Week 4 Flashcards
-Is an object, person, or other entity that presents an ongoing danger to an asset.
Threat
What is the meaning of malware
Malicious software
Any program or file that is harmful to a computer user.
Malware
Types of walmare
VIRUS,TROJAN HORSE,POLYMORPHIC
Worm, backdoor
Give forces of nature
EARTHQUAKE
FLOOD
TSUNAMI
TYPHOON
TORNADO
FIRE
LANDSLIDE
LIGHTNING
ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE
DUST
an act that takes advantage of a vulnerability to a compromise a controlled system.
Attack
an identified weakness in a controlled system, where controls are not present or are no longer effective.
Vulnerability
-The application of computing and network resources to try every possible password combination.
BRUTE FORCE
-An attempt to reverse-calculate a password.
CRACK
-A variation of the brute force attack which narrows the filed by selecting specific target accounts and using a list of commonly used password instead of random combinations.
DICTIONARY
-The attacker sends a large number of connection or information requests to a target.
DENIAL-OF-SERVICE (DOS)
-An attack in which a coordinated stream of requests is launched against a target from many locations at the same time.
DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE (DDOS)
-A technique used to gain unauthorized access to computers, wherein the intruder sends messages with a source IP address that has been forged to indicate that the messages are coming from a trusted host.
SPOOFING
-TCP Hijacking attack, an attacker monitors packets from a network, modifiers them, and inserts them back into the network.
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
-An attacker routes large quantities of e-mail to the target.
MAIL BOMBING
-The process of using skills to convince people to reveal access credentials or other valuable information to the attacker.
SOCIAL ENGINEERING
-An attempt to gain personal or financial information from an individual, usually by posing as a legitimate entity.
PHISHING
-The redirection of legitimate web traffic to an illegitimate site for the purpose of obtaining private information.
PHARMING
