Comparing and Contrasting Attacks Flashcards
What is Social Engineering?
Gathering information on an attack by exploiting the weakest part of security, people
What is Spear Phishing?
Attacks that target specific users.
What is Whaling?
An attack on a powerful or wealthy individual.
What is Vishing?
An attack through a phone or voice communications.
What is Tailgating?
Closely following individuals with keys to get access to secure areas.
What is Impersonation?
Taking on the identity of an individual to get access into the system or communications protocol.
What is Dumpster Diving?
Going through a business’s or person’s trash to find thrown away valuable information or possessions.
What is Shoulder Surfing?
Watching as a person enters information.
What is a Hoax?
False information that deceives the user into compromising security by making them believe they are at risk.
What is a Watering Hole Attack?
A security attack that targets a specific highly secured group by infecting a commonly visited website by the group’s members.
What is the Authority Principle?
The actor acts as an individual of authority.
What is the Intimidation Principle?
Frightening or threatening the victim.
What is the Consensus Principle?
Influenced by what others do, everyone else does it.
What is the Scarcity Principle?
Limited resources and time to act.
What is Familiarity Principle?
The victim is well known.
