13 Types of Cyber Attacks You Should Know before 2023 ends

Chetan Bothra
1 min readSep 20, 2023

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1. Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) Attacks
Example : When Someone Secretly Listens to Your Online Chats

2. Phishing and Spear Phishing
Example : Watch Out for Sneaky Email Tricks

3. Drive-By Attacks
Example : Cyber Ambushes While You Surf

4. Botnet Attacks
Example : When Your Computer Joins a Secret Army

5. Social Engineering Attacks
Example : Tricking People, Not Computers

6. SQL Injection Attacks
Example : Sneaky Hacks That Trick Databases

7. Malware Attacks
Example : Nasty Software That Can Harm Your Devices

8. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks
Example : Malicious Code That Can Trick Websites

9. Password Attacks
Example : When Cyber Thieves Try to Guess Your Secret Code

10. Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks
Example : When Cyber Troublemakers Clog the Digital Highway

11. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
Example : The Cyber Storm That Overwhelms

12. Inside Attacks and Data Breaches
Example : When the Enemy is Already Inside the Castle

13. Cryptojacking Attacks
Example : When Your Computer Mines Money for Malicious Miners

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Chetan Bothra
Chetan Bothra

Written by Chetan Bothra

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