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Cyber Attack by Nobody: 4:55pm On Sep 19, 2018
what is cyber security? According to wikipedia, "Computer security, cybersecurity, or IT security is the protection of computer systems from theft of or damage to their hardware, software or electronic data, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide."
What is cyber attack? According to wikipedia, "In computers and computer networks an attack is any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of an Asset."

According to research, the global economic impact of cyber attacks is estimated from 2013 - 2017 to have increased by 62% and in 2017, it increased by 27.4% compared to the year before which results in the average cost of $11.7 million and according to an estimation made by cybersecurity ventures, it is said that by 2021, the worldwide cost of cyber attack will be $6 trillion per year.

Statistic shows that there are 3.8 billion internet users in 2017 which is 51% of the world's population (7 billion), and cybersecurity ventures predicted to reach 6 billion users in 2022 which is estimated to be about 75% of the world population which is projected to be 8 billion and 7.5 billion internet users by 2030 which is said to be 90% of the projected world population of 8.5 billion, ranging from 6 years old and above.

I don't want to bore us with unnecessary stories and fact but in a short run, all am trying to let us get is that, with this numbers, many will be prone to cyber-attacks if not aware of the attack methods used and how to prevent them. Millions are spent on Anti-virus and other security software's and as you are reading this, new malware and other cyber-attack software's are being launched. Now, the questions are;

How will cyber attack affects an individual? and what are the methods used in penetrating a victim?

source: https://www.naijatech360.com.ng/2018/09/cyber-attack.html

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