Security Threats & Solutions

Security Threats & Solutions

1. Passwords

   • Make sure they are long and have capitals with numbers and have symbols.
   • dictionary attacks
     • This is where a hacker uses every single word in the dictionary to try and hack your password. This can include words from other passwords that they have hacked
     • Make sure your password is not a dictionary word
   • Use a different password for everything

2. Phishing

   • This is where someone pretends to be your bank or from a random bank and phone, text or email you saying that you have won a prise or need to update your information and they ask for your bank details. After they have these details they could rid your bank account of all its money.
   • Precautions
     • Delete the email
     • Phone or email your bank to confirm the message you got.
     • Ignore it

3. DoS

   • dDoS
     • A whole group of computers attack one server.
     • Precautions
       • There are none.
   • This is where one computer floods a network with requests for random web pages.
   • Precautions
     • Keep server up to date

4. Physical Threats

   • Physical threats are things like earthquakes or tidal waves that potentially wipe out your computer. it can also be where you have your computer stolen or a USB stolen
   • Precautions
     • Have an off site backup
     • Run mirror servers
     • Use an UPS (uninterruptable power supply)

5. Viruses

   • Precautions
     • Keep anti-virus software up to date
     • Every time you download something from the internet, do a virus scan of your computer
   • Viruses are programs that get into your computer and copy themselves multiple times. This can only happen after the virus has attached to a file and when it is opened they can spead

6. Worms

   • They do things.