2.1- Threats to Cyber Security Flashcards
What is vishing?
making phone calls or leaving voice messages pretending to be from companies in order to trick people to reveal personal information.
What is phishing?
social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware such as viruses or ransomware.
What is a DoS attack?
A denial-of-service attack is an attack which aims to render a computer or other device unavailable to its users by interrupting the device’s normal functioning. attacks typically function by overwhelming a targeted machine with requests until normal traffic is unable to be processed.
What are Trojans?
Trojan horse is a type of malware created to look like a legitimate software. It attaches itself to genuine files that are downloaded from the internet. Once the Trojans find its place, it extract users’ information.
What is Botnet?
A network system infected with malicious software allowing control without the owner’s knowledge or content
What is spyware?
Spyware is malicious software that gathers info from a device it tracks various forms of data such as passwords or personal details.
What is Social Engineering?
When someone is manipulated into providing confidential information.
What is Pharming?
Online fraud that involves the use of malicious code to direct victims to spoofed websites in an attempt to steal their credentials and data
What is Keylogging?
Records keystrokes to capture sensitive data such as passwords.
What is hacking?
Act of exploiting weakness in a computer or system to steal data or gain unauthorised access
What is man in the middle?
a man-in-the-middle attack, or on-path attack, is a cyberattack where the attacker secretly relays between two parties who believe that they are directly communicating with each other.
