LO 2.1 vulnerabilities

LO 2.1 vulnerabilities

1. system attack - denial of service - this is when you dont let the user to access their computer

   • botnet- when someone places a malware on a group of computer to form a network and have the network under control also enabling them to access sensitive information
   • social engineering - gaining trust from users and using that trust to gain confidential information, being tricked into giving out confidential information

2. accidental - when accidentally you drop or laptop or spill a liquid on your laptop

3. intentional - when you criminally or intentionally sabotage someone computer

4. organised crimes - money laundering and dependent crime and data mining

   • stealing identities
     • stealing interlectual property
       • emptying bank accounts
         • blackmailing individuals and organisations

5. money laundering - the process by which criminals transfer money through different bank accounts and making it as if its legal.

6. state sponsored - spies that hack into other counties information network to get information about other networks and to identify vulnerabilities

   • with this information they can undermine other countries

7. physical threat - any threat to a computer physically so theft or loss of equipment

8. environmental - any threat caused by natural events like floods, fires, earth quakes and very high winds