COMPUTER ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM
ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN COMPUTING
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Phishing
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Encryption
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Watering hole attack
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Cryptography
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Detailed explanation-1: -Watering hole attacks–a type of social engineering attack–are also referred to as water-holing, a water hole attack or a strategically compromised website. Read more here about social engineering and other types of attacks.
Detailed explanation-2: -Man-in-the-Middle Attack. A Man-in-the-Middle Attack (MITM) is also known as an eavesdropping attack. In this attack, an attacker comes in between a two-party communication, i.e., the attacker hijacks the session between a client and host. By doing so, hackers steal and manipulate data.
Detailed explanation-3: -DoS and DDoS Attacks. A denial-of-service (DoS) attack is designed to overwhelm the resources of a system to the point where it is unable to reply to legitimate service requests. Phishing Attacks. Ransomware. SQL Injection Attack. Brute force attack.