Attacks on Networks
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Which statement best describes a brute-force password attack?
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Cyber Security — Lesson 4 of 6. What four common network attacks are and WHY they work: brute-force password attacks, denial-of-service (DoS/DDoS), data interception on unsecured Wi-Fi, and the idea of database (SQL) injection — plus the defence for each. Defensive framing only.
16 slides.
Lesson outline
- Hook — Six Hours Down
- Do Now — Retrieval
- Keywords for This Lesson
- Attack — What Counts and What Doesn't
- Attack 1 — Brute-Force Password Attacks
- Quick Check — What Beats Brute-Force?
- Attack 2 — Denial-of-Service (DoS & DDoS)
- Hinge Check — Does a DDoS Steal Data?
- Attack 3 — Data Interception
- Quick Check — Interception & Encryption
- Attack 4 — Database Injection (the idea)
- Task 1 (guided) — Sort Each Clue by Attack
Unit bundleCyber Security
