Network Threats and Attacks

Question 1

What is threat research?

Answer 1

Counterintelligence gathering effort where security companies and researchers attempt to discover the TTP (techniques, tactics and procedures) of threat actors.

Question 2

What is foot printing and fingerprinting? What are the differences?

Answer 2

an enumerating/ information gathering attack.
Footpringting allows a threat actor to discover topology and general configuration of the network and security systems.
Fingerprinting allows a threat actor to identify device and OS types and versions.

Question 3

what is pharming?

Answer 3

Where an attacker sets up a false website to imitate a real one.
A type of social engineering spoofing attack.

Question 4

What is a BEC attack?

Answer 4

Business Email compromise.