Network Security threats

Network Security threats

1. Brute force attack

   • when all possible password combinations are systematically tried, to enter.

2. DDoS

   • hen the requests come from many sources so you cannot just block a single IP address.

3. Virus

   • They are activated by a user often as email attachments and attachment to other files and programs.

4. Phising

   • that they are being contacted by an authentic organisation and can give sensitive personal details

5. Worm

   • They are viruses but do not require human intervention.

6. Trojan Horse

   • The trojan allows unauthorised backdoor access to a computer without the user being aware.

7. Spyware

   • Records the activity on your computer, logging your passwords for instance and then sending the data back