List of Common Cyber Attack Types
| Attack Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Back Door | Opening left in a functional piece of software that allows unknown entry into the system / or application without the owners knowledge. |
| Birthday | A name used to refer to a class of brute-force attacks |
| Brute Force | Will try every single key combination known to crack your password. |
| Buffer Overflow | Attacks take advantage of poorly written code |
| Chargen | Flaw with TCP port 19 where if you connect via the port |
| DDOS | The distributed form of such an attack where many Zombies that have been taken over by hackers launch simultaneous attacks to achieve a more effective denial of service attack |
| Dictionary | Form of password cracking; The term dictionary comes from the actual book of known words |
| DNS Poisoning | When your DNS files are poisoned with bad information |
| Dos | Denial of Service: a denial of service attack is any attack used to achieve the disruption of any service to legitimate users |
| Fragment Attack | Exploit that targets IP fragmentation and reassembly code are common |