Cyberattacks: A New Hack
Short for Malicious Software
Malware
An attack that uses stolen credit card information to purchase online
Identity Theft
The most useful piece of hardware you can put on your network to prevent attacks
Firewall
The easiest way to keep your end-user devices secure
Update
Setting this will force users to create a longer password
Minimum Length
DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
An attack that will reformat your hard drive unless you pay the hackers
Ransomware
Malware that will disguise itself as another program
Trojan Horse
Storing your companies information at a secure off-site location
Backups
This command encrypts all passwords in a Cisco device
service password-encryption
An attack that compromises data between two end points
Man-in-the-middle
Port Redirection
Virus
AAA
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
Using spaces in your password creates this
Passphrase
An attack that uses a database of common passwords until it finds the correct one
Brute Force
An attack that will grant you unauthorized privileges to gain access to a system
Trust Exploitation
Malware that will replicate across the network but does not need a host PC
Worm
Defense in depth approach is also known as
Layered Approach
The command used on VTY lines to enable SSH
transport input SSH
An attack that gathers information about a networks vulnerabilities
Reconnaissance
An attack that will look into a packet to find relevant information
Packet Sniffer
The most common type of hack between nation states
This part of the network sits outside of the firewall
DMZ
The process of disabling unused services and updating your systems
Hardening