Phishing, Fraudulent message steals credentials, Spear phishing, Targeted scam against specific person, Whaling, Phishing aimed at executives, Vishing, Voice call social engineering, Smishing, Text message phishing attack, Malware, Software designed to cause harm, Virus, Code that attaches to files, Worm, Self-replicating malware across networks, Trojan, Malicious program disguised as legitimate, Ransomware, Encrypts data for payment, Spyware, Secretly monitors user activity, Adware, Displays unwanted advertisements, Rootkit, Hides malicious system access, Botnet, Group of infected remote devices, DDoS, Overwhelms service with massive traffic, DoS, Disrupts service from one source, MITM, Intercepts communication between two parties, Eavesdropping, Unauthorized listening to network traffic, Spoofing, Fakes identity or address, CSRF, Tricks authenticated user into running malicious commands, ARP poisoning, Corrupts MAC to IP mappings, DNS poisoning, Redirects users to fake sites, Session hijack, Takes over active user session, Password attack, Attempts to crack account secrets, Brute force, Tries every possible password, Dictionary attack, Uses common word password list, Privilege escalation, Gains higher access rights, Zero day, Exploit before patch exists, SQL injection, Malicious database query input, XSS, Injects script into web page, Tailgating, Following someone into secure area

CompTIA Network+ General Network Attacks

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