{"id":191074,"date":"2026-02-26T21:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/cybersecurity-professor-breaks-down-cyber-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T00:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:25:15","slug":"cybersecurity-professor-breaks-down-cyber-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/cybersecurity-professor-breaks-down-cyber-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity professor breaks down cyber attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/cybersecurity-professor-breaks-down-cyber-attacks\/\">Cybersecurity professor breaks down cyber attacks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/cybersecurity-professor-breaks-down-cyber-attacks\/\">https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/cybersecurity-professor-breaks-down-cyber-attacks\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-26 21:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wcbi.com\">www.wcbi.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: <a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tSTARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) \u2013\u00a0Cyberattacks can come in many forms, and they can come from anywhere in the world.<br \/>\nDr. George Trawick, a cybersecurity professor and the Cyber Coordinator at Mississippi State University, said one of the simplest forms is a \u201cdenial\u2011of\u2011service\u201d attack.<br \/>\n\u201cThat\u2019s just where a lot of computers across the internet point their packets or information towards the machine and overwhelm it,\u201d said Trawick.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tJust last week, The University of Mississippi Medical Center was hit with ransomware attack.<br \/>\nTrawick said many attackers use phishing emails, tricking users into clicking false links.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd then once they click on it, the malware gets into the system and that malware goes in and encrypts that data bases or your information\u201d<br \/>\nThose attackers often demand payment to release that data.<br \/>\nTrawick said knowing your system\u2019s vulnerabilities can help you stay ahead of a threat.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Department of Homeland Security offers free remote scans to businesses and organizations.<br \/>\n\u201cThey can come in just like knocking on your door and windows. You know, make sure this door\u2019s locked \u2026 this window\u2019s lock. They can look from the outside of your business and check for vulnerabilities that way,\u201d said Trawick.<br \/>\nOnce vulnerabilities are found, cybersecurity teams can work to remove potential threats.<br \/>\nTrawick said awareness and user training are just as important as any technical fix.<br \/>\nExperts use digital forensics to help track down criminals.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tMSU\u2019s Cybersecurity department offers free assessments to small businesses to help prevent attacks.<br \/>\nYou contact the office at\u00a0(662) 325-2756 or office@cse.msstate.edu for more information.<br \/>\nFor 24\/7 news and updates, follow us on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0and\u00a0X.\t<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersecurity professor breaks down cyber attacks https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/cybersecurity-professor-breaks-down-cyber-attacks\/ Publish Date: 2026-02-26 21:29:00 Source Domain: www.wcbi.com Author:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b\/c\/dr-george-trawick-1024x576.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[24,32,25],"class_list":["post-191074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-cybersecurity","tag-malware","tag-phishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191076,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191074\/revisions\/191076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}