Describes the different types of cyber attack that can occur Accompanies YouTube video

1. Cyber attacks
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 1

2. 5 types of cyber attack
• Cyber fraud
• Cyber spying
• Cyber stalking and bullying
• Cyber assault
• Cyber warfare
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 2

3. Cyber fraud
• Cyber attacks that are generally aimed
at gaining monetary or related gains for
the perpetrator.
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 3

4. Cyber-fraud
•
Phishing attacks combined with fake websites to steal
users’ personal details and, with these, steal money
from their accounts
–
Fraudsters set up a fake website that looks like a bank
website
–
Emails are sent to large numbers of recipients with a link to
this site and a message trying to lure them to log on
–
If the click on the link, their personal details are collected and
then used by the fraudster to access their legitimate site
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 4

5. Cyber attacks 2013
© McAfee 2011
Slide 5

6. Cyber spying
• Cyber attacks aimed at gaining
information for the perpetrator. Related
to cyber-fraud in that one aim of cyberspying may be to sell the information
gained
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 6

7. Cyber-spying
© The Hacker News 2011
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 7

8. © GCN 2011
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 8

9. Cyber stalking and bullying
• Cyber attacks which are designed to
frighten and intimidate individuals rather
than businesses or government
• Often targeted at young women
• Usually social media based – Facebook
or Twitter
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 9

10. © Irish Independent 2013
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 10

11. © Daily Mail, UK 2012
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 11

12. Twitter trolls
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 12

13. Cyber assault
• Cyber-attacks aimed at causing damage to
information or equipment that is being
attacked.
• Damage may be physical damage to
equipment, reputational damage or corruption
or deletion of important information.
• Cyber bullying is also a form of cyber assault
as its aim is to cause psychological damage
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 13

14. • Related to cyber fraud in that some
attacks such as Distributed Denial of
Service (DDOS) attacks may be
precursors to attempts to extort money
from those affected by the attacks.
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 14

15. © threatpost.com 2012
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 15

16. Cyber warfare
• An extreme form of cyber-assault where
at least one of the parties involved is a
nation state.
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 16

17. Cyber warfare attacks
•
These are much harder to validate as, for obvious
reasons, neither the perpetrator or the victim wish to
release information
•
Denial of service attacks
–
•
Government and critical infrastructure sites attacked by DoS
attacks with a view to taking them offline
Malware
–
Malware introduced to target and damage government and
infrastructure facilities
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 17

18. © The Guardian 2007
© BBC 2007
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 18

19. Cyber attacks 2013
© CTV News 2012
Slide 19

20. Summary
• Cyber fraud
• Cyber spying
• Cyber stalking and bullying
• Cyber assault
• Cyber warfare
Cyber attacks 2013
Slide 20