
Matching Pairs Intro to Computer SecurityOnline version XDCS 1084 Computer Security January 2021 by Aidora Abdullah 1 bucket brigade 2 snoop server 3 war driving 4 rootkit 5 smurf attack 6 shoulder surfing 7 pulsing zombie 8 hacktivism 9 honeypot 10 Back Orifice This is a computer whose security has been compromised so that it intermittently carries out a denial-of-service attack on other targeted computers. Created by a group of hackers called the Cult of the Dead Cow, this Windows application allows someone at one computer to control everything on another, remote computer. In order to identify security risks, you might want to use one of these to place network interfaces into promiscuous mode -- which allows the system to access all the data in each network packet. This is a computer system on the Internet that is expressly set up to attract and "trap" people who attempt to penetrate other people's computer systems. In this kind of attack, an intruder might intercept messages in a public key exchange and then retransmit them, substituting their own public key for the requested one. This kind of attack can be tough to prosecute if the intruder insists that their behavior is the equivalent of a protest and should be protected as a form of free speech. Because the range of a wireless LAN sometimes extends outside a company's office building, a hacker might try to use this technique to obtain a free Internet connection or gain access to company records and other resources. To prevent this simple, but effective, security attack, experts recommend that you shield paperwork or your keypad from view by using your body or cupping your hand. A sophisticated intruder might install this collection of tools on a computer in order to mask his or her presence. This denial of service attack sends a ping message addressed to an IP broadcast address. Enough pings and resultant echoes can flood the network and make it unusable for real traffic.

Matching Pairs

Intro to Computer SecurityOnline version

XDCS 1084 Computer Security January 2021

by Aidora Abdullah

bucket brigade

snoop server

war driving

rootkit

smurf attack

shoulder surfing

pulsing zombie

hacktivism

honeypot

Back Orifice

This is a computer whose security has been compromised so that it intermittently carries out a denial-of-service attack on other targeted computers.

Created by a group of hackers called the Cult of the Dead Cow, this Windows application allows someone at one computer to control everything on another, remote computer.

In order to identify security risks, you might want to use one of these to place network interfaces into promiscuous mode -- which allows the system to access all the data in each network packet.

This is a computer system on the Internet that is expressly set up to attract and "trap" people who attempt to penetrate other people's computer systems.

In this kind of attack, an intruder might intercept messages in a public key exchange and then retransmit them, substituting their own public key for the requested one.

This kind of attack can be tough to prosecute if the intruder insists that their behavior is the equivalent of a protest and should be protected as a form of free speech.

Because the range of a wireless LAN sometimes extends outside a company's office building, a hacker might try to use this technique to obtain a free Internet connection or gain access to company records and other resources.

To prevent this simple, but effective, security attack, experts recommend that you shield paperwork or your keypad from view by using your body or cupping your hand.

A sophisticated intruder might install this collection of tools on a computer in order to mask his or her presence.

This denial of service attack sends a ping message addressed to an IP broadcast address. Enough pings and resultant echoes can flood the network and make it unusable for real traffic.