1.4 network attacks

Question 1

Rogue Access Point

Answer 1

Unauthorized Access point that does not have any security features

Question 2

Evil Twin

Answer 2

Access Points that are made to look exactly like the Access Points on your network.

Question 3

Bluejacking

Answer 3

Unsolicited message sent over Bluetooth

Question 4

Bluesnarfing

Answer 4

Uses Bluetooth to access data on device

Question 5

Disassociation

Answer 5

DoS attack the causes devices not be connected to a network

Question 6

Jamming

Answer 6

DoS attack that cause a prevention in wireless communication because you decrease the signal-to-noise ratio

Question 7

RFID

Answer 7

Radar tech that doesn’t need power to transmit data.
RFID attack is data stolen because its unsecured

Question 8

NFC

Answer 8

Same as RFID but has encryption

Question 9

On-path browser Attacks

Answer 9

(man-in-the-browser attack) Malware on the victims machine without them knowing

Question 10

Mac Flooding

Answer 10

Switch Table is full so it turns its self to a HUB. Slows down traffic and capture all network

Question 11

Mac Cloning

Answer 11

Attacker changes their MAC address to a existing MAC address
DoS

Question 12

On-path Attacks

Answer 12

(man in the middle attack) redirects traffic and ARP Poisoning attacks

Question 12

DNS Poisoning/ Spoofing

Answer 12

Redirects all traffic to an attackers website

Question 12

ARP Poisoning

Answer 12

Takes the router IP and MAC. Changes the MAC to the attacker’s MAC then sends info to the victim. Now the victim thinks its talking to the router but instead talks to the attacker

Question 13

Domain Hijacking

Answer 13

Attacker hack the Domain Registration Account and changes the IP address to theirs. Attackers tries to get login credentials to change it.

Question 14

URL Hijacking/Redirection

Answer 14

Taking the URL and making it similar to your actual URL name. Attackers sell the bad spelled name back to you.

Question 15

Domain Reputation

Answer 15

(Security Posture) Sending Spam, bad websites that has malware, website will be Index by search engines.

Question 16

DoS

Answer 16

(denial of Service)
Force a service to fail

Question 17

DDoS

Answer 17

(distributed denial of service) When many systems are used to cause a DoS

Question 18

OT (Operational Tech)

Answer 18

DoS for Operational Tech. causing industrial and hard ware equipment to stop working (traffic lights, Electric grids, etc.)

Question 19

PowerShell

Answer 19

Command line for Windows systems
good for attacking windows system

Question 20

Python

Answer 20

common script language for many systems

Question 21

Bash

Answer 21

uses Shell Script to script Linux/Unix

Question 22

Macros

Answer 22

a automated script that attackers use. User just needs to open the file.