Network Security Threats,

Network Security Threats,

1. Worm

   • A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.

2. phishing

   • Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information or data, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details or other sensitive details, by impersonating oneself as a trustworthy entity in a digital communication.

3. virus

   • A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.

4. tojan horse

   • In computing, a Trojan horse is any malware which misleads users of its true intent. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek story of the deceptive Trojan Horse that led to the fall of the city of Troy.

5. DDos

   • In computing, a denial-of-service attack is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to the Internet

6. spyware

   • software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.

7. brute force attack

   • In cryptography, a brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing a combination correctly.