Network Security

Network Security

1. Pharming

   • it is a cyber attack intended to redirect a website traffic to another fake site in order to steal user data.
   • The user is redirected to a site and malicious code could be downloaded and ran on the victim's machine.
   • The site could look identical to eBay, Amazon etc.

2. Phishing

   • The process of deceiving recipients of an email into sharing information.
   • Email that says its from a trusted source can ask the user directly for their details or the email will contain a link or attachment that when accessed could install malicious code on their machine.

3. Mac address filtering

   • Media Access Control
   • It is an address given to all network devices, it is also hardcoded into the device

4. Blagging

   • inventing a scenario to convince someone that you are a person you are not

5. Shoulder Surfing

   • when someone intentionally is looking over your shoulder while you are carrying out a transaction at an ATM at looking at sensitive/personal information.

6. Firewall

   • A network security system.Either hardware or software base that controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on a set of rules.