What is Man-In-The-Middle Attack?

 

Man-In-The-Middle Attack AKA MITM

It is an attack where the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communication between two parties who believe they are directly communicating with each other.

Countermeasures

• Digital Signature - A digital signature is a mathematical scheme for verifying the authenticity of digital messages or documents.

• Mutual authentication - Mutual authentication, also known as two-way authentication, is a security process in which entities authenticate each other before actual communication occurs.

What is the two kind of cyber attacks?

 

There is two kinds of attacks.

Active Attack - which listens

    An active attack is network exploitation in which a hacker attempts to make changes to data on the target or data en route to the target.

Passive Attack - which modifies

    A passive attack is a network attack in which a system is monitored and sometimes scanned for open ports and vulnerabilities. The purpose is solely to gain information about the target and no data is changed on the target.

What is an Cyber Attack?

Cyber Attack

A cyber attack is an attempt to destroy, expose, alter, disable, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of an asset. Without proper security measures and controls in place, our data might be subjected to an attack. 

Some attacks are passive, meaning information is monitored; others are active, meaning the information is altered with intent to corrupt or destroy the data or the network itself.

The attack is not only from the side of external individuals but, it is also from internal sources.