Question:

(a) Which type of attacker represents the most likely and most damaging risk to your network?

(b) What is the basic reason that social engineering attacks succeed?

(c) Give a example of a  Packet Sniffer tool that can be used for eavesdropping. What is the aim of an attacker in using a packet sniffing?

(d) A Smurf attack uses which protocol to conduct the attack?

(e) An organization has been receiving  complaints from its customers that they are not able to access the organization's site. In fact, customers complain that they are redirected to a different site on the network. The organization checks with the administrator to see if the contents of the site have been changed. However, the administrator reports that the site content is intact. In this case, what could be the possible problem with the site? Explain.

(f) Describe the method a hacker use to find the services implemented on your computer?

(g) If you were a network administrator which backup strategy would you adopt to backup files in your network and why?