Threats to system

Threats to system

1. Methods of attack

   • Malware: Malicious software that's harmful to the system or files like viruses, adware and spyware which can see the users screen and collect private information
   • Phishing is where fake websites take data and information from the user to steal and use it for something else
   • Brute force is a trial and error method where applications try and decode encrypted data or by themselves where they check all possible passwords until the correct one is found
   • Denial of service attacks brings down the website by using up the web server's resources. It is done by acquiring multiple computers to repeatedly access a website. Services are completely denied to the point where it is useless
   • Data interception is a method of stealing and intercepting an unknown user's data packets in a network traffic and using it to acess different things that don't belong to them
   • SQL Injections could destroy your database. When logging in to an account, adding username and password and pressing enter. The information in the background is added and stolen.

2. Poor network policy

   • Backing up files somewhere where it can be retrieved again if it gets corrupted/deleted or stolen.
   • Spotting for malware frequently and checking anti-virus (updating, killing viruses it catches).
   • Making sure that they log off the computer when not using and use cables instead of Wi-Fi incase of interference and chance of being hacked.
   • In the policy there should be passwords that are strong (certain length, use of lowercase, uppercase and numbers or symbols).

3. What is system security

   • It is the protection of the system from damage of hardware and electronic data. It is needed the prevent hackers from stealing, changing and then using your data