Here is a list of common cyberattacks aimed at inflicting damage to a system.
Man in the Middle attack : The attacker puts himself in the communication between the sender and the receiver. This is done to eavesdrop and impersonate to steal data.
Phishing : Here, the attacker will act as a trusted entity to perform malicious activities such as getting usernames, passwords, and credit card numbers.
Rogue Software : It is a fraudulent attack where the attacker fakes a virus on the target device and offers an anti-virus tool to remove the malware. This is done to install malicious software into the system.
Malware : Malware is software that is designed to attack the target system. The software can be a virus, worm, ransomware, spyware, and so on.
Drive-by Downloads : The hacker takes advantage of the lack of updates on the OS, app, or browser, which automatically downloads malicious code to the system.
DDoS : This is done to overwhelm the target network with massive traffic, making it impossible for the website or the service to be operable.
Malvertising : Malvertising refers to the injections of maleficent code to legitimate advertising networks, which redirect users to unintended websites.
Password Attacks : As the name suggests, here, the cyber hacker cracks credentials like passwords.
