DV Chapter 16

Question 1

Types of threats

Answer 1

Information Theft

Data Loss and Manipulation

Identity Theft

Disruption of Service

Question 2

Types of Vulnerabilities

Answer 2

Technological Vulnerabilities
TCP/IP protocol weakness
Operating System Weakness
Network Equipment Weakness

Configuration Vulnerabilities
Unsecured User account
System accounts with easily guessed passwords
Misconfigured internet services
Unsecured default settings within products
Misconfigured network equipment

Policy Vulnerabilities
Lack of written security
Politics
Lack of authentication continuity
Logical access controls not applied
Software and hardware installation and changes do not follow policy
Disaster recovery plan is non existent

Question 3

Four Classes of Physical threats

Answer 3

Hardware
Environmental
Electrical
Maintenance

Question 4

Types of Malware

Answer 4

Virus

Worms

Trojan Horses

Question 5

Different types of Reconnaissance Attacks

Answer 5

Internet Queries

Ping Swap

Port Scan

Question 6

Access Attacks

Answer 6

Password Attacks
      Brute-force
      Trojan horse
      Packet Sniffers
Trust Exploitation
Port Redirection
Man-in-the-Middle

Question 7

Denial of Service Attacks

Answer 7

DoS
Attack sends to much info to a server
DDoS
Attacker programs other peoples computers to send the ping