Network threats

Network threats

1. Active attack

   • Is where the hacker or unauthorised user attempts to exploit the network e.g amazon and attempt to make changes to the data on the target
     • you could have mulitple servers that backs the data up and locks it down if someone unauthorised trys to access it

2. Brute force attack

   • is where the hacker or attacker uses brute force to crack passwords to gain information through combinations
     • You could have a long and secure combination or have a firewall , encryption

3. Phishing

   • is where the hacker attempts to access and collect sensitive data e.g usernames , passwords by mimicking a trusted company
     • Checking that the email that has been sent is genuine for example if you click on the link twice you can see if its genuine

4. Scareware

   • is a piece of malicious hardware that falsely appears as a trusted anti malware site or program causing them to go to malicious sites furthermore corrupting files and slowing speeds
     • You could check the genuinity through a real trusted anti malware site lots of people use not just you

5. Insider attack

   • is a malicious attack on a network or computer system by a person with authorized system access with the intent of harming the network
     • You could restrict some lower down users from accessing certain important files that could corrupt files

6. Malware

   • Worms
     • are attached by going onto a infected website and are spread by opening the infected file.
       • Use geniuine sites that you trust not fake sites or corrupted free sites
   • Viruses
     • is where it attaches its self to certain files( such as .exe which are executable files like programs) and run scripts of code. they spread by users copying , moving and opening files
   • Trojan horses

7. DDOS

   • Is where a hacker tries to stop users from accessing apart of a network
     • You can change your IP address to save your data

8. Spyware

   • secretly monitoring user actions e.g. key passes, and sends info to the hacker
     • Check the website doesn't have spyware through anti-malware

9. passive attack

   • is a network attack in which a system is monitored and sometimes scanned for open ports and vulnerabilities. They search for holes to penetrate so they can steal data which someone i trying to send to a place of trusted origin
     • The best way is to encrypt the data and give the recipient the key to unlock the code to access the data