Cybersecurity 101

Among the oldest, and traditionally the most common form of ransomware, crypto ransomware works by finding valuable files on a system and applying encryption to them so they become unusable.

In cybersecurity, cryptography is the process of protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access during storage or transmission by rendering it unreadable without a key. This means that only those for whom it is intended can read and process it.

Cryptojacking is a type of cybercrime that involves a hacker co-opting a victim’s computing power to generate cryptocurrency on the attacker’s behalf. The motive for these types of attacks is profit, which is usually extremely effective as it is completely hidden from users and difficult to detect. Hackers use this method instead of having [...]