Vulnerability, a flaw or weakness in a system or software that attackers can exploit., Malware, malicious software designed to gain unauthorised access to a computer system and cause damage or steal data., Social Engineering, an attack that uses psychological manipulation to get victims to disclose confidential information or take other actions., Phishing, cyber attack that uses social engineering techniques to steal sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers, and banking details., Spear Phishing, a phishing attack in which an attacker targets a specific individual or organization., Whaling, a phishing in which an attacker tergets high-level individuals such as CEOs, CFOs, and other executives., Identity Theft, stealing someone's personal information to gain access to their financial accounts or other sensitive information., Botnet, network of computers infected with malicious software that can be used to launch distributed denial-of-services (DDoS) attacks., Denial-of Service (DoS), a type of cyber attack that attempts to make a computer or network resource unavailable to its intended users., Distibuted Denial-of Service (DDoS), attack when mutliple systems flood a targeted system with traffic to overwhelm it and prevent legitimate users from accessing it.

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