Cyber Safety

What is information technology?​

It is the state of being protected against the unauthorized use of information, especially electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this.​

In Information Security threats can be many like Software attacks, theft of intellectual property, identity theft, theft of equipment or information, sabotage, and information extortion.​

Some of the most common types of software attacks are viruses, worms, trojan horses and bots​

In more technical terms, a computer virus is a type of malicious code or program written to alter the way a computer operates and is designed to spread from one computer to another. A virus operates by inserting or attaching itself to a legitimate program or document that supports macros in order to execute its code.

Frequent pop-up windows​

• Changes to your homepage​

• Mass emails being sent from your email account​

• Frequent crashes​

• Unknown programs that start up when you turn on your computer

Plagiarism is using someone else's work or ideas without giving proper credit. ​

 Plagiarism is an offense against the author; copyright violation is an offense against the copyright holder.​

 The Common Types of Plagiarism- Direct Plagiarism, Self Plagiarism, Mosaic Plagiarism, Accidental Plagiarism.​