Internet is used massively in today’s world. Everything is
done through internet, then be it anything. Since everybody uses internet so
there is always a high risk of internet being affected. People who are into
hacking and cracking can simply hack anything. This is easy because everything
is tangled when using internet.
To protect our internet from getting hacked and infected it
is important to secure internet. The
risks that make internet prone to hackers are
1 1. Virus
Virus is that designed program which propagates
very easily. It is usually copied from one device to another by exchanging
CDs/DVDs. Often applications when are made initially possess virus and when
those applications are downloaded virus enters the set thus infecting it. It is
also transferred by exchanging files, downloading files, USBs and other things.
Virus can also be copied by opening mails which are virus infected.
2. Spam
Spam happens with certain unwanted emails.
You might get 100 emails a day, no wonder more than half are scams. They are
not always virus infected but mostly are. Therefore it is advised to not open
all the emails and to not revert to mails which you think holds anything fishy.
3 3. Phishing
So this is majorly for those who shop
online a lot. This is done when people very smartly hack people’s passwords and
credit cards numbers. It basically targets personal information. Using that
information they attack the customer. They play the game smartly by sending
requests with a trustworthy domain. It
is done so that the customer gets caught easily.
4. Key loggers
Key logging is golden opportunity for
criminals. It is done to utilize the bits of information for fictitious
identity or fake transactions. It is used for theft of either property or
identity.
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5. Worms
Worms are infections which spread through
emails and other things which are inserted to the computer. The email that
contains virus is injected by sending email to all those connected to the
respective computer.