{"id":2100,"date":"2023-04-27T08:14:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T08:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eccentrix.ca\/uncategorized\/types-courants-de-cyberattaques-et-de-contre-mesures-une-breve-explication\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T06:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:57:00","slug":"common-types-of-cyberattacks-and-countermeasures-a-brief-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eccentrix.ca\/en\/eccentrix-corner\/common-types-of-cyberattacks-and-countermeasures-a-brief-explanation\/","title":{"rendered":"Common types of cyberattacks and countermeasures \u2013 a brief explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Introduction to Common types of cyberattacks<\/h2>

In today\u2019s world, our valuable assets include digital information \u2013 e-mail accounts, e-banking, company\u2019s documentation, personal data, etc. Everything has become digital. Because of that, cyberattacks have evolved to a point where serious efforts need to be taken to ensure our information remains secure. But, what is a cyber attack? It is an action started by threat actors, cyber criminals, hackers that aim at affecting the integrity, confidentiality, or availability at your data. So, the objective can be to disrupt, steal, or prevent the use of a legitimate system for its users.\u00a0<\/span>
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Nowdays, attacks have become easy to lunch \u2013 everyone interested can find so many ways to initiate this, as the tools and the documentation have also become very accessible online.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Common\u00a0cyber\u00a0attacks\u00a0are\u00a0divided\u00a0in\u00a0types:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>