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Popular threats

W h a t y o u s h o u l d b e p a r t i c u l a r l y c a r e f u l a b o u t :

M a l w a r e
Software which is designed to damage your devices (PC, servers and so on). It includes:

trojans, viruses, worms, spyware, etc.

P h i s h i n g
This is a type of cyber attack in which scammers impersonate some well-known

institutions/person (banks, government agencies, work colleague, etc.) with the intention
of extracting your confidential data.

M a n - i n - t h e - m i d d l e a t t a c k

MITM is type of attack where hackers try to get in position between the victim and a
certain application (for example, a bank) and his purpose is to intercept your data and
remain unnoticed.
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