Title: Describe types of cyber threats.
Course: Cybersecurity in Family and Consumer Sciences (19299-I-36) > Section: Understanding Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities in Family and Consumer Sciences

Description should include, but not be limited to

- attacks on authentication (e.g., password, biometrics, subscriber identification module [SIM] hacking)
- hacking, spamming, malvertising
- phishing, spear phishing, whaling
- denial of service (DoS)
- malware (e.g., virus, worm, botnet, ransomware).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between malware and a virus?
- How can one identify phishing scams?
- Why do people launch cyberattacks?
- What is a DDoS attack?
- What is a botnet?