NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY GREEN PAPER – SUPPORTING DOCUMENT
Contents
Part One ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
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Purpose and Scope ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
Part Two ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
The Global Cyber Threat Scenario ......................................................................................................................................... 9
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What is meant by a Cyber threat ............................................................................................................................... 10
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Cyber Threats and their Agents ................................................................................................................................... 11
3.1
THE CYBER THREATS ................................................................................................................................................ 11
Malicious code ..............................................................................................................................................................................12
Web-based attacks .....................................................................................................................................................................12
Web application attacks/ Injection attacks ......................................................................................................................12
Botnet ...............................................................................................................................................................................................12
Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks ..........................................................................................................................................12
Spam .................................................................................................................................................................................................12
Phishing ...........................................................................................................................................................................................13
Exploit kits ......................................................................................................................................................................................13
Data breaches...............................................................................................................................................................................13
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