Systems security

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Malware
Software that is designed to disrupt or harm a user`s computer
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Phishing
Sending emails pretending to be a reputable company to try to gain people`s personal information
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Spear Phishing
Targeted contextualized Phishing
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Smishing
Phishing via text message
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Social Engineering
Tricking people into breaking security procedures to break into a network
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Brute Force Attack
This hacking is where they throw everything at it. They try every possibility to crack the details and when they do they win
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Denial-of-Service(DoS)
This type is designed to flood a network with useless network traffic. This is often a threat that is carried out on a web server to 'take down' a website
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Data interception and theft
This is where data packets are monitored that are travelling to look for packets that contain personal data
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SQL injection
SQL is used to search through a database looking for information
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Poor Network Policy
A network may be under threat if an organisation has a poor network policy. If an organisation does not regally test their network for security issues and loopholes, they may find one can be exploited before it is found.
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Sending emails pretending to be a reputable company to try to gain people`s personal information

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Phishing

Card 3

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Targeted contextualized Phishing

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Card 4

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Phishing via text message

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Card 5

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Tricking people into breaking security procedures to break into a network

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