Network Security Threats

Network Security Threats

1. Phishing

2. Pharming

3. Trojan Horse

4. Brute force attack

5. Trojan Horse

   • gains access to a computer by pretending to be legitimate software. The trojan allows unauthorised backdoor access to a computer without the user being aware.

6. Brute force attack

   • when all possible password combinations are systematically tried, with the hope of getting it right.

7. Phishing

   • Users are redirected to a fraudulent website that they believe to be genuine because it looks like the real site. For instance, you could be directed to a site that pretends to be an online store which asks you for your credit card information.

8. Pharming

   • Normally an email or text messaging scam where victims are conned into believing that they are being contacted by an authentic organisation (e.g. by their bank) and can give sensitive personal details (such as bank account passwords).