Introduction Online threats are the threats that occur in the online world. These threats can be from a person or a group of people. The online world is made up of many different types of websites, such as social media websites, e-commerce websites and many more. There are many different types of online threats that can occur such as phishing scams, occur, such malware attacks and DDoS attacks. Phishing Scams A phishing scam is when a person tries to trick someone into giving them money by pretending to be someone else. This could be done by sending an email saying that they have won some sort of prize or competition but they need to send some money in order for them to receive their prize or something similar. They then ask you for your bank details so they can transfer the money onto your account but never actually do this and keep all the money for themselves (Kaspersky 2019). Malware
will then cause the website to crash. This is done by sending a lot of requests to the website that will then overload it and make it crash (Kaspersky 2019). Online Reputation Online reputation is when people have a good or bad opinion about someone based on what they have said online. This could be from their social media posts, comments on websites or even just in conversations with people. There are many different ways that online reputation can be affected such as if someone has posted something offensive or if they have posted something that could be seen as fake (Kaspersky 2019). Identity Theft Identity theft is when someone steals your personal information and uses it to steal money from your bank account, buy things in shops using your card details or even use your personal information to access other services such as online banking (Kaspersky 2019).
Identity Theft is when someone steals your personal information and uses it to steal money from your bank account, buy things in shops using your card details or even use your personal information to access other services such as online banking (Kaspersky 2019). Cybercrime Cybercrime is when a person uses the Internet to commit a crime which includes fraud, theft and computer misuse (Higgins 2018). There are many different types of cybercrimes that can occur such as identity theft, phishing scams and malware attacks. Phishing scams are where someone sends out an email with a link in it which looks genuine but then when you click on the link it takes you somewhere else where you give away all of your personal information. This type of scam can be very dangerous because if someone does get their hands on all of your personal information then they could do anything with it which could cause you lots of problems. Another type of cybercrime that can occur is DDoS attacks which stands for distributed denial-of-service attacks. This type of attack happens when multiple computers send requests to websites trying to stop them from working causing the website not only not work properly but also crash completely (Higgins 2018).
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