Security threats

Security threats

1. Active attack

   • A hacker attempts to make changes to data on the target or data en route to the target.

2. Passive attack

   • This is where system is monitored and scanned for open ports and vulnerabilities that could be exploited.

3. insider attack

   • This is where someone has access to a organization information and attempts to steal property or information

4. Brute force attack

   • The method of trial and error used by application programs to try and decode encrypted data.

5. DODS

   • This is where mulitiple systems are infected by a trojan and send useless data to a single network trying to overwhelm it therefore slwoing down network performance or crashing it.

6. Phishing

   • This is pretending to be a trustworthy entity to try and obtain sensitive information

7. Spyware

   • This is where a hacker is able to obtain important information by monitoring another computer's activity

8. Scareware

   • Is malware disguised as official software, the user then downloads it in the thought it is genuine, they will then have this virus/malicious software.

9. Tojan horse

   • Tojan horse is where it misleads the users of its intent. Trojans can be employed bu cyber-thieves or hackers in order to access users' systems

10. ransomeware

    • malicious software that threatens the users to publish sensitive information unless an amount is paid

11. Worms

    • Is a malicious computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers it uses a computer network to spread itself