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IBM, Microsoft, and Novell universal biometric standard

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Bio API

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Attack type that relies on trust and deception

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Social Engineering

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How can you prevent intruders from accessing your wireless network?

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Restrict to known MAC addresses

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Microsoft Passport is what?

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Single Sign-On

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Computer system designed to trap intruders

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Honeypot

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Stateful Inspection

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Compares parts of a packet to trusted information

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TCP

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Internet protocol to get data from one device to another (Transmission Control Protocol)

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UDP

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Protocol for information without a response, like streaming (User Datagram Protocol)

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ICMP

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Router to Router Protocol (Internet Control Message Protocol)

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SMTP

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Email or text transfer protocol (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)

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SNMP

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Used to collect system info from a remote computer (Simple Network Management Protocol)

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Telnet

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Used to preform commands on a remote machine (often insecure)

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Application Backdoor

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Hidden access coded in by developer

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SMTP Session Hijacking

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Allows access to email addresses and therefore spam

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Email Bomb

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Large quantity of email to overwhelm server, prevents access

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Redirect bomb

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Attack using ICMP to change the path of information

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Source Routing

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Controlling the path of a packet from the source

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Proxy Server

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Server that local packets go through before internet

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Adware

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Malware the displays ads, often collecting personal info

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Attack

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Bypassing security

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Audit trail

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Recording showing who and what a user did on a computer

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Authentication

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Verifying a user’s identity

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Blended threat

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Combining types of malware to inflict maximum damage, such a trojan horse worm

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Dictionary Attack

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Using a list of words to try and find a password

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Brute-force attack
Using every possible possible password combination
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EULA
End User License Agreement
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Flooding
Denial of Service through sending large amounts of data
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Pharming
Like Phishing, except done through DNS poisoning (redirecting a user through false information put into a DNS server)
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RADIUS
Authentication service used by ISPs to manage access to the ISP system
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Retro-Virus
Infects all backup media to ensure you cannot restore system
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Rootkit
Allows complete access to a system with a hidden presence
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Smurfing
Denial of service attack using ICMP and a Smurfed IP address, exploits Echo requests
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Spyware
Hidden components of software that harvest personal information
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Threat
Anything that has the potential to attack or threaten a system
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Vulnerability
Something that a threat can exploit to carry out an attack
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Worm
Self Replicating program, often used to clog networks through its spread
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Worm
Self Replicating program, often used to clog networks through its spread
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APT
Advanced Persistent Threat, coordinated, complex, and long term threat
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Air Gap
Physically Isolation of a network
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Asymmetric Cryptography
Private/Public Key Cryptography, Must use both keys, allows no shared secrets
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Botnet
Multiple computers AKA zombies, controlled by single entity, used for DDoS,
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CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team, often government or corporate run teams of cybersec. expertise
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Conflicker
2008 Computer Worm, noteworthy for large size of botnet and international response
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DNS
Domain Name System, translates IP addresses into words
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FedRAMP
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, 2012 Program that allowed 1 certification for all US Civilian Government Work
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FedRAMP
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, 2012 Program that allowed 1 certification for all US Civilian Government Work
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GhostNet
1295 computer botnet, spread over 103 countries, discovered 2004, most likely used by China to target the West
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ICS
Industrial Control System, runs large scale industry, such as factories, to pipelines
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ISAC
Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Hub to share information with an industry for critical infrastructure
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Integrity Attack
An attack for changing data, rather than extracting it
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ICANN
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, 1998 Nonprofit took over US Gov. control of DNS and Internet Policy
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ITU
1865 Founded UN Agency in charge of Telecommunications (International Telecommunications Union)
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IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force, developed standards and protocols, part of ISOC
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ISOC
Internet Society, group of agencies in charge of developing internet policy
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NIST
US Commerce Department, develops industry standards
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Operation Orchard
2007 Israeli strike on Syrian Nuclear Research
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Operation Shady RAT
2006 Series of Cyber attacks, comprised confidential information of 70+ major firms and agencies
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Red team
Simulated attack group of white hat hackers
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Root access
Ability to change every file on a system
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SIPRNet
Secure Internet Protocol Router Network, US Military Classified INTRAnet, uses common Internet Protocol
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SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, Industrial Control System to manage sensors and control large facilities
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TOR
The Onion Router, used to provide online anonymity, developed by US Gov. now volunteer run
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SQL
Structured Query Language, used to access and manage databases in servers
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SQL Injection
Using a website to pass SQL code to gain access to a database and the information within
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typosquatting
registering domain names that may be close to the original (fisney instead of disney)
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Watering Hole
Attack on a specific group by compromising website used frequently by members of that group
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Zero Day
Exploits a previously unknown vulnerability, "zeroth day of awareness"

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