Network security Flashcards
1
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Malware
A
Software that is especially designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to computer system
2
Q
Phishing
A
An attack Sends an fraudulent message designed to trick a human victim into revealing sensitive information to the attacker or to deploy malicious software on the victims infrastructure like ransom ware
3
Q
Brute Force attack
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A brute force attack is a simple take away the hacker guess is the password
4
Q
Denial of service
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The attacker was born a bunch of bots to flood request a server and the server will collapse and will be easy to hack
5
Q
Data interception
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Data interception is a transmission. A software could be a packet sniffer
6
Q
SQL injection
A
A full structured language, computer language designed for executing information from database
