Computer Threats

Threats

A threat can be from outside or inside which can make a negative impact on a system operation or performance.

These threats are;

• Spoofing
• Tempering
• Repudiation
• Information disclosure
• Denial of Service(DoS)
• Elevation of privilage
• Phishing
• Portscan

Spoofing

Spoofing is a malicious practice employed by cyber scammers and hackers to deceive systems, individuals, and organizations into perceiving something to be what it is not. Communication is initiated by the spoofer to the victim or system from an unknown source but disguised to present itself as an authentic and safe sender. If you have ever received an email from a seemingly familiar source asking you to update your profile details because some funny system upgrade was necessary, then you have experienced spoofing.