Cyber threats
Understand how threat actors exploit vulnerabilities. Protect your business with expert tips and effective cyber-attack prevention strategies.
What is a DDoS attack?
DDoS attacks overwhelm targets with massive DNS, HTTP, UDP, ICMP, and other protocol traffic. In worst-case scenarios, networ...
What is URL phishing?
URL phishers try to redirect web users from legitimate websites to malicious imposters Skilled phishers can imitate governmen...
What is a backdoor attack?
Investing in complex security measures is ineffective if cybercriminals can access the network via a backdoor attack. Backdoo...
What is spear phishing?
Experts estimate that criminals send 3.4 billion phishing emails daily, while over 90% of successful cyberattacks originate f...
What is a Smurf attack?
Smurf attacks can devastate network performance and cripple websites for days. In these DDoS attacks extended botnets, broadc...
What is a brute-force attack?
Strong passwords should be the standard by now—and yet somehow “123456,” “qwerty,” and “iloveyou” still top the lists of the ...
What is spyware?
We depend on confidential information to secure networks, make payments, and communicate with colleagues or clients. Spyware ...
What is IP spoofing?
IP spoofing steals the identity of data packets, making it difficult to know the origin of data flows and opening the door to...
What is eavesdropping?
Imagine if your enemies could hear every word you spoke without your knowledge. That sounds extreme, but it's exactly what ha...
What is a computer virus?
Viruses spread between applications and devices, damaging both software and data as they spread. Companies that let their ant...
What is data exfiltration?
Securing critical data is a constant battle. Both external actors and disgruntled insiders seek access to valuable data to ex...
DoS vs. DDoS attacks: what’s the difference?
A denial-of-service attack seeks to take systems or websites offline via traffic floods and malicious requests. These attacks...