Computer Support/Security/Threats

This lesson covers security threats.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the security threats portion of A+ certification include:
 * Identify common security threats and vulnerabilities.
 * Malware
 * Spyware
 * Viruses
 * Worms
 * Trojans
 * Rootkits
 * Ransomware
 * Phishing
 * Spear phishing
 * Spoofing
 * Social engineering
 * Shoulder surfing
 * Zero day attack
 * Zombie/botnet
 * Brute forcing
 * Dictionary attacks
 * Non-compliant systems
 * Violations of security best practices
 * Tailgating
 * Man-in-the-middle

Readings

 * 1)  Social engineering (security)
 * 2)  Malware
 * 3)  Rootkit
 * 4)  Phishing
 * 5)  Shoulder surfing (computer security)
 * 6)  Computer virus
 * 7)  Worm (software)
 * 8)  Trojan Horse (computing)

Multimedia

 * 1) YouTube: Common Security Threats - CompTIA A+ 220-902 - 3.1