Answer to Question #236745 in Computer Networks for Paulina

Question

Briefly describe any five types of network / cyber attacks faced by individuals and organizations around the world and provide recommendations on how to prevent each of the attacks discussed

Answer 1

The common types of cyber attacks are listed below -

Malware attack: Malware is a types of malicious software which is used for spyware, ransomware and viruses to reduce the performance, steel the sensitive information etc.

SQL injection: It is a kind of cyber attack in which attacker try to inject the malicious code into our database to fetch and manipulate and access the information that is not intend to displayed.

Phishing: It is a type of cyber attack in which attacker creates the similar page as original one, and when user put their credentials, then it sends those credentials attacker.

DNS tunneling: It is a type of cyber attacks which encodes the data of other programs in the DNS queries and responses. It enables the cyber criminal to insert the malware or pass the stolen information into the DNS queries creating a covert communication channel that bypasses most firewalls.

Cross site scripting: When attacker stores the malicious script in the data sent in the website's search or the contact form.