Cyberthreats

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What main things is the hacker looking to take in a cybersecurity attack?
Data and information
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What do the majority of breaches feature?
Hacking, malware and social engineering (the biggest one)
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Can you ever be 100% protected?
No, but you can take precautions and put measures in place to make it really difficult for the hackers and they give up.
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Explain what a firewall is and what
it does...
It checks the incoming and outgoing network traffics for viruses. It scans them to make sure they aren't carrying any malware.
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What is anti-malware?
Anti-malware is software that scans any file
that is able to execute code. It will have a list of definitions of sequences of code that they are aware are malicious.
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What does anti-malware do if it finds one
of those definitions?
If the code in your files matches the definitions, the files are quarantined. This means that you will be able to see the file but not access it.
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