Network security threats

Network security threats

1. Malware

   • Virus
     • Malware that attacks the hardware of the computer
   • Spyware
     • Software that lets people access your camera
   • Scareware
     • Malware that is designed to scare the user
   • Trojan
     • Pretends to be legitimate software in order to gain unauthorised backdoor access to a computer without the user being aware.
   • worm
     • Attach themselves to network tools to spread automatically around a network and does not need human intervention to start the threat.

2. brute force attack

   • A form of attack where the hacker uses software to crack security passwords through trial and error.

3. active attack

   • A form of attack where the hacker attempts to change data or introduce malware to the computer system.

4. DDos

   • A form of attack where a hacker floods a network with useless data packets (traffic) to make it extremely slow or inaccessible.