Blagging - Can be confused with phishing at times, typically where the hacker/cybercriminal manipulates the person too reveal personal info and data through convo , Phishing - A misleading Email/SMS sent too the user, who is tricked into directly giving info typically via fake websites or tricked into giving personal info, White hackers - Hackers hired by big corporations/websites/game designers or even at times mere individuals, they are hackers who legally hack into systems too test how strong their cybersecurity is., Cybercriminal - A set individual, or at times multiple individuals collaborating together and also at time groups, who hack/scam people online, typically for profitable gains (money), though sometimes for personal reasons or as a mean of terrorism, Computer misuse act - Introduced in the year of 1990, it was an act which would help protect all computer-based data, Script Kiddies - An individual/group of people who use existing tools or/and scripts too make cyber attacks without a vast knowledge on technology, Brute force attack - An attack method which basically tries too guess your password by entering all possible combinations, the more complex the password (using lower- and upper-case letters, symbols etc.) can make it harder for brute attacks too get your password, Spam - Refers to "sketchy" emails, often referring too potential phishing attacks., Ransomware - A cyber-attack type which locks the user out of their files until a ransom is paid., Denial of Access - Attacker/attackers flood a network with too much traffic, resulting in the server too crash.,

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