learning aim b: cyber security

1. threat

1. trojan horse

   Nota:

   • users are tricked into downloading it. 
   1. rootkit

      Nota:

      • is a set of tools that give a hacker high level administrative control of a computer.
      1. ransomware

         Nota:

         • encrypted files stored on a computer to exort or steal money from organisations.
         1. spyware

            Nota:

            • malicious software secretly installed to collect information from someone elses computer.
            1. keyloggers

               Nota:

               • spyware that records every keystroke made on a computer to steal personal information.
2. botnet

   Nota:

   • is an army of zombie devices used to carry out mass attacks and send spam to millions of users.
   1. DDOS

      Nota:

      • flooding a website with useless traffic to inundate and overwhelm the network.

Nota:

• involves tricking people into divulging valuable information about themselves.

1. phishing

   Nota:

   • a way of attempting to acquire information by pretending to be from a trustworthy source.
   1. spear phishing

      Nota:

      • involves bespoke emails being sent to well searched victims.
      1. blagging

         Nota:

         • a blagger invents a scenario to engage a targeted victim in a manner that increases the chance the victim will divulge information
         1. shoulder surfing

            Nota:

            • acquiring sensitive information by someone peering over a users shoulder when they are using a device.
            1. pharming

               Nota:

               • involves redirecting people to bogus look a like websites without realising it has happened. 
               1. man in the middle attack

                  Nota:

                  • a form of eavesdropping where the attacker makes a independent connection between two victims and steals information to use fraudulently.