Security threats

The computer has come a long way to become one of the most powerful machines in the world. From a simple calculation machine to a multipurpose machine, it has earned our respect for being fast, accurate and reliable. Today, we use the computer for almost every task or routine. We use it everywhere and we are highly dependence on them. Moreover, computer users now can connect with each other around the world with the Internet. Therefore, the information that we kept in them must be highly protected and secure from getting corrupted or lost. And with the global connection, the computer is more vulnerable to security threats such as software sabotage (viruses, Trojan horses and worms), hackers, interception of e-mails, and invasion of privacy. Below, we will state some types of prevention measure to take while on the Internet.

Here, we take a look at the types of security threats, which can be transmitted through the Internet. The first threat would be the sabotage of hardware or soft...