining unauthorized higher permissions
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
- spywareHidden surveillance program
- hacktivistsPolitical actors using cyberattacks
email scam · malware · credential stuffing · brute force attack · cryptojacking · hackers · social engineering · man in the middle · financial loss · privacy violations · botnets · antivirus software · data breaches · supply chain attack · identity theft · cybercriminals · security breach · breach
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- global crisesclimate crisis, financial crisis, debt crisis, energy crisis, food crisis
- intelligence oversightCIA, FBI, NSA, DNI, intelligence agencies
- Pacific Diplomacyregional cooperation, APEC, Pacific Rim, Indo-Pacific, bilateral ties
- Post-Cold WarUSSR dissolution, Soviet collapse, German reunification, Eastern Bloc, Boris Yeltsin
cyber threatsconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
bodily harm · physical violence · armed assault · street crime · natural disasters
cyber threatscybersecurity
Protection of digital systems
network security · firewalls · encryption · security protocols · digital security