Attacks
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Introduction to attacks Any computer connected to a computing network is potentially vulnerable to an attack. An "attack" is the exploitation of a flaw in a... Security > Attacks |
Assessment security and types of hackers The term "hacker" is often used to refer to a computer pirate. Victims of piracy on computer networks like to think they have been... Security > Attacks |
Security - Network intrusion methodology The goal of this article is to explain the methodology that pirates generally use to infiltrate a computer system. Its purpose is not... Security > Attacks |
Exploits An "exploit" is a computer program that "exploits" a vulnerability, whether or not it is published. Each exploit is specific to a... Security > Attacks |
Passwords When connecting to a computer system, you usually have to enter a log in or username and a password to access it. This login/password... Security > Attacks |
Man in the middle attack The "man in the middle" attack, sometimes abbreviated MITM, is an attack scenario where an attacker monitors a communication between... Security > Attacks |
Replay attack "Replay" attacks are "Man in the middle" attacks that involve intercepting data packets and replaying them, that is, resending them as... Security > Attacks |
Denial of service attack A "denial-of-service attack" (abbreviated DoS) is a type of attack that aims to make an organization's services or resources... Security > Attacks |
Smurf attack The so-called "smurf" technique is based on the use of broadcast servers to paralyze a network. A broadcast server is a server capable... Security > Attacks |
Ping of death attack The ping of death attack is one of the oldest network attacks. The principle of ping of death simply involves creating an IP datagram... Security > Attacks |
Teardrop attack A "fragment attack" is a network saturation (denial-of-service) attack that exploits the fragmentation principle of the IP protocol.... Security > Attacks |
LAND attack The "LAND attack" is a network attack dating from 1997 using IP address spoofing to exploit a flaw on some TCP/IP protocol... Security > Attacks |
SYN attack The "SYN attack" (also called "TCP/SYN Flooding") is a network saturation (denial-of-service) attack that exploits the Three-way... Security > Attacks |
IP address spoofing "IP address spoofing" is a technique that involves replacing the IP address of an IP packet's sender with another machine's IP... Security > Attacks |
TCP session hijacking "TCP session hijacking" is a technique that involves intercepting a TCP session initiated between two machines in order to hijack it.... Security > Attacks |
Man in the middle attack One of the most famous man in the middle attacks involves exploiting a weakness in the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), the goal of... Security > Attacks |
Network analyzers (sniffers) A "network analyzer" (also called a sniffer), is a device that makes it possible to "monitor" a network's traffic, that is, to capture... Security > Attacks |
Vulnerability scanners - Port scanning A "vulnerability scanner" (sometimes called a "network analyzer") is a utility program that makes it possible to perform a security... Security > Attacks |
Buffer overflow attacks "Buffer overflow" (sometimes called buffer overrun) attacks are designed to trigger arbitrary code execution by a program by sending... Security > Attacks |
Spam Since the World Wide Web was created, resources have become more accessible and flows of information circulating on the network of... Security > Attacks |
