Cybersecurity as a global issue by Jessica Shamsuddin-Caiata

What is cybersecurity?

scj974313 — 2024-06-04 16:30:49 UTC

Cybersecurity is the act of protecting systems, networks, and digital programs from cyber attacks. Cyberattacks can be detrimental to your assets online so it is important to protect yourself.

As technology becomes more advanced it becomes more advanced, cyberattacks get more and more sophisticated, it becomes more important to invest your time into protecting your online safety.

Which country is most vulnerable to a cyber attack?

scj974313 — 2024-06-04 16:43:59 UTC

United states has the highest risk for a cyber attack taking over 50% of the chart. Japan comes in second at 8% for risks of cyberattacks, Brazil and Canada coming in at 6%, Austraila is 5%, Mexico at 4%, Korea at 2%, Chile, India & Peru all at 2%.

How much have cyber attacks risen over the years?

scj974313 — 2024-06-04 16:47:15 UTC

What is most vulnerable to cyberattacks?

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What are cyber crimes/cyber attacks?

scj974313 — 2024-06-04 16:59:03 UTC

Cyber crimes are the act of abusing the use of technology to harm other softwares or networks for the attackers personal gain. This can range from idenity theft, ransomeware, scams, credit card fraud, disabling networks and more.

These attacks are extremely dangerous and are the reason we use cybersecurity today.

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scj974313 — 2024-06-06 12:44:14 UTC

This article talks about how a cyber attack has caused severe harm to hospitals in London. In that article it also says how blood transfusions and medicine have been impacted by the attack and become hard to deliver. Five hospitals were impacted and some of those hospitals needed to transfer patients somewhere else for surgery because it was not safe.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/major-london-hospitals-disrupted-by-synnovis-ransomware-attack/

scj974313 — 2024-06-06 12:59:56 UTC

This article talks about how an elderly woman had lost $61,000 to an identity theft scam. That is a heafty sum, losing that much can be detrimental to your life. These scammers will target all ages and genders so it is very possible you can be a victim too.

Women lose $61,000 in an identity theft scam pattern: NYPD

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Police are searching for an individual they claim stole thousands of dollars from two New York City women in April.

scj974313 — 2024-06-06 13:06:49 UTC

USE A VPN!!; vpn's can hide your real IP and cover the tracks of what sites you've been using and it protects your personal information.
DO NOT SHARE PASSWORDS; sharing your passwords is a surefire way to become even more vulnreable to attacks. It is called your personal infromation for a reason it is only for YOU to know.
DON'T OPEN UNKNOWN LINKS & EMAILS; doing this can make you a victim to phising and scams. Hackers only need one click from you and they will have your whole identity and personal information. This is extremely unsafe and you should be careful with fishy emails.
BE MINDFUL OF THE INFORMATION YOU SHARE!!!; being careful with the stuff you put out online is a very good thing to do. We do not need to share every bit of our lives online because someone will take advantage of that.

scj974313 — 2024-06-06 13:17:11 UTC

Now that I have covered everything you need to know about cyber security and cyber attacks here is a summary,

Cybersecurity is very important for keeping us safe online, cyber attacks cause detrimental harm to us online and can manifest in many different ways like ransome, idenitiy theft, phising, & more. Staying safe online should be your number one priority when you are on the internet. Do not share any personal information online and do not trust or click on emails or links that you aren't sure of cause I know 100% you have one in your email sitting there and you aren't aware of it.

BE SAFE ONLINE AND PRIORITIZE CYBERSECURITY!!!!