CompTIA Network+ N10-008 Cert Guide

Chapter 17

Common Types of Attacks

This chapter covers the following topics related to Objective 4.2 (Compare and contrast common types of attacks) of the CompTIA Network+ N10-008 certification exam:

• Technology-based

  • Denial-of-service (DoS)/distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)

    • Botnet/command and control

  • On-path attack (previously known as man-in-the-middle attack)

  • DNS poisoning

  • VLAN hopping

  • ARP spoofing

  • Rogue DHCP

  • Rogue access point (AP)

  • Evil twin

  • Ransomware

  • Password attacks

    • Brute-force

    • Dictionary

  • MAC spoofing

  • IP spoofing

  • Deauthentication

  • Malware

• Human and environmental

  • Social engineering

    • Phishing

    • Tailgating

    • Piggybacking

    • Shoulder surfing

Have you ever heard the expression “Know your enemy”? It is a very fitting expression for this ...