Network+/Security/Threats

This lesson covers threats and vulnerabilities.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the threats and vulnerabilities portion of Network+ certification include:
 * Compare and contrast common network vulnerabilities and threats
 * Attacks/threats
 * Denial of service
 * Distributed DoS
 * Botnet
 * Traffic spike
 * Coordinated attack
 * Reflective/amplified
 * DNS
 * NTP
 * Smurfing
 * Friendly/unintentional DoS
 * Physical attack
 * Permanent DoS
 * ARP cache poisoning
 * Packet/protocol abuse
 * Spoofing
 * Wireless
 * Evil twin
 * Rogue AP
 * War driving
 * War chalking
 * Bluejacking
 * Bluesnarfing
 * WPA/WEP/WPS attacks
 * Brute force
 * Session hijacking
 * Social engineering
 * Man-in-the-middle
 * VLAN hopping
 * Compromised system
 * Effect of malware on the network
 * Insider threat/malicious employee
 * Zero day attacks
 * Vulnerabilities
 * Unnecessary running services
 * Open ports
 * Unpatched/legacy systems
 * Unencrypted channels
 * Clear text credentials
 * Unsecure protocols
 * TELNET
 * HTTP
 * SLIP
 * FTP
 * TFTP
 * SNMPv1 and SNMPv2
 * TEMPEST/RF emanation

Multimedia

 * 1) Watch YouTube: Denial of Service - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 2) Watch YouTube: Wireless Network Attacks - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 3) Watch YouTube: Wireless Protocol Attacks - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 4) Watch YouTube: Brute Force Attacks - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 5) Watch YouTube: Session Hijacking - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 6) Watch YouTube: Social Engineering - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 7) Watch YouTube: Man in the Middle Attacks - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 8) Watch YouTube: VLAN Hopping - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 9) Watch YouTube: Compromised Systems - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 10) Watch YouTube: Insider Threats - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 11) Watch YouTube: Zero-day Attacks - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.
 * 12) Watch YouTube: Operating System Vulnerabilities - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 3.2.