Cyberattack
Cyberattack is a term in computer science. It is any attempt to alter, disable, destroy, steal or get into or make unauthorized use of a computer system.[1]
An attacker is a person or process that attempts to access data, functions, or other restricted areas of the system without authorization. Malicious intent is assumed.[2][3][4][5]
Cyberattacks can be part of cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism. A cyberattack can be done by sovereign states, individuals, groups, society, or organizations. It may start from an anonymous source. A product that helps a cyberattack is sometimes called a cyberweapon.
A cyberattack may steal, alter, or destroy a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system. Cyberattacks can range from installing spyware on a personal computer to attempting to destroy the infrastructure of entire nations.
Cyberattack Media
Timeline of a hardware/software vulnerability that is exploited in a zero-day attack and later patched
Intrusion kill chain for information security
Another model of the cyberattack chain
Website defacement: Lapsus$ hackers replaced the content of a website
Top ten industries targeted by cyberattacks in the United States in 2020
Total annualized cyberattack cost by attack type, 2016–2017
Out-of-service gas pumps due to panic buying after the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack in Oak Hill, Virginia
In 2022, government websites of Costa Rica were down because of a ransomware attack.
References
- ↑ Publicly Available Standards.
- ↑ ISTQB Standard glossary of terms used in software testing. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ W., Lin, Tom C.. Financial weapons of war. ssrn.com (14 April 2016).
- ↑ Satter, Raphael (28 March 2017). What makes a cyberattack? Experts lobby to restrict the term. https://apnews.com/2c25d7da76f4409bae7daf063c071420/what-makes-cyberattack-experts-lobby-restrict-term. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ↑ S. Karnouskos: Stuxnet worm impact on industrial cyber-physical system security[dead link]. In:37th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2011), Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 Nov 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
