learning aim b: cyber security

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Mind Map on learning aim b: cyber security, created by Keane MEEK on 01/05/2020.
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learning aim b: cyber security
  1. key terms
    1. threat
    2. why systems are attacked
      1. malware
        1. trojan horse

          Annotations:

          • users are tricked into downloading it. 
          1. rootkit

            Annotations:

            • is a set of tools that give a hacker high level administrative control of a computer.
            1. ransomware

              Annotations:

              • encrypted files stored on a computer to exort or steal money from organisations.
              1. spyware

                Annotations:

                • malicious software secretly installed to collect information from someone elses computer.
                1. keyloggers

                  Annotations:

                  • spyware that records every keystroke made on a computer to steal personal information.
          2. botnet

            Annotations:

            • is an army of zombie devices used to carry out mass attacks and send spam to millions of users.
            1. DDOS

              Annotations:

              • flooding a website with useless traffic to inundate and overwhelm the network.
          3. social engineering

            Annotations:

            • involves tricking people into divulging valuable information about themselves.
            1. phishing

              Annotations:

              • a way of attempting to acquire information by pretending to be from a trustworthy source.
              1. spear phishing

                Annotations:

                • involves bespoke emails being sent to well searched victims.
                1. blagging

                  Annotations:

                  • a blagger invents a scenario to engage a targeted victim in a manner that increases the chance the victim will divulge information
                  1. shoulder surfing

                    Annotations:

                    • acquiring sensitive information by someone peering over a users shoulder when they are using a device.
                    1. pharming

                      Annotations:

                      • involves redirecting people to bogus look a like websites without realising it has happened. 
                      1. man in the middle attack

                        Annotations:

                        • a form of eavesdropping where the attacker makes a independent connection between two victims and steals information to use fraudulently. 
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