Assignment 2: 5 interesting cyber security threats

 There are various resources where you can find information on recent cyber threats, for example:

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Have a look at these resources, (or any other resources that you identified). Write an article discussing 5 threats that you found interesting.

The article should include the following information:

• Choose 5 topics from list below, and describe one interesting threat on each topic: 
  • Physical security
  • IAM
  • Asset (including data, operating systems, endpoints, etc)
  • IoT
  • Web application
  • Network
  • Malware
  • Others (you may decide yourself)
• For each threat, describe: 
  • Resources you used;
  • What is it about, which topic (see the list above) it covers;
  • Why interesting;
  • Which vulnerability is involved;  what is its CVSS value? use the  calculator ( ; motivate the  CVSS values;
  • Describe at least one incident associated with this threat;  explain  its impact on CIA; and give suggestion on possible mitigations.

Each threats should be described at about two A4 pages.  So in total,  the body of this document should be about 10 pages, excluding  citations.

The deadline for this assignment is Nov. 7 11:59pm.