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3 Possible Reasons For Uptick In
Network Security Concerns
1.
Raising number of Hacktivists
: or hacking for a cause people trying to do good threw sometimes
illegal means for instance the hack on the DNC in 2016 that leaked 2.6 terabytes of data in the
Panama papers. “Hacktivism is a significant anti-establishment weapon promoting a diverse set
of causes around the globe. And as street protests grow, online protests will grow as well.”
2.
Increase in National attacks
: More attacks for nation to nation usually from Russian or China to
the U.S. “In 2021, the Russia-based REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service group was responsible for
nearly 18,000 attack attempts in the U.S. alone. Members of the group were also behind the
Colonial Pipeline attack. The cyber gang claimed to rake in annual revenues of over $100 million.
Some might forget it was the Russian government that eventually took down REvil.”
3.
Outdated Or inferior equipment
: Cyber criminals usually go after small business and startups
because they ether are naïve or have old equipment that is easier to exploit. “Between 2020-
2021, cyberattacks on small companies surged by more than 150%, according to RiskRecon, a
Mastercard company that evaluates companies’ security risk.”
https://securityintelligence.com/articles/7-reasons-global-attacks-will-soar-2023/
https://bibliu.com/app/#/view/books/9798885930703/pdf2htmlex/index.html#page_24
https://securityintelligence.com/articles/7-reasons-global-attacks-will-soar-2023/
https://bibliu.com/app/#/view/books/9798885930703/pdf2htmlex/index.html#page_24
Risks
Disruption of business
Loss or manipulation of data
Loss of confidentiality
Loss of trust from clients
Threats
Unintentional: Unskilled
administrator, bugs in
software, lazy or ignorant
employees
International: Disgruntled
employee, service providers,
contractors, Hackers,
criminals, corporate interests,
Foreign interests
Natural: Floods, Fire, Tornado,
Hurricane, Earth quake
Vulnerabilities
Lack of awareness of policy
Lack of continuity of the policy
Default passwords
Misconfiguration of network devices
Unwritten policy
Based on my knowledge of current affairs, this week’s readings, or online research,
describe 2 examples of security vulnerabilities that an end user needs to know in order
to take precautions beforehand. One of the things end users should be aware of is how
to make a good and sucre password a secure password should me mostly random but
easy to remember not your last name and your birth year it is to easy to guess. The
other thing I think end users should be aware of is social engineering people should be
thought to look at email address for mistakes or unknown emails sending you a link
these are only a few ways cyber criminals use social engineering to gain data or access.
Describe an instance when security was breached in your organization, school, or an
organization known to you. Include a description of how the attack was detected, what
protocol was attacked, and what steps were used to resolve it. The only time I can think
of anything like this happing to me as I have work mainly manual labor jobs like
construction and driving trucks is when I was in the military. We had loads of class on
don’t click on weird links don’t go to sketchy web sites the usually. But one time while
training some people in the unit were getting a strange email claim to be first sergeant
but it wasn’t his email so every just flagged the email and ignored it. I do not know what
happened after that as lowly enlisted we were not told much but the PPN(private news
network) had it that it was I test from the higher ups to se who was paying attention.
https://securityintelligence.com/articles/7-reasons-global-attacks-will-soar-2023/
https://bibliu.com/app/#/view/books/9798885930703/pdf2htmlex/index.html#page_24
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