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6 kinds of cyber attacks threatening your business

When it comes to small businesses in the US, around 45% of them are targets of one of the cyber attacks I'll be going over below. Yeah, you read that right, I said 45% with is almost half of the businesses. Cyber security is no joke and you should be investing in it as soon as you can to protect and encrypt whatever you can so you don't lose your money, clients info or identity. They type of attacks that can happen online are growing every year because they are staying up with the current technology. You could say that the cyber attacks are evolving to stay alive and be on top of the food chain.

Now we have great cyber security system out there such as life lock and all the malware and spam detectors, but are they going to keep you 100% safe from everything? Below I'll go over some of the cyber attacks that I can think of off the top of my head and how to halt them as they happen 6 kinds of cyber attacks threatening your business



Types of Cyber Attacks


A Denial of Service attack a.k.a. DoS Attack
A DoS attack is when someone, or a group, is attacking a specific website or database in order to overload it and make it go offline. They will use thousands of computers to overload the servers with fake traffic in order to get it to shut down and essentially take the website offline as well. Regular security updates and having third party DDOS and DOS services integrated into your server can help prevent your website from going down because they will basically swat the fake traffic and send it to a dumpster which keeps your site online.



Internal Attacks
Small businesses may go through a lot of employees over time whether it's due to the employee finding a better job or the management firing people who don't do the job well enough. Some of the worst attacks are from within because the person already knows their way around the inside of your site or server. If you fire someone you need to make sure to delete/revoke their access in order to close off a potential internal attack because they become disgruntled.

Sometimes if you leave a window open for them to get in, their access info, they could upload what is called ransomware which basically will hold your website for ransom until you pay an amount specified by the person who uploaded it. You won't know who the person is because the ransomware masks everything. Usually you can't even track the account numbers if the money is sent overseas and back to the persons account.



Malware
This type of attack is well known even if you're not running your own business. Malware can be picked up like the common cold so if you don't have proper security in place you could be losing more than just access to your website. Antivirus software can create a nice blockade when it comes to malware, but you'll need to get a good one. Sometimes free antivirus systems are just wolves in sheep's clothing. You'll want to pay for your antivirus system just to be sure it's legitimate, but even then you'll want to look up reviews first 6 kinds of cyber attacks threatening your business

Be weary of unsolicited emails that come in and you don't know the sender because one click on a link could give a piece of malware access to your computer, which is never fun. You also need to avoid pop ups because just by clicking on these you could get a nasty bug on your computer. If you have some pretty good malware and spyware detection and quarantine systems in place then this will just be a hassle for a few moments while the software does it's job of halting the problem in it's path.



Password Attacks
When it comes to gaining access to your hosting, twitter account, bank account, etc. the easiest way an attacker can do this is by using variations of specific keywords in order to gain access. This is the main reason people will always tell you not to use your business name or personal name as a form of your password because it makes it much easier to gain access to your accounts.



There are 2 main types of password attacks, and they are as follows:

Brute Force Attack
A brute force attack is when the hacker or attacker is inputting everything manually because they have a list of common terms your business uses or possibly a list of employees names or pets. They will go one by one inputting whatever they can as long as it fits the formula and sometimes they get in. If you do what you're suppose to and change your passwords frequently, you can usually avoid this. Again, you'll need to use words that are not common or associated to your or your business in any way in order to decrease the chance of someone getting in that should not have access.


Key Logger Attack
Think of a scenario where someone, or a piece of software, can watch every keystroke you're making and save that to a database. A lot of hackers will use something called a key logger and it does just this. Imagine if you had a key logger installed on your laptop or desktop and it monitored everything you were doing. It would watch and mark down every key you pressed and the timing between every stoke of your finger to get a better understanding of which keys were being pressed when logging into specific websites. If you could write down every key pressed when someone was logging in, you essentially have their password. Now all you have to do is play some basic scrabble and figure it out 6 kinds of cyber attacks threatening your business

If you're the hacker then there is nothing to worry about if you're bad at scrabble. These key loggers will gladly spit out a list of every variation of a possible email and let you input them one by one doing a brute force attack. I've even heard of some of these key loggers going the extra mile and finding the right password by logging in and then marking down the correct one and sending it to the hacker when complete 6 kinds of cyber attacks threatening your business




In Conclusion:
There are many types of scary cyber attacks, but you can deter a lot of them with proper software or third party services in place to fight the attack as it happens. Logging into your computer only to see that your website has been overtaken by a hacker or enraged ex-employee is never a fun thing. Be prepared and set up proper defenses before anything could possibly happen 6 kinds of cyber attacks threatening your business



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Christopher100
Awesome article about how to avoid online cyper attacks and follow these steps many can avoid from these attacks.



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Everett
Mike mentioned the wana attacks, i believe this is the ransomware that you hear about on the news almost on a weekly basis? These type of attacks will infect your computer, lock your files, and prompt you to pay a fee in X amount of time or your files will automatically be deleted.

This attack is highly popular amongst hospital, government agencies, schools, and basically anywhere where there is a lot of people using a service. This has gotten to be so common that people just seem to pay the fees because they don't want their files deleted.

Could you imagine if your business had like 5000 clients and you were infected with this ransomware and had to fork over hundreds to thousands of dollars to keep your files? I would be devastated!



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hermessantos
Great post!

Cyber attacks are really an important subject for those who work online and should be given due attention.

In less than a year I suffered two types of attacks. The first one was a malware attack that infected all the sites in my hosting, including my clients' sites. The hosting company was not responsible and I had to migrate to another company.

On another occasion I had an attack on my server by someone who stole my password, but could not do much damage.

It really is a subject we often set aside, but we must pay close attention.



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clara1993
Malwares, hackers and all threats to data are everywhere my very small tip to verify safe websites is when I browse a new website I check if it has a closed lock symbol at the bottom right of the screen however most of HTTPS webs i visited are secure when you click to the closed symbol it displays the same https address, as for my email I activated mailwasher a spam blocker because i was getting lots of emails from sites i didn't sign up for.



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vinaya
Thankfully I never have had any of these attacks. My website is still small and I don't think anyone will send volume traffic to take it down. Therefore, I am safe from DoS attack. I handle my website alone, sometimes I hire a part-time worker for my website, but I don't have a regular staff, therefore, I am also safe from internal attack. I might be at the risk of malware attack or password hacking, though.



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augusta
Cyber attacks are everywhere which one needs to take precautions. Funny enough these are all done by humans and I see this as Man's inhumanity to Man.Why would what one's head will process is just to take down another site for money,why can't people live and let live.I can't deal with criminal tendencies, So since we can't stop them then we must fight them.We should all the security measures to put all form of cyber attacks out of cyber space.



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Corzhens
I have read a report in the office of a DDOS attack that happened in one computer of another bank. It was actually not clearly defined yet but the strong suspicion of a ddos attack will surely send shivers to the banking system. The report included the details of the incident like turning off the computer and turning it on again as a stand-alone meaning not connected to the internet. From what I understand, the problem was easily resolved and did not spread in the network.



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mark12Red
Today I would like to share with you a method that helped me protect my business from cyber attacks.

As you know, cybercrime is a serious problem for businesses. Hackers are constantly developing new ways to break into computer systems and steal data.

To protect my business from cyber attacks, I use the method two factor authentication rdp. RDP is a remote access protocol that allows users to connect to computers from remote locations.

Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to RDP. This means that to log in, the user must enter not only their password, but also a one-time code that is sent to their phone or other device.

I believe that two-factor authentication is one of the most effective ways to protect a business from cyber attacks. It adds an extra layer of security that makes it harder for hackers to break into your systems.



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