Network Security

Network Security

1. Malware

   • It is short for malicious software
   • They come in forms of computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware

2. Phishing

   • Phishing is a fake email that contains a virus like malware. A example of this is a fake email from your bank asking for bank details

3. Ransomware

   • This is a type of virus that threatens to share a persons details
     • They want money for the data's release

4. Trojan Horse

   • This is a computer program which doesn't tell a user the full intent of what the program will do

5. Brute Force

   • Brute force is attempting every password on a mass scale, by attempting every possible password

6. Social Engineering

   • Refers to physcological manipulation of people for information on the internet

7. Man in the Middle

   • This is were a hacker relays or alters information being sent by two parties. These parties believe they are talking to eachover

8. Data Intercepton

   • Data interception is when a hacker hijacks packets of data that are being sent between networks or devces

9. Packet Sniffing

   • Packet Sniffing is a program that intercepts data that flows in a network

10. Message Tampering

    • Message tampering is the cat of altering a message or a delivery of a message

11. SQL Injection

    • SQL injection is a code injection technique that might destroy your database.