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Identifying and preventing vulnerabilities
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- 1what is a network attackis an attempt to gain access steal, modify or delete data on a network
- 2forms of network attacksMalware
Phishing
Dos
SQL - 3what is malwareit is malicious software written to infect computers
- 4how to protect a computer against malwareusing strong security software e.g firewall or using anti-virus software
- be cautious about opening emails or document from unknown sources as malware is an executable software
- Regular Software Updates - to identify and patch security holes making it harder for it ti be exploited by hackers - 5what is phishingis a online fraud technique used by criminals to try an get a users personal information e.g card info
- 6what is a SQL injectiona technique used to view or change data in a database due to making use of vulnerabilities in poorly written code
- 7what is Denial of serviceis the process of flooding a server with useless traffic causing the server to overload and become unavailable
- 8how to prevent against phishing- strong security software
- awareness of spotting fake email and websites - 9how to prevent against a Dos- strong firewall
- Packet filters - 10What is Social Engineering- Is a way to gain access to sensitive information or illegal access to networks by influencing, Manipulating the user e.g a persons lack of cyber threats
- 11What are the types of Social engineering?- Phishing
- Pharming
-Blagging
- Shoulder surfing - 12How to prevent social engineering?- Training staff to identify and spot types of social engineering e.g fake emails
-disabling pop ups or installing ad blockers to stop the temptation to click on it - 13What is Blagging (Pretexting)?using an invented scenario e.g Pretending the victim has a virus , to engage the victim to give up credential information
- 14What is Pharming?is the process of redirecting website traffic to a fake look a like website
- 15What is Phishing?is the sending of fraudulent emails to get the victims credential information e.g credit card info
- 16How to prevent Phishing?- Read email closely to try and spot any grammar or spelling mistakes
- 17What is Shoulder surfing?is the process of observing a persons private info over their shoulder with out the victims knowledge e.g at cash point machines
- 18How to protect against SQL- Penetrating testing
- establishing database perms/ user access levels - 19What is a Brute force attack?is the process of 'Trial and Error' trying all possible combinations until the correct combination is found
- 20How to prevent Brute force attacks?- Lockout system, after a certain amount of try the device/ account locks
- using Progressive delays, after all attempts are used up the account/ device locks for a period of time
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- GCSE Computing Flashcards on Identifying and preventing vulnerabilities, created by Crawford _Studying on 17/11/2021.
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