Interruption is a form of #Security Attack aims at disturbing the delivery of system utilities to the end users. It violates the availability# of the system service. This can be caused by hardware destruction, communication line cut, the disabling of file system, or Denial of Service (DoS)#.
Interruption
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Security Attack
Security Attack is an action that attempt to compromise the information security and/or disrupt the normal flow of information, that is from source to destination. There are several methods on attempting it: Interruption#, Interception#, Modification# and Fabrication#. Based on its invasiveness, Security Attack could be divided into two categories: Passive Attack# and Active Attack#.
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Active Attack
Active Attack is a kind of #Security Attack that modifies the data stream or create a false stream to the target and attempts to gain unauthorised access to computer systems. It is rather hard to prevent, but there are some measures available to detect and recover from the destruction. Example of Active Attack including Interruption#, Modification#, and Fabrication#.