IT SECURITYTHREATS

BY LUKE MILLS

VIRUSESA VIRUS CAN GET INTO YOUR COMPUTER THROUGH AN EMAIL.

MAL WARE- THIS IS SHORT FOR MALICIOUS SOFTWARE IS A SOFT WARE WHICH IS USED TO INTERRUPT COMPUTER RUNNING. THIS CAN BE JUST AS STEALTHY AS SPY WARE.

SPY WARE- THIS A VIRUS WHICH WILL SNEAK INTO YOUR COMPUTER AND GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE USER. THEY WILL NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS AS IT IS VERY STEALTHY.

WORM- A WORM IS A VIRUS THAT WILL GET INTO YOUR

COMPUTER A DUPLICATE ITS SELF MANY TIME. IT DOES

THIS TO REACH MULTIPLE PIECES OF INFORMATION

VIRUSESOPERATING SYTEMS VIRUSES ARE MADE FOR SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEMS. THE MOST USED

OPERATING SYSTEM IS WINDOWS AS IT IS THE MOST POPULAR AND IF A VIRUS IS MADE FOR THIS IT WILL HAVE A LARGER EFFECT. A VIRUS THAT I DESIGNED FOR WINDOWS WONT WORK ON ANDROID AND VICE VERSA.

HACKING & UNAUTHORISED ACCESS

HACKING IS USING A PROGRAMME TO GET ILLEGAL ACCESS INTO A COMPUTER. HACKERS, THE PEOPLE MAKE THE HACKING PROGRAMMES, CAN RANGE FROM AN ORDINARY PERSON WORKING FROM HIS HOME TO A INTENTIONAL TERRORIST LOOKING TO CAUSE CHAOS.

THEFTDIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE STEEL DATAPHISHING- THIS IS WHEN HACKERS AND SCAMMERS PRETENDING TO BE A SOMEONE THEY ARE NOT AND SEND AN EMAIL TO THE CLIENT SAYING THAT SOME MONEY HAS BEEN COMING OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT. IT WOULD SAY PLEASE LOGIN IN ON THE WEBSITE BELOW ( THIS WILL USUALLY BE A FAKE WEBSITE). IT WILL SAY THAT YOU ARE UNABLE TO LOGIN IN AND SAY TRY AGAIN LATER.

SPAMGOOGLE'S DEFINITION OF SPAM IS “IRRELEVANT OR UNSOLICITED MESSAGES SENT OVER THE INTERNET, TYPICALLY TO LARGE NUMBERS OF USERS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADVERTISING, PHISHING, SPREADING MALWARE, ETC”.SPAM CAN HAVE TWO PURPOSES THAT CAN BE THREATENING TO IT SECURITY AND THEY ARE PHISHING AND SPREADING MAL WARE.

PUBLIC WI-FITHE DANGERS OF USING PASSWORDS WHEN ON PUBLIC WIFI ARE THAT IT IS EASY TO HACK INTO, PEOPLE CAN TURN ON THERE HOT SPOT, NAME IT THE SAME AND PUT THE PASSWORD THE SAME.

MOST PEOPLE WOULDN’T THINK ABOUT IT AND THEY MIGHT DO SOMETHING LIKE BANKING THEN PEOPLE CAN VIEW AND STEAL ALL YOUR DETAILS. TO PREVENT THIS YOU SHOULDN’T DO THINGS LIKE BANKING OR LOGGING ON TO SOCIAL NETWORK.

IT SECURITYPRECAUTIONS

FIRE WALLFIRE WALL IS A PROTECTIVE PIECE OF SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE THAT STOPS HACKERS AND VIRUSES FROM COMING IN. IT IS LIKE A BOUNCER ON A DOOR STOPPING UNWANTED IP ADDRESSES FROM COMING IN AND IT HAS A LIST OF WELCOME USERS.

SECURE PASSWORDSTO MAKE YOUR PASSWORD COMPLETELY SECURE YOU NEED; 8 CHARACTERS MINIMUIM UPPER CASE LETTERS LOWER CASE LETTERS NUMBERS SYMBOLS

EXAMPLECURRENT = WEAKCURRENT123 = MEDIUMCuRr3N7/.% = STRONG

BACK-UP DATABACK UP DATA IS WHERE A PERSON HAS THERE INFORMATION SAVED ON SOMEWHERE ELSE BUT THIER COMPUTER. THEY DO THIS IN CASE OF MALWARE OR UNINTENTIONAL THREATS WHICH CAN CORRUPT, DELETE OR CHANGE DATA.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE REGULAR BACKUPS OF DATA SO THAT YOU DO NOT LOSE TOO MUCH DATA.

Anti-virus software

THERE ARE MANY ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARES TO KEEP YOU SAFE FROM VIRUS’S.THESE SOFTWARES ARE : BULL GUARD MCAFEE BIT DEFENDERAnti software works by scanning files to identify a virus. After hey find them they will delete the files

Educated users

People have to be made aware of IT security so that they can think about the consequences. For example, leaving a computer logged on could allow someone to get unauthorised access. Also with phishing its important that people are aware to that they can spot possible fraud.