Network Security Attack and Protection 

Type of Network Attacks

• distributed denial-of-service (DDoS),  the attacker appearing from many different IP addresses around the world simultaneously, making determining the source of the attack even more difficult for network administrators. 

• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS),

• SQL Injection Attack 

• Session Hijacking

• Credential Reuse

Name hacker 

Who is Guccifer 2.0? Nobody knows for sure — it could be a person or a group masquerading as a person. The name pays homage to a Romanian hacker (known as “Guccifer”) who often targeted U.S. government officials and others of political prominence.

type of attacks

• passive //// encyption
• active/////firewall
• close in ////authentication 
• insider///authentication
• Distribution///secured software 

steps to network = implement, analyze, test, modify/maintenance 

• strong password
• firewall
• policy