Network Security J277

An example of social engineering

• Viruses
• Worms
• Phishing
• Trojan horses

Setting user access levels means that

• Anyone can update software to the latest version
• Passwords must be shared with the network manager
• Hackers can never gain access to the system
• Central systems are protected even if some users’ accounts are compromised

Malware

• Are different types of threats to computer systems
• Is a manufacturer of computer parts
• Are hard to find on the internet
• Distribution is completely legal

Viruses

• Do not need to attach to a program
• Need to attach to a program
• Designed to access a computer by misleading users of its intent by prompting to download a program
• An example of Phishing

Trojan horse

• A story about Troy
• Can only occur when a computer is not connected to a network
• A type of social engineering
• Designed to access a computer by misleading users of its’ intent by prompting to download a program

What can viruses affect?

• Keyboard
• Hard drive
• RAM
• All of them

Why do hackers use viruses?

• To make a computer unusable
• To get someone’s personal information
• To find out card details
• All of them

Sending requests to a system using hijacked machines is called

• Phishing
• DDOS
• Worm
• Virus

Data travels across networks in

• Nibbles
• Packets
• Envelopes
• Bytes

Uses a number of computers over a network of infected machines which send requests to a website which would bring it offline

• SQL
• WLAN
• DDOS
• USB