1. SQL Injection: Injecting malicious SQL code into the entry field for hacking database-driven websites or websites that use dynamic SQL.
2. Malware attacks: Hackers install malicious software on the victim’s system without consent in this cyberattack.
3. Phishing and Spear Phishing: Hackers send malicious emails that appear to be from genuine sources to gain personal information or influence victims to do something via these emails.
4. Man-in-the-middle attack : Perpetrator intercepts the communication between client and server to either eavesdrop or impersonate someone.
5. Denial of Service attack : Perpetrator shuts down the victim’s system or network to make it inaccessible to its intended users.
6. Distributed Denial of Service : Hackers flood the organization’s servers or networks with fake or bot users to crash the system’s normal functioning and interrupt the communication channel.
7. Password attack: It is one of the most common types of cyberattacks where attackers use a mechanism to steal passwords by either looking around the person’s desk or using the sniffing technique.
8. Botnet: It is a collection of malware-infected internet-connected devices that remains under the control of a single attacking party known as bot herders. It allows attackers to steal credentials saved on devices and gives them unauthorized access, leading to data theft and DDoS attacks.
9. IP Spoofing: Attacker modifies the IP address in the packet header. The receiving computer system thinks it is from a legitimate or trusted source.
10. Session hijacking: Attacker hijacks the user session. It usually starts when a user logs in to the application and ends when they log out.
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Considering that we use technology all day long in our personal lives and at work, it makes sense that cybercrime is on everyone’s mind. A prominent data Breach Investigation Report reported a record total of 157,525 incidents in categories that ranged from malware to hacking, social engineering breaches to ransomware. And cybercrime continues to evolve. Some of the most successful attack vectors in recent times — like phishing — target people, not technology. According to the report, phishing was the top threat vector in 2019 and was involved in 32% of confirmed breaches, and 78% of cyber-espionage incidents.
The threat landscape is more complex than ever, and it’s increasingly difficult for security teams to prevent, detect, analyze, and respond to threats. Cybercriminals have shifted their tactics from technological attacks to targeted assaults on employees by exploiting basic human behaviors. As security technology has grown more advanced, hackers look to access the weakest point in the network — most often that turns out to be human error. Security training opportunities, like this badge, are more important than ever. Since employees present the easiest target for hackers, it’s crucial that everyone learns how to protect themselves, and your company. More than ever before, every person has an impact on security regardless of their function or title.
It takes only one employee opening a phishing email to set off a chain of events that may compromise your company’s data. This means that security should be an integrated part of everyone’s job. In this module, we look at some basic behaviors that every employee can adopt to help make the company more secure.
Intruders Exploit Human Behaviors
Let’s talk about how human nature plays into cybercrime. Criminals have learned they can exploit typical human feelings, such as curiosity and the desire to please, to steal credentials and infiltrate your network. Let’s dig into some of the messaging that elicits these emotions.
• Fear: “If you don’t give me the information, I will report you to your manager.”
• Trust: “Your bank account has just been closed. Click here to reactivate.”
• Morality: “Can you hold that office door open for me? My arm’s broken, and this package is heavy.”
• Reward: “My company is considering investing in your products. Can you answer a few questions about your organization first?”
• Conformity: “Bill Stevens from Finance always gives me updates about Q2 earnings, but I can’t get a hold of him. Can you help me with the report?”
• Curiosity: “Wow… Check out this video of a giant snake eating a zookeeper!”
Hackers gain access to their targets in a variety of ways. The below list of entry point methods are common techniques that cybercriminals use to prey on our human behaviors and gain access to sensitive information or networks.
Phishing: Attempting to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames and passwords (otherwise known as user credentials), credit card details, and banking information by masquerading as a trustworthy entity. There are several types of phishing. Some of the most commonly used methods are email phishing, phishing via phone (called vishing), phishing via text message or SMS (smishing), and targeted phishing directed at a person with a high level of access (spear phishing).
Malware: Tricking users into downloading malicious software (malware) intended to access, damage, or control a device or network — and often delivered via a link or attachment in a phishing email.
Social Engineering: Manipulating people into taking action or revealing confidential information.
Exploiting Public Information: Using information that is publicly available on the internet (for example, a social media platform) to help design a social engineering attack, crack a password, or create a targeted phishing email.
Tailgating: Gaining access to a secured area, either by following a legitimate badge holder in or by persuading someone to let them in.
Eavesdropping: Secretly listening in on private conversations.
Dumpster Diving: Collecting sensitive information from the recycling or trash that was not appropriately destroyed.
Installing Rogue Devices: Gaining access to a secure network by installing a wireless router or USB thumb drive containing malicious software.
Box Shield – the Box’s flagship security control and intelligent threat detection solution, has capability to help customers reduce the risk of ransomware by scanning files in near real-time as they are uploaded to Box. These new capabilities, leverage deep learning technology and external threat intelligence to analyze files and stop sophisticated malware (before it causes business disruption) by adding deep learning technology that complements traditional hash-based or file-fingerprint scanning approaches that leverage known malware datasets. Customers has benefits from an additional layer of security that looks inside of individual files to identify malware and then automatically clears the file or blocks the spread of malware in near real-time. These capabilities provide customers using Box Shield with higher malware detection rates and fewer false positives.
Malware deep scan allows Box Shield to:
• Recognize malicious traits inside content in near real-time by leveraging the latest deep learning models to provide customers with broader coverage of sophisticated malware.
• Extend malware detection to active content in Box as users upload, update, download, preview, share, copy or move content to reduce the risk of malware infection by scanning both new and historical content.
• Analyze external content that is accessed by managed users to expand protection to content that is shared with an organization from an external source.
• Allow admins to occasionally override threat verdicts for low-risk content to avoid disrupting business workflows.
Box also provides enhanced alerts powered by machine learning for anomalous user behavior like suspicious downloads in Box Shield. Admins are receiving more detailed alerts with context explaining why Box Shield’s machine learning algorithm has deemed certain behaviors as risky. These improvements better equip admins in their investigation of anomalous behavior and provide granular feedback to train underlying algorithms for their company.
Auto-classification in Box Shield
In addition to helping detect and thwart potential insider threats or compromised accounts, Box Shield also uses advanced machine learning to help prevent accidental data leaks through a system of manual and automated security classifications for files, folders, and classification-based access policies. Auto-classification in Box Shield intelligently applies labels to files based on content inside, enabling customers to discover and label sensitive files at scale.
You can read more about Malware Deep Scan Capability in Box Shield here.
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