A typical attacker
follows some steps:
* Identify the target
system
* Gathering information
about the targeted system
* Finding the possible
loopholes
* Exploiting those
loopholes
* Escaping without a
trace
Types of attacks the
system might face:
It is the
responsibility of the administrator to protect the system from various attacks.
Some types of attacks:
* DOS attacks
Flooding a host with sufficient network traffic.
* Theft from key
logging
Logging the key strokes that the user presses.
* Trojan attacks
* Brute force attack
Trial and error used to guess a user’s username, password,
credit card number.
* IP Spoofing
Faking the original IP address.
* Phreaking
Form of cracking the telecom networks.
* Cross Site Scripting
(XSS)
Inserting the scripted code into another site’s web page.
* Phishing
Getting someone’s personal information through emails.
How to prevent your
system from hackers:
* Keep your antivirus up-to date
* Keep your antivirus up-to date
* Patch the security
holes frequently if you have knowledge about system.
* Turn on firewall.
* Try to maintain
backup of your system.
* Setup intrusion
detection systems.
* Encrypt your
important data.
* Avoid entertaining
untrusted pop-ups.
* Use anti-key loggers.
* If you are accessing
your accounts on some other systems make sure that there are no key loggers
installed on that otherwise use virtual keyboard.
Because hackers can
affect your system adversely there are people who help you from hackers. These
are ethical hackers.
