Cybercrime and the Necessity of Self-Protection in Fighting Cyber-Attacks

Abstract

A cyberattack is an attack initiated from a computer against a website, computer system, or individual computer … that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the computer or information stored on it.  Every man’s activity nowadays is guarded, controlled, and directed majorly by the internet. The internet which seeks to connect individuals and corporate bodies has no doubt been infiltrated by bandwagons of internet fraudsters, cyber attackers, and computer programmers who have fashioned out so many means of attacking internet users like phishing, writing virus codes, installing rootkits, cross-site scripting and a host of others which in turn causes damages by stealing private personal data, attacking companies and their websites, attacking corporate entities, and organizations, etc. There’s equally no doubt to the fact that all these attacks by whatever mode always affect the receiver of the attack ineptly and in so many cases, lead to the loss of some personal data, private documents, and some others in monetary terms/values. It has become so important that individuals and corporate entities adopt various strategies and devise means to protect and guard themselves against cyberattacks. This article seeks to explain the concept of self-protection by identifying some types of cyber threats and explaining various ways by which individuals and bodies can protect themselves on the internet against cyberattacks thereby ensuring cyber security.