A brute-force attack involves systematically trying all possible combinations of characters.

IP spoofing involves changing the source IP address in a packet to impersonate another device.

Shoulder surfing involves secretly observing someone entering their credentials or sensitive information.

Phishing involves tricking individuals into providing sensitive information by pretending to be a legitimate entity.

Tailgating refers to an unauthorized person following an authorized person into a secure area.

An evil twin is a rogue access point that mimics a legitimate AP to intercept data from users.

Piggybacking refers to an unauthorized person gaining access to a secure area by following an authorized person who holds the door open.

The primary goal of a deauthentication attack is to disconnect wireless devices from a network.

A botnet is commonly used for launching coordinated attacks such as DDoS attacks by controlling multiple compromised computers.

A denial-of-service (DoS) attack involves overwhelming a network or server with excessive traffic to render it unavailable.

The main objective of a ransomware attack is to encrypt the victim’s data and demand payment for the decryption key.

A rogue DHCP attack involves setting up a rogue DHCP server on a network.

A dictionary attack uses a list of common words and phrases, while a brute-force attack tries all possible combinations.

VLAN hopping allows an attacker to send packets to different VLANs without proper authorization.

The primary goal of a DDoS attack is to render a network or service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources.

MAC spoofing involves changing the MAC address of a device.

An on-path attack (previously known as man-in-the-middle attack) involves intercepting and altering communications between two parties without their knowledge.

DNS poisoning involves corrupting the Domain Name System (DNS) data to redirect traffic to malicious sites.

Malware is malicious software designed to damage, disrupt, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.

A rogue access point (AP) is used to capture and redirect traffic by masquerading as a legitimate AP.

ARP spoofing involves sending fake ARP messages to a local network.