1. Bait and switch
Using bait and switch hacking technique, the hacker
runs a malicious program which the user believes to be authentic. This way,
after installing the malicious program on your computer, the hacker gets unprivileged
access to your computer.
2. Cookie theft
The cookies of a browser keep our personal data such
as browsing history, username, and passwords for different sites that we
access. Once the hacker gets the access to your cookie, he can even authenticate
himself as you on a browser.
3. ClickJacking Attacks
ClickJacking is also known by a different
name, UI redress. In this attack, the hacker hides the actual UI where the
victim is supposed to click.
In other words, the attacker hijacks the
clicks of the victim that aren’t meant for the exact page, but for a page where
the hacker wants you to be.
4. Virus, Trojan etc.
Virus or Trojans are malicious software programs
which get installed into the victim’s system and keeps sending the victim’s
data to the hacker.
5. Phishing
Phishing is a hacking technique using which a
hacker replicates the most-accessed sites and traps the victim by sending that
spoofed link.
Once the victim tries to login or enter some
data, the hacker gets that private information of the target victim using the
Trojan running on the fake site.
6. Eavesdropping (Passive Attacks)
Unlike other attacks which are active in
nature, using passive attack, a hacker just monitors the computer system and
networks to gain some unwanted information.
The motive behind eavesdropping is not to
harm the system but to get some information without being identified.
7. Fake WAP
Even just for fun, a hacker can use software to fake
a wireless access point. The WAP connects to the official public place WAP.
Once you get connected the fake WAP, a hacker can access your data, just like
in the above case.
8. Waterhole attack
If you are a big fan of Discovery of
National Geographic channels, you could relate easily with the waterhole
attacks. To poison a place, in this case, the hacker hits the most accessible
physical point of the victim.
For example, if the source of a river is
poisoned, it will hit the entire stretch of animals during summer. In the same
way, hackers target the most accessed physical location to attack the victim.
That point could be a coffee shop, a cafeteria etc.
Once a hackers are aware of your timings,
they might create a fake Wi-Fi access point and modify your most visited website
to redirect them to you to get your personal information.
9. Denial of Service (DoS/DdoS)
A Denial of Service attack is a hacking
technique to take down a site or server by flooding that site or server with a
lot of traffic that the server is unable to process all the requests in the
real time and finally crashes down.
For DdoS attacks, hackers often deploy
botnets or zombie computers which have got the only work to flood your system
with request packets.
10. Key-logger
Key-logger is a hardware device of a software
program that records the key sequence and strokes of your keyboard into a log
file on your machine. These log files might even contain your personal email
IDs and passwords.
Key-logger is one of the main reasons why
online banking sites give you an option to use their virtual keyboards.
