Threats to a Network

Social Engineering

Users not following policies

User error

Users being tricked

Phishing

Brute force

Attempting all possible passwords
until the correct one is found

Data interception & theft

Looking at data travelling over a network

Often users packet sniffers (software)

Structured Query Language (SQL Injection)

Malware

Malicious Software

Designed to harm a software or network

Denial of Service (DOS)

Overloading a computer or network

Bombarding with requests

Similar to...

SQL code entered into a data input field

Look at or modify stored data