Attack Types

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Malicious software that will have a negative impact in your computer.

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Malware

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Malware that can reproduce itself but needs the user to click on or launch the application to start its process.

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Virus

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Malware that self-replicates itself and doesn’t need user intervention.

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Worm

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Type of malware that uses legitimate programs to infect a computer. It does not rely on files and leaves no footprint, making it hard to detect and remove.

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Fileless Virus/Malware

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Malware on your system that requires you to give money for the attackers to give access back to your computer.

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Ransomware

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Uses cryptography to be able to encrypt all your personal information unless you have the proper key by sending bitcoin/money to your attackers.

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Crypto-malware

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Software that pretends to be something else. Doesn’t care about replicating.

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Trojan Horse

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Unwanted program commonly downloaded by a Trojan Horse software.

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PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program

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Way to easily reconnect back with an infected system. Created by the malware itself and can be used by multiple types of malware on the same system.

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Backdoors

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Remote administration tool that gives 3rd parties access to your computer to have almost complete control over your computer.

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RATs - Remote Access Trojan

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Can be found on any OS and modify files in the kernel of the OS. Can be invisible to the OS and antivirus software.

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Rootkits

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Malware that throws advertisement all over your computer. Pop-ups, with pop-ups. Can be installed accidentally.

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Adware

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Malware that spies on you.

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Spyware

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Type of spyware that captures every keystroke you type

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Keyloggers

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Stands for robot, term to describe the automation that occurs BTS when your system is taken over by this type of malware.

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Bots

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Group of bots working together. Distributed by DDoS.

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Botnets

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Attack that occurs when a separate event is triggered. Commonly left by people with a grudge or recently fired employees. Example, time bombs, user events, or logic action. Many delete themselves once executed.

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Logic Bomb

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When attackers can read passwords because the app stored them in the clear (plaintext) instead of a hashing format.

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Plaintext/unencrypted passwords

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Cryptographic algorithm that cannot be reversed. Fixed-length string of text message digest or ‘fingerprint’.

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Hashing password

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Avoids the results of a lock account, and will try some common passwords before moving on to the next account. This avoids them alarms.

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Spraying Attack

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Try every possible password combination until the hash is matched.

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Brute Force

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Attacker uses common words taken from a dictionary and check if the password is one of those. These programs can substitute letters.

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Dictionary Attacks

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Type of database that contains pre-calculated hash chains. Speed increase, and need different tables for different types of hashes.

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Rainbow tables

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Random data added to the password when hashing. Every user gets one added to their password. Rainbow tables don’t work with this type.

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Salt

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Steals credit card information as its been used and copies it from the magnetic stripe or gathering from the OS in the computer you are using. Includes a camera to see what numbers you press for the PIN.

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Skimming

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Makes decisions and finds different patterns based on data.

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Machine Learning

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Attackers find ways to avoid AI patterns of training to poison it.

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Evasion Attacks

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Attack designed to affect many victims from one broad attack vector.It includes many moving parts: raw materials, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, customers, and consumers. Attackers can infect any step through the process.

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Supply Chain

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Type of security that is centralized and costs less. No dedicated hardware, no data center to secure and third-party handles everything.

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Cloud-based security

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Type of security that puts the burden on the client. Data center security and infrastructure costs.

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On-premises

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Doesn’t have the key to decrypt the data so they use different ways to access by looking for cryptographic vulnerabilities. The problem is not cryptography, but the way is implemented.

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Cryptographic Attacks

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Same hash value for two different plaintexts.

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Hash Collision

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Attack in which the attacker tries to force two hosts on a network to use an insecure or weakly protected data transmission protocol.

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Downgrade attack

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Process of generating different versions of the same malware program with different source code.

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Polymorphism