security threats and solutions

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security threats and solutions
  1. social engineering: this is gaining access by persauding people to hand over passwords or securiy relatied information unwittingly and then using that information to access the systrem.
    1. direct attacks: this may involve exploiting a server vulnerability to gain access and/or attacking password hashes with dictionarty or brute force methods to reveal passwords whick give access to the sysyem
      1. precautions to take: use strong long passwords which resist dictionary and brute force cracking
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