DISCUSSION

Attacks to business networks and hacking in general are consistent topics in today’s news. A wide variety of hacker tools are available to criminal hackers.  Perform an internet search to review the various hacking tools that are available. 

• There are many different types of infrastructure attacks.  These include, but are not limited to, malware, insertion, buffer overflow, etc.  After examining the various types of attacks, select the two that you believe are the most successful, and explain why. Include an explanation as to how the hacker tools are used. Evaluate the available tools and explain which one(s) appeared most frequently in your searches. Analyze the predominant ones discussed and available for download.

After reading a few of your classmate’s postings, reply to the ones from which you learned something new or to which you have something to add. Remember to get in early and post often.