From the course: Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Businesses: Essential Training

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What are the cybersecurity threats?

What are the cybersecurity threats?

From the course: Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Businesses: Essential Training

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What are the cybersecurity threats?

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- [Instructor] Ransomware is one of the most prevalent threats facing businesses of all sizes. Simply put, a ransomware attack happens when a virus is put on a computer and locks the user out of the systems that allow them to access their data. Then, the criminal asks them to pay a ransom, usually with untraceable currency like Bitcoin or a wire transfer, to get the key to open their system again. Phishing is currently the most common method used to infect a system with ransomware and steal account credentials. Phishing is a type of social engineering, or in plain terms, tricking someone into clicking on something in an email that's already infected. A phishing email will come to your inbox usually asking you to take an action like click on a link, open a document, or visit a website to share account access information. Most phishing emails have an urgency built in to encourage you to act. They can also look like they…

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