Section 14: Network Attacks Flashcards
What is a Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attack?
Occurs when one machine continually floods a victim with requests for services
What is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack?
Occurs when an attacker uses multiple computers to ask for access to the same server at the same time
What is a Botnet?
A collection of compromised computers under the control of a master node
What is a On-Path/Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) Attack?
Occurs when an attacker puts themselves between the victim and the intended destination
What is DNS Poisoning?
Occurs when an attacker manipulates known vulnerabilities within the DNS to reroute traffic from one site to a fake version of that site
What is VLAN Hopping?
Ability to send traffic from one VLAN into another, bypassing the VLAN segmentation you have configured within your Layer 2 networks
What is ARP Spoofing?
Sending falsified ARP messages over a local area network
What is a Rogue DHCP Server?
A DHCP server on a network which is not under the administrative control of the network administrators
What is a Rogue Access Point?
A wireless access point that has been installed on a secure network without authorization from a local network administrator
What is an Evil Twin?
A wireless access point that uses the same name as your own network
What is Ransomware?
Restricts access to a victim’s computer system or files until a ransom or payment is received
What is a Brute Force Attack?
Tries every possible combination until they figure out the password
What is a Dictionary Attack?
Guesses the password by attempting to check every single word or phrase contained within a word list.
What is MAC Spoofing?
Changing the MAC address to pretend the use of a different network interface card or device
What is IP Spoofing?
Modifying the source address of an IP packet to hide the identity of the sender or impersonate another client
IP spoofing is focused at Layer 3
