CompTIA Network+ Study Guide, 5th Edition

Chapter 17 Common Types of Attacks

THE FOLLOWING COMPTIA NETWORK+ EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

• 4.2 Compare and contrast common types of attacks.
  • 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
  • Human and environmental
    • Social engineering
    • Phishing
    • Tailgating
    • Piggybacking
    • Shoulder surfing

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