Chapter 14
Network Threats and Mitigation
THE FOLLOWING COMPTIA NETWORK+ EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- 2.5 Given a scenario, install and apply patches and updates
- OS updates
- Firmware updates
- Driver updates
- Feature changes/updates
- Major vs minor updates
- Vulnerability patches
- Upgrading vs downgrading
- Configuration backup
- 3.2 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
- Distributed DoS
- ARP cache poisoning
- Packet/protocol abuse
- Spoofing
- Wireless
- Evil twin
- Rogue AP
- War driving
- War chalking
- Bluejackng
- Bluesnarfing
- WPA/WEP/WPS attacks
- Brute ...
- Denial of service
- Attacks/threats
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