Question

Explore and write about 5 most popular virus attacks in IT industry.

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Phishing

What is phishing?

Phishing is a form of social engineering where a criminal hacker tries to trick the user into clicking a malicious link or downloading an infected attachment or divulging sensitive or confidential information.

Proofpoint’s 2019 State of the Phish Report found that 83% of respondents experienced a phishing attack in 2018 (up from 76% in 2017), and Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report revealed that 32% of data breaches involved phishing.

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. Cryptolocker

2. PlugX

3. Zeus Gameover

4. Stuxnet

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