Chapter 4

Threats and Vulnerabilities

The Following CompTIA Security+ Exam Objectives Are Covered in This Chapter:

  • 3.1 Analyze and differentiate among types of malware.
    • Adware
    • Virus
    • Worms
    • Spyware
    • Trojan
    • Rootkits
    • Backdoors
    • Logic bomb
    • Botnets
  • 3.2 Analyze and differentiate among types of attacks.
    • Man-in-the-middle
    • DDoS
    • DoS
    • Replay
    • Smurf attack
    • Spoofing
    • Spam
    • Phishing
    • Spim
    • Spear phishing
    • Xmas attack
    • Pharming
    • Privilege escalation
    • DNS poisoning and ARP poisoning
  • 3.3 Analyze and differentiate among types of social engineering attacks.
    • Hoaxes

As we discussed in the first chapter, everywhere you turn there are risks; they begin the minute you first turn a computer on and grow exponentially the moment the network card becomes active. While Chapter ...

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