Hacking

Question 1

This is the name given to a form of eavesdropping in which special equipment is used to pick up side-band electromagnetic emissions from electronics devices that correlate to hidden signals or data. The method is named after the Dutch computer researcher who first published this vulnerability.

Answer 1

Van Eck Phreaking

Question 2

This is the name given to a software vulnerability that is unknown to those who would be interested in mitigating the vulnerability (including the vendor of the targeted software).

Answer 2

Zero-day Vulnerability

Question 3

What is DNS spoofing?

Answer 3

When a DNS (Domain Name Server) is hacked and a web address is set to point to an incorrect and potentially malicious IP address.