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@ -75,4 +75,21 @@ security is a never ending arms race. Security is improving but so are the numbe
- more common - more common
- use scripts written by experts - use scripts written by experts
- do not understand the systems the are hacking - do not understand the systems the are hacking
- - packet monkeys: script kiddies that use worms to overload systems
- cracker
- cracks or removes software protections designed to precent unauthorized duplication
- also crack passwords
- phreaker
- hacks the public telephone system to make free calls or disrupt services
- more specific
- also includes password attacks
- brute force- tried all possible combinations
- dictionary - include information related to the target user
- rainbow tables - a hacker with access to encrypted password, they can find the corresponding plaintext in a dataset called a rainbow table
- social engineering - e.g., attacks as posing at IT professionals to gain access toa systems information (normally by contacting other employees)
# Forces of nature
- fire, flood, lightening, earthquake, eruptions, etc.
- can use controls to protect against these
- very dynamic
- unpre