Question

try to find articles that deal with attacks and malware and what is new on the horizon for attacks or fixes for those attacks. Make sure you discuss how these new attacks are different from previous attempts and how dangerous they may be.

Answer 1

Today, standing in 2019, there are several kinds of attacks and malware in computer systems that are new and never seen previously. It is important to seek protection from these types of attacks.

Ransomware is a new kind of cyber attack which is the digital version of kidnapping. It is increasingly in the rise in the current year. In this type of attack, a hacker uses phishing to inject some malicious file to the system of the victim. When the victim runs the file, it encrypts all other files of the victim's computer and the victim is then asked to pay a ransom to have the decryption key. This is dangerous for an organisation because they will gain a bad reputation if they pay the ransom, but will also loose important business files if they don't pay.

With the Internet of Things currently being on the rise, there has been an increasing attack on this system. This is a new kind of attack since IOT was not so popular earlier. Since a large number of devices are connected to it, if a hacker gets inside the system with any security hole, the whole network is compromised. It is dangerous as a great deal of chaos can be caused if a hacker coordinates hundreds of devices together for an attack.