Under this category, there is the Ping Flood. This is when a computer is spammed with many pings at once, and before each ping can go through there are more added to it. This way, the computer has to then catch up and can receive a very large ping that actually violates the Internet Protocol.
There are many types of ways that a virus can get into your computer, but of all of the ways I had decided that I was going to use Email Spam and Password Cracking.
Email Spam:
An email spam is a very known way of getting a virus into your computer. It is, usually, just a regular email with an attachment in it that, when clicked, inserts a virus into your computer. Just like all viruses, the person who went the virus now has access to anything that specific computer does.
These types have been around ever since you were able to start emailing each other. However, they aren't always bad either. Other spams can be the emails you get when you buy clothes online - which I am currently experiencing because I did just that a couple days ago - or when you sign up for a website. They are literally just emails that fill your inbox up.
Most mail services online now have a "Spam" folder, which is where emails that you routingly get in excess are hosted. This can be things such as with dating websites when they tell you that you have likes on the website.
This type is the one that the older generations fall for, and that is always good for a hacker who just wants your grandma or grandpa's debit or credit card details so they can go on a shopping spree.
Password Cracking:
Password cracking is just what it sounds like. It's when a hacker somehow gets hold of one your passwords and is able to login to your account with it. While I'm not sure, and was unable to find, how to hack into a website, I know that it's not very hard for someone who knows exactly what they're doing.
Everyone has had moments where they lost access to their accounts. We all hate getting that notification from Facebook or Google saying that someone has logged into your account from a new device, mostly because we know it's usually us, but also because when we know that we didn't do it we have to then change our passwords.
The biggest thing that happens is someone will use the exact same password for all websites, so once a hacker has hold of that information, they have the password to all other websites
What can you do?
The best things that you can do is never give anyone your password, and never click links from people you don't know. Also, be suspicious when someone says that they found you on a website. If they send a link, attempt to google the exact page name so that the person can't get your information at all.
As for password cracking, a good way to prevent that is to use authentication applications like Authy, that provide you with codes so that you are able to access your accounts and know exactly that it is you. I use it for my Discord app on my phone, due to previous problems with hackers. What they do is they provide a new code that you can use every 30 seconds, and once you insert that code it allows you to login to the website. Then, even if a hacker gets into your account, they also have to be able to get past that blocker!
References
P. G. Kelley et al., "Guess
Again (and Again and Again): Measuring Password Strength by Simulating
Password-Cracking Algorithms," 2012 IEEE Symposium on Security and
Privacy, San Francisco, CA, 2012, pp. 523-537.
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