Network Security Attacks

Network Security Attacks

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Flashcard

Computers

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Evan Bedor

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Active packet sniffing

Back

A type of attack where data packets are manipulated in transit

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Botnet

Back

A collection of computers infected by malware that are under the control of a single threat actor, known as the 'bot-herder'

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Denial of service (DoS) attack

Back

An attack that targets a network or server and floods it with network traffic

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack

Back

A type of denial of service attack that uses multiple devices or servers located in different locations to flood the target network with unwanted traffic

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)

Back

An internet protocol used by devices to tell each other about data transmission errors across the network

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) flood

Back

A type of DoS attack performed by an attacker repeatedly sending ICMP request packets to a network server

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

IP spoofing

Back

A network attack performed when an attacker changes the source IP of a data packet to impersonate an authorized system and gain access to a network

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