Connects to a computer to determine what ports are open, or available to access the computer
What is a Port Scanner
100
Coordinated attempt to cause a computer to perform an unproductive task
What is DoS
100
Details gleaned from past visits to a Web site
What is Cookie
100
Altercation of data contained in transmission or files
What is Modifications
200
The unique knowledge a business possesses that gives it a competitive advantage
What is Intellectual Property
200
A software program that captures traffic as it travels across a network
What is a sniffer
200
The attacker send a large number of packets requesting connections to the victim computer
What is a SYN flood
200
A weakness in a system that an attacker may or may not have taken action against
What is a Vulnerability
200
Relies on users making poor password choices
What is dictionary attack
300
This can include electronic interchange (EDI) numbers and routing numbers
What is Financial Data
300
Use to identify a target, prior to attack (backdoor)
What is a Wardialer
300
Attackers hijack hundreds or even thousands of Internet computers, planting automated attacks on those systems
What is DDoS
300
Common vulnerability in User Domain (name two)
What is Social Engineering, Lack of awareness or concern, or AUP violation
300
Hacker attempts to take over an existing connection between two network computers
What is Session Hacking
400
The amount of money a company loses due to downtime
What is Opportunity Cost
400
surveillance software that creates a logfile of typed entries
What is a keylogger
400
78.5 percent of all emails that wastes valuable resources
What is Spam
400
Threat target in WAN domain (name two)
What is router, firewall, switches, TCP/IP stack or gateways
400
Software that infiltrates target computer and follows attackers instructions such as causing damage, escalating security privileges, or divulging private data.
What is Malware (malicious software)
500
Has average abilities and has not yet chosen a purpose
What is Gray-hat Hacker
500
Collects information about any known weaknesses on target host
What is vulnerability scanner
500
passive unauthorized users simply listen to the transmission without changing the contents
What is Wiretapping
500
Disclosure threat that attacks the availability property of information security
What is Sabotage
500
Commonly modify parts of the operating system to conceal traces of their presence