Network Attacks Flashcards

Malicious software designed to harm or exploit systems, including viruses, worms, and ransomware.

Manipulating individuals into revealing confidential information or performing actions that compromise security.

Fraudulent messages designed to trick users into revealing sensitive information, such as passwords or financial details.

A method of trying many passwords or combinations to gain unauthorised access to a system.

Overloading a system or network with traffic to make it unavailable to users.

The act of capturing or stealing data as it is transmitted over a network.

A technique where malicious SQL code is inserted into a database query to manipulate or access data.

Authorised probing of a system to identify vulnerabilities and improve security.

The process of encoding data to protect it from unauthorised access during transmission or storage.

A security system that filters incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined rules.