All information that travels on the web, without the necessary precautionary measures, risks being intercepted by a third party. Similarly, there are also attacks for this purpose. The information sought usually points to personal data. A false move in the face of such incidents may expose the minor to loss of family money or identity theft.
It is a hostile behavior that can be practiced towards children. The victim of this type of harassment is subjected to threats and humiliations by their peers on the web, whose intentions are to torment the person and bring him to an emotional break. These practices can be done through the Internet, as well as cell phones and game consoles. Also known as cyberbullying, they are not always performed by adults, but are also common among teenagers.
It is the acronym for malicious software (malicious software). The purpose of such applications is to damage the computer. In most cases, the infection occurs because of "errors" made by users, by being deceived by the attacker. There are many tools (antivirus, antispyware) and good practices, which reduce the risk of infection, before all variants of malicious code: viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, etc.
is the famous "junk mail". They are those messages that were not requested by the user and that reach the inbox. Normally, these types of emails contain advertisements - often misleading - that encourage the user to enter pages, with "miraculous" offers, whose content is potentially harmful to the user.
are scams or scams, which are carried out over the Internet. They are made in various ways, such as through unsolicited emails (spam), as well as through social engineering techniques. The latter try to convince the user to provide a service when in reality they only want to access confidential information. One example is false messages requesting our password and social media password over the Internet.
It comes from the acronym formed between Sex and Texting. Initially, and as its name indicates, it was the sending of messages with erotic content. Later, given the technological progress, this modality evolved towards the exchange of images and videos becoming a common practice among adolescents and children.
It is the persuasion of an adult towards a child, in order to obtain an emotional connection and generate an environment of trust for the child to perform sexual activities. Often adults pretend to be children of their age and try to establish a relationship to then seek to make personal encounters.
Grooming
Sexting
Robo de información
Spam
Scam
Ciberacoso
Malware