Smurf attack

is opening hundreds of SSH sessions to a single host every minute. a. The large number of attempted connections each minute suggests this is an attempted denial of service attack. This type of attack attempts to overload network resources with illegitimate traffic to deny service to legitimate users or business needs. IDS and IPS devices can detect all of this traffic, and the IPS can drop (or have border network devices such as firewalls drop) these packets to prevent the attack from succeeding. 2) Network traffic shows that hundreds of hosts are constantly sending only SYN packets to a single Web server on campus. a. This type of traffic suggests a SYN flood attack, which according to Techtarget (http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/SYN-flooding) is when half-open connections are attempted by the user only sending SYN packets. The server will respond with SYN/ACK packets (on open ports), but the client ignores them and re-sends SYN packets. This means the server cannot handle legitimate traffic when needed. Similar to #1 above, IDS and IPS devices can detect all of this traffic and an IPS can drop the packets before they get to the target server after the pattern is recognized as an attack. 3) A system administrator reports that a single host is attempting to…

“Denial-of-Service attacks are the cyber equivalent of vandalism. Rather than seek to break into the target system, the perpetrator simply wishes to render the target system unusable” (Easttom, Taylor, 2011). This type of cybercrime prevents the end users from attaining the resource accessibility. Denial-of-Service is also known as a DOS. An attack was launched in Santa Cruz County website in California that caused “county’s government entities and programs, including Emergency Services, Law…

A denial of service attack is a push to make one or more PC frameworks inaccessible. It is normally focused at web servers, however it can likewise be utilized on mail servers, name servers, and some other sort of PC framework. Denial of service attack (DoS) attacks may be started from a solitary machine, yet they normally utilize numerous PCs to do an attacks. Since most servers have firewalls and other security programming introduced, it is anything but difficult to bolt out individual…

over a five month period, Home Depot’s payment terminals have been compromised. Home Depot’s breach was much bigger than the holiday attack at Target Corp (Sidel). Home Depot’s payment terminals have been under attack by hackers. Hackers, malicious computer users that find new ways to harass people defraud corporations, steal information, and maybe even destroy the economy (Strickland, 1). I believe not all hackers are here to inflict harm on others. Some ‘hackers’ are just regular individuals…

There are times when the attack seems to be a long drawn out event in which the prey is tossed around and dragged under and tossed around some more. This is an act of “playing” with their food. It is unclear why killer whales do this, and it is possible that when animals are being tossed they may not actually be preyed upon just played with so it is hard to determined if the tossing is part of a predation purpose. Other attacks can be very quick and not quite so dramatic, for instance a sea bird…

out his way to help his parents with the things that they need and in a way that he can. This is of course changed after the attack that he suffered. This has to cause some form of guilt or shame for Carlos because he is not able to live up to his cultural. This is an important piece to discuss with him because the guilt can just add up and get worse over time. Another important piece that the vignette points out is that Carlos is being referred by his Priest this means that Carlos reached out…

lying down in the house of the LORD, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the LORD called Samuel. Samuel answered, ‘Here I am.’ 5 And he ran to Eli and said, ‘Here I am; you called me.’” I Samuel 3:2-5 NIV When God calls it is usually when he is ready to use you for an assignment that will heal, deliver and set the captive free. Just as God called Samuel, God called me to assignments that little did I know, allowed me to reach the masses. In 2004, when I answered “Yes” Lord here I am speak for your…

our government’s military if we use them in and out of warfare. The reasons why drones are bad for the world are that they can kill harmless, innocent men, women, and children. They are designed to take out terrorists but sometimes the innocent are wounded or killed in these violent attacks. In the article “It takes out a village” by The American Conservative, it describes a military strike gone wrong with 22 people ending up dead, including three children. The article describes, “22 people…

free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed” (“Gun Control Overview” 3). I believe that the government has to follow what is already stipulated, but in this case, the nation and the citizens are being affected by this dangerous attacks. Additionally, the citizens have to understand that there’s people out with serious problems such as, mental illness, chronic depressions, drug addicts, etc. Who have the privilege to own a gun, which is putting at risk every…

becomes president, he will pursue and investigation regarding these emails throughout her period as secretary of state. On June 4, 2016, Donald Trump was interviewed by John Dickerson for the CBS program Face the Nation. John Dickerson asked Donald Trump, “What for you is she exactly guilty of?” Trump 's response was, “She is guilty of the server, if you look at confidential information, all of the information that probably has gotten all over the world, and then you know she’s also guilty of…