Security threats

Security threats

1. DDoS

   • Useless data packets are sent to the server to make the server to overload. Distributed Denial of Service attack
   • Use pentesting to check for weakness on the server

2. Active attack

   • An active attack is where someone attacks a network with malware or other planned attacks.

3. Scareware

   • It tells the user their computer infected with loads of viruses and that they need to pay them for it be fixed.

4. Spyware

   • Where someone is watching what you are doing through your computer
   • To prevent having a spyware would be by downloading the latest Anti-spyware software

5. Viruses

6. Passive Attack

   • is where someone monitors data travelling on a network and intercepts any snesitive information they find.

7. Worm

   • They are like viruses but they self replicate without any user help.

8. Botnet

9. Insider attack

   • An insider attack is where someone within a organisation exploits their network access to steal information.

10. Brute force attack

    • Is a type of active attack used to going the information by cracking passwords through trail and error.
    • To prevent this you can have strong passwords and you can limit the login attempts. Or you can use biometrics.

11. Ransomware

12. Trojan horse