ITT 2014/Network module 1/Assignment Day 8

Assignment

Write a short description of the following threats:

• Phishing
• Niagara letters
• Fake Helpdesk calls to users
• Password Attacks
  • Easy passwords
  • Dictionary
  • Brute-force
• Denial of Service
  • DoS
  • SYN Flood
  • DDoS
• Worms
• Virus
• Trojan Horses

Reading

• Cisco Annual Security Report 2014
• Introduction to cloud computing
• Article on encryption
• podcast: cracking open encryption standards