DynaPass Authentication Glossary


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Phishing Attacks

In internet security phishing refers to a cyber attack where criminals identify themselves fraudulently as a company you do business with through emails, on websites or even through hacked software. An attacker will illegally brand their website or correspondence, possibly with a large corporations branding, and solicit information that can be used during an authentication process. Phishing is a play on the word fishing because hackers are baiting the victim into divulging confidential information which could be used for data breaches. Due to phishing attacks companies will add a warning to any information sent to customers or during login which disclaims anyone from or associated with the business asking for private data.

See DynaPass Two-Factor Authentication

Man-in-the-Middle Attacks (MITM)

Man-in-the-middle attacks are just what they sound like, an attacker places themselves between a sender and receiver intercepting information, changing the information along the way or using it to access confidential data. Man-in-the-middle attacks can take place without a user ever knowing, malware can be utilized to gain access to the device and eventually stolen information is used to access more sensitive data such as bank records.

See DynaPass Two-Factor Authentication

Malware

Malware is a term used to describe malicious software such as worms, viruses, backdoors, trojans and rootkits which are created by an attacker to either collect data or disrupt the flow of information, sometimes disabling a users computer altogether. Malware that steals data is a major issue when it comes to authentication and has been a large part of recent data breaches since many factors of authentication are transmitted to and from our computers.