THREATS TO A NETWORK

Brute Force

Denial of Service

Data interception and theft

Social engineering

Structured Query Language Injection

Malware

Causes harm to a system and/or network

User error normally involved (Trojans)

Malicious Software

Users making mistakes

Users giving out details

Users not following policies

Phishing

Packet sniffer

Key loggers

Tracking data that is moving around a network

Trial and error

The act of constantly guessing a password until you eventually get it right

Too much traffic

Network does not function

Overloading a computer

Pop-Ups

Monitors the data

Modifies it

Affects websites using SQL