Network Security Threats

Network Security Threats

1. Spyware

   • Records personal activity on your computer such as keystrokes logging your password. They also can watch through the webcam

2. Trojan Horse

   • Gains access to a computer by pretending to be a legitimate software. This gains access to a computer by using an backdoor.

3. Worm

   • They spread like viruses but unlike a virus it doesn't require human interaction. They attach themselves to network tools and spread atomaticly

4. Phishing

   • Normlly an email or text massage scam where victims are conned into believing that they have been contacted by a organisation and pursading people into giving personal info

5. Virus

   • it spreads adding itself into files and docs unlike worms it spreads only on one computer

6. Brute Force Attack

   • When all possible password combinations are systematically tried, with the hope of getting it correct.