Network Security

Network Security

1. Malware

   • Its malicious software it is usually secretly stored data se virthat can cauuses and or infect the device with spyware

2. phishing

   • An attempt to gain confidential and or sensitve infomation such as passwords and credit cards.Usually in the foem of a email.

3. ransomeware

   • It locks your data and encrypts it so the user no longer has control over there own data hackers might want payment for the data to be decrypted.

4. Trojan horse

   • data attactched in a email to infect a users computer gaining personal details and access to their computers

5. brute force

   • They attempt to use many attempt at guessing passwords to gain access.They systematically attempt to geuss a password.

6. denial of service

   • Usually done by flooding a network meaning all devices connected have no source of connection due to the interference this is usually called a DDOS

7. social engineering

   • phycological manipulation to gain personal and or confidential infomation

8. man in the middle attack

   • An attacker secretly relays information editing it so the party receiving information sees something different to what was sent.

9. Data interception

   • Whike messages are being sent people can interupt the packets and steal data from them.

10. Packet sniffing

    • hackers can use tools to monitor your network and find passwords and or data

11. message tampering

    • Altering messages from the sender for mallicious reasons .

12. SQL Injection

    • It uses vulnerablities in security to steal data directly from companys.