Tools and Techniques Flashcards
SMTP
Simple mail Transfer Protocol
how are SMTP email systems used
received for a.user@the.domain
TCP port 25
Problems of SMTP
Very old and has no security and no sender verification so anything can fake.
What is Protocol and what it starts with?
Set of rules the email must follow to get to the receiver.
Starts with HELO
Main structures of an email
Header
Message Body
Page source
What are Phishing Emails
Scam emails sent to victims into doing specific tasks like web links and submitting personal information
What are Phishing Emails aims
To cause harm, damage systems, stealing personal info or for finical gain.
Biggest signs of a Phishing email?
Sense of Urgency
Inconsistences
login credentials
Bad grammar
Suspicious attachments
Too good to be true
No matter how secured the system what is the main problem and why
people as they can give away passwords, information lose passwords keys etc.
what is malicious outsider
To access system to steal personal details
What is Malicious Insider
Employee with a grudge like blackmail
What is an accidental insider
An employee with a poor understanding.
What age groups are more susceptible to be a target/victim and why?
Young and elderly because of guilt and lack of awareness.
Other then age who are other main targets and how?
Basic level employee, support staff
To target business
Phone class from tech, using the boss as emails or calls etc
What is the human buffer?
When focusing on a complicated/long task , when something interrupts them there isn’t a lot of focus.
