Network Security threats

Network Security threats

1. Trojan Horse

   • Malware that is disguised as something legitimate that once is downloaded has access to your device

2. Spyware

   • Malware that looks through your saved data and or web history and any other sensitive data like bank accounts

3. Brute Force Attack

   • Gaining access to an account or system by systematically trying every single possible combination for the password until you hit the right combination

4. DDoS

   • The system is flooded with useless data packets until the traffic is too much for the server to handle and so it starts to malfunction and or crash

5. Virus

   • Malware that gains access to your device and spreads copies of itself, attatching to files until and gains the power to edit them and or delete them

6. Phishing

   • An email is sent pretending to be from a well known business so that you can trust them with your credentials and or sensitive information

7. Worm

   • Malware that spreads like viruses but do not require someone to open them and or run them, they also spread around networks quicky