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Advanced Cybersecurity

Lesson 5.3 Common Network Attacks

Description

In this lesson, students learn about social engineering and how it is used in cyber attacks. Students also learn what DoS and DDoS attacks are and how they use internet protocols to overwhelm a network.


Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Explain what social engineering is and how it can be leveraged to attack a network
  • Explain how DoS and DDoS attacks work and their impact a network