Title: Describe types of cyber threats.
Course: Cybersecurity in Family and Consumer Sciences (19299-I) > Section: Understanding Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities in Family and Consumer Sciences

Description should include, but not be limited to

- steganography (embedded virus/Trojan/malware in pictures)
- attacks on authentication (e.g., password, biometrics, terrorism)
- acts of terrorism and how they present a threat
- pandemics and how they present a threat
- phishing scams
- hacking, spamming, malvertising
  - family and consumer sciences campaign hijacking
  - web vs. applications
- cross-site scripting attack (XSS)
- local file inclusions (LFI)
- SQL injection (SQLi)
- phishing attacks, spearphishing, and whaling
- denial of service (DoS)
- distributed denial of service – (DDoS), botnets, and smurf attacks
- malware (e.g., virus, worm, botnet, ransomware)
- infrastructure
- competitor-sponsored hacking
- nation-state-sponsored hacking
- dark web.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between malware and a virus?
- What is the dark web?