Attack Overview – Video

There are generally two reasons an individual or an organization is attacked.  One, you are specifically targeted or two, you are a target of opportunity.

Any good hacker will take a few common steps to attack a site these can generally be ordered from 1-4.

1. Reconnaissance
2. Scanning
3. Research Vulnerabilities
4. Performing the attack

 

Often you are going to be attacked by “script-kiddies” the easiest way to protect against them is simply make their job hard and they’ll move on somewhere else.

• Make sure OS and Apps are up to date with patches
• Turn off and remove un-necessary services and software
• Run a host-based firewall
• Don’t display information in service banners
• Don’t provide any information about your network/systems publicly