Emerging Cyber Security Threats

Computer Engineering

Cyber security or IT security helps to keep computer systems and networks protected from different kinds of thefts and hackers who basically tries to steal one’s personal information/data or even try to hijack networks in an organization. In the year 1971, The world’s first virus named creeper was discovered it was created by Bob Thomas a programmer at BBN Technology which is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In the year 1983, US was the first country to create a patent for cyber security. The patent introduced an algorithm called RSA (River-Shamir-Adleman) it was the first public key cryptosystems. Now a day’s Cyber security is getting important day by day as there is growth in usage of computer systems, Internet and different kinds of smart devices such as smartphones, TVs, smartwatches, smart locks, voice controllers, financial systems, automobile and many more which are equipped with wireless network standard that are Bluetooth and WIFI. All these devices are vulnerable to cyber-attacks as this is the only way an attacker can get access to the system. For cyber-attack, first attacker needs to find security loophole in the network, once he finds out the loophole the attacker can inject malicious file or software in the system. There are various kinds of cyber-attacks such as eavesdropping, Phishing, DoS (Denial of Service) attack, Backdoor attacks, Malware attacks and many more by which hackers can use it to tamper the security of an organization so they can get access to their confidential and private data and misuse it.

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