1 - Understanding CyberThreats -- Cyber Security Awareness Training for Non-IT Staff Seminar conducted at KAF Investment, Chulan Tower, Kuala Lumpur

1. Understanding
CyberThreats

2.  Possibility of or attempt of gaining unauthorized "access to a
device or system or network using a data communication
pathway

3. The 10 most common Cyber Threats
 Malware
 malicious software
 computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, dishonest
spyware, and malicious rootkits

4.  Computer virus
 small piece of software that can spread from one
infected computer to another
 corrupt, steal, or delete data on your computer

5.  Rogue security software
 pop-up window that advertises a security update or
alert on your computer screen

6.  Trojan horse
 infect their computers with Trojan horse software
simply by downloading an application they thought
was legitimate but was in fact malicious

7.  Malicious spyware
 used to describe the Trojan application that was
created by cybercriminals to spy on their victims

8.  Computer worm
 software program that can copy itself from one
computer to another, without human interaction
 replicate in great volume and with great speed

9.  Botnet
 Group of computers connected to the Internet that
have been compromised by a hacker using a
computer virus or Trojan horse

10.  Spam
 security context is primarily used to describe email
spam
 unwanted messages in your email inbox
 clutter your mailbox as well as potentially take up
space on your mail server

11.  Phishing
 Fraudulent attempts by cybercriminals to obtain private
information
 Often appear in the guise of email messages designed to
appear as though they are from legitimate sources

12.  Rootkit
 collection of tools that are used to obtain
administrator-level access to a computer or a
network of computers

13. Who Are the Culprits Behind
Cyberthreats?

15.  How Do Cyberattacks Affect your Organization?
 When your Organization is robbed digitally … the pool of
suspects is limited to the number of people on the face of the
earth that have a laptop and an Internet connection, because
anybody with an Internet connection potentially can attack any
other computer that's tied to the network.
 So the barrier of entry is relatively low.

16.  Your organization not only suffer direct financial losses due to
cyberattacks but they also face enormous costs when they are
victimized by large-scale data breaches following these attacks.
 These costs include but are not limited to:
 Investigation and forensic costs
 Customer and partner communications costs
 Public relations costs
 Lost revenue due to a damaged reputation
 Regulatory fines
 Civil claims and legal fees