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SB030 Follows advice given in security warnings

Security warning alert to potential harmful activity, like when a malicious website is visited. The advice should be followed closely.


Why is it important?

By ignoring security warnings, problems can become worse. This can lead to compromise of data and devices.

Priority Tier

Behaviours in SebDB are ranked by their impact on risk. Tier 1 behaviours have the biggest impact, Tier 4 behaviours the least.

Tier 3

Risk Mitigated

Malware Infection

Malware Infection

Malware infections occur when malicious software makes its way on to a device or network.

Account Compromise

Account Compromise

Account compromise happens when unauthorised people access them.

Further reading

https://www.venafi.com/blog/why-are-you-ignoring-browser-ssl-certificate-warning https://ictactjournals.in/paper/IJCT_V7_I3_paper8_1373_1378.pdf

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