Network Security Technical Report – CSE-101628 Page# 1 Survey on Network Security Threats and Attacks Amit Kumar and Santosh Malhotra kamit5@iitk.ac.in, mahotsan@iitk.ac.in Department of Computer Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India 1. INTRODUCTION In a brave new age of global connectivity and e-commerce, interconnections via networks have heightened, creating for both individuals and organizations, a state of complete dependence upon vulnerable systems for storage and transfer of information. Never before, have so many people had power in their own hands. The power to deface websites, access personal mail accounts, and worse more the potential to bring down entire governments, and financial corporation's through openly documented software codes. This paper discusses the possible exploits on typical network components; it will cite real life scenarios, and causes. At the end of this paper conclusion is provided to guide contributors for the development of more security measures to prevent network attacks.