HACK ATTACKS!!
Ever been tongue tied thinkin up explanations for why ur PC has been brought to its knees? Herez a favourite excuse/genuine reason… Itz been hacked…ouch!!
But how? ??What kind of attack is it?? Were there swords invlolved??
DDoS: A Distributed Denial of Service attack is carried out by flooding servers with acid.. Oops!! ..data till they r crippled and cant service genuine requests. A popular method is the dreaded Ping of Death-pinging a server repeatedly infrom different sources. Most Web sites are still quite vulnerable to this type of attack and itz general favourite among those with malicious intent.
Trojan Horse: These r not hyperbaton horses neighin around. A program that comes disguised as something harmless, even useful, but really opens up access to a computer, making it a participant in a DDoS attack other computers.
Worm: True to their biological counterparts…but they don attack atrioventricular valve ,boo.. worms keep consuming system resources, slowly overloading the system and finally causing it to cease functioning.A program that propagates itself across computers, usually by spawning copies of itself in each computer’s memory. A worm might duplicate itself in one computer so often that it causes the computer to crash. SometimeZ written in separate “segments,” a worm is introduced surreptitiously into a host system either for “fun” or with intent to damage or destroy information.
SQL Injection: Nothing lik a flu shot, this is a technique whereby SQL commands are passed through a Web application so they get executed by a backened database. One of the most common application layer attacks currently being used. To be able to perform SQL Injection hacking, all the attacker needs is a browser and some guesswork to figure table and field names.
Cross Site Scripting: Called XXX….Oops!! Itz XSS or CSS, this is a security exploit in which the attacker inserts malicious code into any link that appears to be from a trustworthy source. When you click on the link, the embedded code is submitted as part of your web request and can execute on your computer, usually allowing the attacker to steal info….
