Information Security: Attacks and Safe Banking
Building on cyber security basics: the malware families and attack types exams name, how to spot a phishing message, the scams that specifically target bank customers and what a bank will never ask, and a practical defence checklist.
What you will be able to do
- Classify the common malware families by how each spreads and what it does.
- Name the main attack types, including social-engineering variants, MITM and DoS.
- Work through the signs that a message is phishing.
- State what a bank will never ask a customer for, and list the everyday defences.
What is inside this lesson
- 1Where this fits
- 2Malware families
- 3Attack types
- 4Worked example: is this email phishing?
- 5Scams aimed at bank customers
- 6Everyday defences
- 7Common confusions
- 8Quick revision
- 9Practice
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Where this fits
This topic assumes the cyber-security-basics ground — the CIA triad, authentication vs authorisation, MFA, and encryption vs hashing. Here the focus is narrower and more practical: naming the attacks exams list, spotting a phishing message, and the frauds aimed at bank customers.
One recurring exam idea: most successful attacks on individuals are social engineering — tricking a person — not code that breaks a technical control. The defence is largely habit.
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