network security

network security

1. Packet sniffing

   • it gets mis-understood from what it actually is
   • it attackes information people transfer it over a network
   • after a capture this data can be analyzed and sensitive information can be retrived

2. Trojan horse

   • known for opening your network to bad people so they can access your data
   • they can also but bad viruses into your computer
   • it also claims that it gets rid of viruses but it adds more when you run it on your controller

3. Denial of service

   • denial of service is where multiple comprimised systems which are often infected with a trojan
   • they target a single system causing denial of service

4. Social engineering

   • it uses psycoligical manipulation of people to perform certain acts
   • it also has your personal and confidential information

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   • Ransomware
     • is a malicious software that threatens to release there peronal data
     • also make you pay money for your stuff back

6. Phishing

   • tries to get your personal details like passwords and credit card details
   • pretends to be a realible network for example pretending to be a netflix or other platforms to get your information

7. Message tampering

   • attacks through messages when it delivers
   • they also can change where the message is going