Protecting Yourself Against Cyber Attacks

We all use the internet for something, whether it be for online shopping, to research a topic, communicate with friends and family, to take an online quiz, or maybe you have your own website for a small business you own. While we all may use it for several different reasons, there is something we all have in common when we use a device. The risk of a cyber-attack, around sixty to seventy percent of adults experience some sort of cyber-attack, so it most likely could happen to you. There are many different types of cyber attacks and some examples are such as phishing, ransomware, and malware which are the ones we will be focusing on. Cyber-attacks are very dangerous because if the attack is succeeded, it can take very important things from you such as valuable information, money, or make you lose your device completely. And as of 2026 the number of cyber-attacks seems to be rising, and small businesses seem to be a big target to those attacks. Because they are a big issue that pose a big risk, we will be discussing the three cyber-attacks that were mentioned earlier, what to look out for, and how to protect yourself against those attacks.