CYBERSAFETY SECTION CONTENT

Top Online Threats You Should Know!

Online threats in 2025 increasingly leverage AI, targeting individuals through phishing, ransomware, and deepfakes, with phishing remaining the top entry point for attacks. These dangers affect high school students like those in the Philippines using social media and school devices, potentially leading to data theft or financial scams. Awareness helps in staying safe on platforms like Instagram and during academic research.

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Phishing

A cyberattack where attackers use fake messages or websites to trick victims into revealing sensitive information like passwords, credit card numbers, or personal details. They impersonate trusted brands, often sending convincing emails that lead victims to fraudulent websites with suspicious URLs designed to steal confidential data.

Malware

Harmful software that steals data or damages systems without permission, causing slow performance, crashes, unwanted emails, automatic downloads, and disabled tools; viruses are a type of malware that spreads through infected files and cause unusual activity, locked accounts, and many outgoing emails.

Cyberbullying

Bullying through digital devices like phones and computers, occurring via texts, apps, social media, forums, or games. It involves sending or sharing harmful, false, or mean content or private information to embarrass or humiliate others, sometimes crossing into illegal behavior.

Identity Theft

Occurs when cybercriminals attempt to guess or steal your login credentials—often by exploiting weak, reused, or easily guessed passwords—in order to gain unauthorized access to your personal accounts, financial information, or sensitive data for fraudulent activities.

Password Attacks

Happen when cybercriminals attempt to obtain access to your personal accounts or sensitive information by guessing, cracking, or stealing your login credentials—often exploiting weak, common, or reused passwords through methods like brute force, phishing, or credential stuffing.

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