10.2 Cybersecurity

An attempt to connect to a server by capturing and resending authentication information.

• Email Attack

• Browser Attack

• Man-in-the-Middle Attack

• Replay Attack

An attack where the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communications between two parties who believe they are directly communicating with each other.

• Pretexting

• Email Attack

• Browser Attack

• Man-in-the-Middle Attack

Convincing a victim that they are performing a legitimate task within their web browser window when, in fact, they are being tricked into revealing sensitive information or installing malware on their computer.

• Social Engineering

• Reconnaissance

• Pretexting

• Browser Attack

Exploiting a victim using email messages.

• Social Engineering

• Reconnaissance

• Pretexting

• Email Attack

Tricking a victim into revealing sensitive information under false pretenses.

• Snooping

• Wiretapping

• Reconnaissance

• Pretexting

The passive gathering of information about a potential victim.

• Social Engineering

• Reconnaissance

• Pretexting

• Email Attack

The use of deception to gain personal and/or private information for unlawful purposes.

• Impersonation

• Denial of Service

• Malware

• Social Engineering

A form of eavesdropping that uses programs such as packet sniffers to capture data being transmitted over a network.

• Snooping

• Wiretapping

• Denial of Service

• Malware

Attempting to secretively discover private information about a person, company, or other entity.

• Snooping

• Wiretapping

• Password Attack

• Identify Theft

TCP session hacking and other methods where an attacker takes over the communication to a server by appearing to be the victim.

• Impersonation

• Denial of Service

• Malware

• Password Attack