Cyber attacks, also known as Computer Network Attacks (CNAs), are operations to disrupt, deny, degrade, or destroy information resident in computers and computer networks, or the computers and networks themselves. It may be waged against industries, infrastructures, telecommunications, political spheres of influence, global economic forces, or even against entire countries.
A well-planned cyber attack may include:
› Password sniffing› Identity theft, fraud, extortion› Malware, phishing, spamming, spoofing, spyware, Trojans and viruses› Instant messaging abuse› System infiltration› Breach of access› Denial-of-service and distributed denial-of-service attacks› Private and public web browser exploits› Intellectual property theft…
