Answer to Question #229599 in Computer Networks for shariq

Question

Write briefly about each of the following terms. What are the latest trends in the Market? Search on Internet and come up with the current commonly used anti-malwares and antiviruses (5 marks)

 

Vulnerability

Threat

Risk

Attack

Backdoor

Hoaxes

Password Crack

Brute force

Dictionary attack

Spoofing

Man-in the Middle

Spam

Virus

Worm

Trojan

Zombie

Answer 1

Definition of terms

Vulnerability is a weakness which can be exploitedby a threat actor, such as an attacker, to cross privilege boundaries (i.e. perform unauthorized actions) within a computer system.

A threat is a potential violation of security.

Risk is defined as the potential for loss or damage when a threat exploits a vulnerability.

Attack is actions that could cause it to occur must be guarded against (or prepared for).

Backdoor is a means to access a computer system or encrypted data that bypass the system’s customary security mechanisms.

Hoax is a message warning the recipients of a non-existent computer virus threat.

Password crack is various measures used to discover computer password.

Dictionary attack is method of breaking into a password-protected computer, network or other IT resource by systematically entering word in a dictionary as a password.

Brute force is attack in which hackers try a large number of possible keyboardor password combinations to gain unauthorized access to a system or file.

Spoofing is an impersonation of one entity by another, is a form of both deception and unsurpation.

Man-in-the-middle (MitM) is aform of cyber attack is intercepted by an attacker using a technique to interject themselves into the communication process.

Spam is digital junk mail: unsolicited communications sent in bulk over the internet or through any electronic messaging system

Virus is a malicious software program loaded onto a user's computer without the user's knowledge and performs malicious actions.

Worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.

Trojan is a type of malware that is often disguised as legitimate software.

Zombie is a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker via a computer virus, computer worm, or trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the hacker

What are the latest trends in market: IOT with 5G network

Current commonly used anti-malwares and antivirus

Bit defender

Webroot Secure Anyewhere for Mac

Kapersky

Norton

Trend Micro