IT subject - System Security.

Question 4

The followings are the most common security threats in networks.

1. DoS Attack [5 marks]

2. Sniffer [5 marks]

3. Spoofing [5 marks]

4. Man-in-middle attack [5 marks]

5. TCP/IP Hijacking [5 marks]

You are expected to carry out an analysis and discuss on the nature of each threats by addressing the following elements;

i. What it is all about?

ii. How can such attack/threats take place in the network?

iii. Why they do it?

iv. When normally such attack take place (i.e. any specific time of the year, time of the day)

v. Where is such attack targeted?

[Mark 25]