DNS, Wireless, and On-path attacks

Question 1

DoS

Answer 1

Force a service to fail , causes a system to be unavailable.

Question 2

DDoS

Answer 2

Launch an army of computers to bring down a service

Question 3

DDoS reflection attack

Answer 3

involves an attacker spoofing a target’s IP address and sending a request for information

Question 4

DDoS amplification attack

Answer 4

generate a high volume of packets that are used to overwhelm the target website without alerting

Question 5

DNS poisoning

Answer 5

fake info is entered into the cache of a domain name server, resulting in DNS queries producing an incorrect reply.
Sends users to wrong website.

Question 6

Domain hijacking

Answer 6

Access to domain registration (able to change IP address), you have control where traffic flows.

Question 7

De-authentication attack

Answer 7

disrupts connections between users and Wi-Fi access points.

Question 8

802.11 management frames

Answer 8

Used to connect your device to the network, manage its connection, then disconnect when you’re done using the network.
**no encryption of these frames.

Question 9

Radio Frequency (RF) Jamming

Answer 9

Type of DoS attack that prevents wireless communication, transmits interfering signals.

Question 10

Wireless jamming

Answer 10

Constant data sent at random times, difficult to be effective from a distance.

Question 11

On path attacks

Answer 11

Allows an attacker to sit between two devices & watch all the traffic go back and forth.
-referred to as ‘man in the middle.’

Question 12

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) poisoning

Answer 12

Allows an attacker to alter routing on a network.
**ARP does not have an authentication function, so when it receives the message it will update the caches w/ its new detail.