Network Security Flashcards
1
Q
What is social engenering ?
A
It means to trick others into revealing their personal data by posing a trusted source
2
Q
What is data interception ?
A
. When data packets have been intercepted by a third party and copied to a location that is different to the intended destination
3
Q
What is a denial of service attack ?
A
.When computers repeatedly sends requests to the server to overload the system
. The purpose of this is to slow down the system and make a web site offline temporarily
4
Q
What is an SQL injection ?
A
.When a malicious SQL commands is entered into a data input box