Network Security Threats

Network Security Threats

1. Spyware

   • it records the activity on your computer such a your keystrokes. So if you enter your password in it would sent back the data to the attack instigator

2. Trojan Horse

   • Gains access to a computer by pretending to be legitimate software. It allows unauthorised backdoor access to a computer without the user being aware

3. Brute Force Attack

   • Gaining unauthorised access to a network by using a computer program to try and find the password by trying all combinations until the right password is found

4. DDoS

   • When the requests come from many sources so you cannot just block a single ip address

5. Virus

   • Viruses can replicate themselves and transfer from one computer to another. They are activated by a user often as email attachments and attach to other programs and files

6. Phishing

   • Normally and email or text scam where victims believe that they are being contacted by an authentic organisation when they are not and get tricked to give there personal infomation/details such as bank account passwords

7. Worm

   • They spread like viruses but do not require human intervention. They attach themselves to network tools to spread automatically around a network very quickly