Network and computer attacks overview

    • An Overview of Covert Channels - Indiana University of ...

      From brute force password attacks to port scanning, the issues, which system engineers and administrators must worry about, increase at a faster than normal pace. However, one of the issues that many in the field have not paid enough attention to is covert channels. In this paper, we present an overview of covert channels with examples.


    • [DOC File]Incident Response Plan Word Version

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      Analyzes network traffic for signs of denial of service, distributed denial of service, or other external attacks. Runs tracing tools such as sniffers, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port monitors, and event loggers. Looks for signs of a firewall breach. Contacts external Internet service provider for assistance in handling the incident


    • [DOC File]Computer Security Overview

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      Computer Science Department Computer Security Overview. Network Security policies . An organization's information is one of its most valuable assets. Network security is becoming increasingly important as networks become larger and more complex. Today's mobile and telecommuting users require access locally as well as from outside the network.


    • [DOCX File]Chapter 01: Ethical Hacking Overview

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      Certain actions are illegal, such as installing worms or viruses on a computer network that deny users access to network resources. As a security tester, you must be careful that your actions do not prevent customers from doing their jobs. For example, DoS attacks should …


    • [DOC File]A Tutorial on Web Security Attacks

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      Within attacks on a web site's accessibility overview of denial of service and invalid authentication threats will be presented. Overview of Web Site Attacks. The following outline presents a summary of possible web site attacks. This outline is a slight modification of information presented in Rubin et al. 1997.


    • [DOC File]CWSP Guide to Wireless Security

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      A denial-of-service (DoS) attack is designed to prevent a device from performing its intended function. DoS attacks are common against wired network servers. Use Figure 4-5 to describe how to perform a SYN flood attack. Wireless DoS attacks are designed to deny wireless devices access to the access point itself. There are two categories of attacks:


    • Wired and Wireless Networks

      Computer networks have allowed for this technology and are now apart of almost every business. An organization has two options when it comes to setting up a network. They can use a completely wired network, which uses networking cable to connect computers, or they can use a wireless network, which uses radio frequencies to connect computer.


    • [DOC File]Course Overview

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      3. Network Attacks. 4. Intrusion and Penetration. 5. Network Security Policy. 6. Wrap-Up. Lesson 1 Introduction . Topical Goals. Over the past few years, there has been an explosive growth in computer systems and their interconnections via networks. Computer networking has evolved into every aspect of …


    • [DOC File]Security Overview

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      (2) Network Security: An Overview. Network security issues: networks have security problems for the following reasons: Sharing: more users have the potential to access network systems than single computers. Access controls for single systems may be inadequate in networks.


    • Break on Through: An Analysis of Computer Damage Cases

      Computer damage attacks can target very important or prominent computer systems. In extreme or widespread forms, these attacks are multi-target and multi-vector. Such attacks can inflict direct and proximate harm on such a large scale that they reverberate over a significant amount of time and large geographical area.


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