This document discusses network security and defines key concepts. It explains that security aims to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. The main pillars of security are the CIA triangle of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Vulnerabilities are weaknesses that can be exploited by threats to carry out attacks, which aim to intercept, interrupt, modify or fabricate information. Common attacks include eavesdropping, cryptanalysis, password pilfering through guessing, social engineering, dictionary attacks and password sniffing. Controls work to reduce vulnerabilities and block threats to prevent harm.
Cyber Warfare is the current single greatest emerging threat to National Security. Network security has become an essential component of any computer network. As computer networks and systems become ever more fundamental to modern society, concerns about security has become increasingly important. There are a multitude of different applications open source and proprietary available for the protection +-system administrator, to decide on the most suitable format for their purpose requires knowledge of the available safety measures, their features and how they affect the quality of service, as well as the kind of data they will be allowing through un flagged. A majority of methods currently used to ensure the quality of a networks service are signature based. From this information, and details on the specifics of popular applications and their implementation methods, we have carried through the ideas, incorporating our own opinions, to formulate suggestions on how this could be done on a general level. The main objective was to design and develop an Intrusion Detection System. While the minor objectives were to; Design a port scanner to determine potential threats and mitigation techniques to withstand these attacks. Implement the system on a host and Run and test the designed IDS. In this project we set out to develop a Honey Pot IDS System. It would make it easy to listen on a range of ports and emulate a network protocol to track and identify any individuals trying to connect to your system. This IDS will use the following design approaches: Event correlation, Log analysis, Alerting, and policy enforcement. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) attempt to identify unauthorized use, misuse, and abuse of computer systems. In response to the growth in the use and development of IDSs, we have developed a methodology for testing IDSs. The methodology consists of techniques from the field of software testing which we have adapted for the specific purpose of testing IDSs. In this paper, we identify a set of general IDS performance objectives which is the basis for the methodology. We present the details of the methodology, including strategies for test-case selection and specific testing procedures. We include quantitative results from testing experiments on the Network Security Monitor (NSM), an IDS developed at UC Davis. We present an overview of the software platform that we have used to create user-simulation scripts for testing experiments. The platform consists of the UNIX tool expect and enhancements that we have developed, including mechanisms for concurrent scripts and a record-and-replay feature. We also provide background information on intrusions and IDSs to motivate our work.
The document discusses common cybersecurity concepts including vulnerabilities, threats, and exploits. It defines vulnerabilities as weaknesses that can be exploited, threats as potential events that can harm systems or data, and exploits as techniques used to breach security. Examples of threats include natural disasters, human threats from insiders like employees or hackers, and technology threats such as malware, denial of service attacks, and social engineering. Common types of malware are discussed like viruses, worms, Trojans, and ransomware, as well as attack methods like backdoors, brute force attacks, spoofing, and man-in-the-middle assaults. Social engineering tricks people using phishing, baiting, pretexting, and scareware.
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This document discusses various cybersecurity threats and best practices for protection. It begins by defining key cybersecurity terminology. It then describes the spectrum of cyber threats from personal to global levels, including viruses, worms, Trojans, and types of hacking like phishing, spoofing and hacktivism. Examples of cyberwarfare and its purposes are provided. The document recommends developing literacy about threats, protecting vulnerabilities in devices, software and user behavior, and describes approaches for secure environments like backups and system updates. Cyber threats targeting students are also outlined.
Vulnerabilities are weaknesses that can be exploited, threats are potential for harm or loss, and controls block vulnerabilities. The main security goals are confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and systems. There are many types of vulnerabilities including hardware, software, and data vulnerabilities. Computer criminals come in many forms from amateur hackers to career criminals and terrorists who may use computers as targets or tools. Controls like encryption can help address vulnerabilities but must be used properly along with other security measures.
Bots are malicious programs that infect computers without the owner's permission and join networks of infected machines called botnets. Botnets are then used by cybercriminals to carry out illegal activities like spamming, denial of service attacks, and identity theft. Criminals infect machines using techniques like exploiting vulnerabilities on websites or getting users to download Trojan horse programs disguised as other files. The bots communicate with command and control servers operated by the criminals to receive instructions. Activities facilitated by botnets include large-scale spamming, hosting phishing websites, and distributed denial of service attacks.
This document provides an introduction to information security concepts. It defines information security as protecting information and systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption or destruction. The key aspects of information security are confidentiality, integrity and availability. Basic security terminology like identification, authentication, access control and confidentiality are explained. Common network vulnerabilities like weak passwords, protocol design flaws, and unauthorized access through modems are also discussed. The importance of network security is to protect company assets, gain competitive advantage and ensure regulatory compliance.
This document discusses basic concepts of information security. It defines key terms like privacy, confidentiality, security, authentication, authorization, accountability, likelihood, consequences, and risk. It explains the CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Authentication ensures a user is who they claim to be, while authorization determines if a user has rights to an activity. Accountability provides non-repudiation so an activity can't be denied later. Likelihood is the possibility a threat may occur, while consequences are the impact. Risk is the potential for unwanted outcomes calculated as likelihood times consequences. The document also distinguishes information security from cyber security and how cyber security has developed over time in health institutions.
This document discusses network risks and vulnerabilities. It begins by defining vulnerabilities as software flaws or misconfigurations that weaken security. It then examines various types of vulnerabilities like design flaws, viruses, impersonation, worms, port scanning, man-in-the-middle attacks, denial-of-service attacks. The document also covers network risk assessment methodology and impact analysis. It concludes with a brief mention of network risk mitigation as a way to reduce risks.
Cyber Warfare is the current single greatest emerging threat to National Security. Network security has become an essential component of any computer network. As computer networks and systems become ever more fundamental to modern society, concerns about security has become increasingly important. There are a multitude of different applications open source and proprietary available for the protection +-system administrator, to decide on the most suitable format for their purpose requires knowledge of the available safety measures, their features and how they affect the quality of service, as well as the kind of data they will be allowing through un flagged. A majority of methods currently used to ensure the quality of a networks service are signature based. From this information, and details on the specifics of popular applications and their implementation methods, we have carried through the ideas, incorporating our own opinions, to formulate suggestions on how this could be done on a general level. The main objective was to design and develop an Intrusion Detection System. While the minor objectives were to; Design a port scanner to determine potential threats and mitigation techniques to withstand these attacks. Implement the system on a host and Run and test the designed IDS. In this project we set out to develop a Honey Pot IDS System. It would make it easy to listen on a range of ports and emulate a network protocol to track and identify any individuals trying to connect to your system. This IDS will use the following design approaches: Event correlation, Log analysis, Alerting, and policy enforcement. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) attempt to identify unauthorized use, misuse, and abuse of computer systems. In response to the growth in the use and development of IDSs, we have developed a methodology for testing IDSs. The methodology consists of techniques from the field of software testing which we have adapted for the specific purpose of testing IDSs. In this paper, we identify a set of general IDS performance objectives which is the basis for the methodology. We present the details of the methodology, including strategies for test-case selection and specific testing procedures. We include quantitative results from testing experiments on the Network Security Monitor (NSM), an IDS developed at UC Davis. We present an overview of the software platform that we have used to create user-simulation scripts for testing experiments. The platform consists of the UNIX tool expect and enhancements that we have developed, including mechanisms for concurrent scripts and a record-and-replay feature. We also provide background information on intrusions and IDSs to motivate our work.
The document discusses common cybersecurity concepts including vulnerabilities, threats, and exploits. It defines vulnerabilities as weaknesses that can be exploited, threats as potential events that can harm systems or data, and exploits as techniques used to breach security. Examples of threats include natural disasters, human threats from insiders like employees or hackers, and technology threats such as malware, denial of service attacks, and social engineering. Common types of malware are discussed like viruses, worms, Trojans, and ransomware, as well as attack methods like backdoors, brute force attacks, spoofing, and man-in-the-middle assaults. Social engineering tricks people using phishing, baiting, pretexting, and scareware.
Compusecuraphobia – The Fear of HOPING Your Computer is Secure - Course Techn...Cengage Learning
This document discusses various cybersecurity threats and best practices for protection. It begins by defining key cybersecurity terminology. It then describes the spectrum of cyber threats from personal to global levels, including viruses, worms, Trojans, and types of hacking like phishing, spoofing and hacktivism. Examples of cyberwarfare and its purposes are provided. The document recommends developing literacy about threats, protecting vulnerabilities in devices, software and user behavior, and describes approaches for secure environments like backups and system updates. Cyber threats targeting students are also outlined.
Vulnerabilities are weaknesses that can be exploited, threats are potential for harm or loss, and controls block vulnerabilities. The main security goals are confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and systems. There are many types of vulnerabilities including hardware, software, and data vulnerabilities. Computer criminals come in many forms from amateur hackers to career criminals and terrorists who may use computers as targets or tools. Controls like encryption can help address vulnerabilities but must be used properly along with other security measures.
Bots are malicious programs that infect computers without the owner's permission and join networks of infected machines called botnets. Botnets are then used by cybercriminals to carry out illegal activities like spamming, denial of service attacks, and identity theft. Criminals infect machines using techniques like exploiting vulnerabilities on websites or getting users to download Trojan horse programs disguised as other files. The bots communicate with command and control servers operated by the criminals to receive instructions. Activities facilitated by botnets include large-scale spamming, hosting phishing websites, and distributed denial of service attacks.
This document provides an introduction to information security concepts. It defines information security as protecting information and systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption or destruction. The key aspects of information security are confidentiality, integrity and availability. Basic security terminology like identification, authentication, access control and confidentiality are explained. Common network vulnerabilities like weak passwords, protocol design flaws, and unauthorized access through modems are also discussed. The importance of network security is to protect company assets, gain competitive advantage and ensure regulatory compliance.
This document discusses basic concepts of information security. It defines key terms like privacy, confidentiality, security, authentication, authorization, accountability, likelihood, consequences, and risk. It explains the CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Authentication ensures a user is who they claim to be, while authorization determines if a user has rights to an activity. Accountability provides non-repudiation so an activity can't be denied later. Likelihood is the possibility a threat may occur, while consequences are the impact. Risk is the potential for unwanted outcomes calculated as likelihood times consequences. The document also distinguishes information security from cyber security and how cyber security has developed over time in health institutions.
This document discusses network risks and vulnerabilities. It begins by defining vulnerabilities as software flaws or misconfigurations that weaken security. It then examines various types of vulnerabilities like design flaws, viruses, impersonation, worms, port scanning, man-in-the-middle attacks, denial-of-service attacks. The document also covers network risk assessment methodology and impact analysis. It concludes with a brief mention of network risk mitigation as a way to reduce risks.
The document discusses various topics related to computer security including threats, attacks, and security mechanisms. It defines key terms like intruder, threat, attack, and different types of security breaches. It describes common attack methods like masquerading, replay attacks, and man-in-the-middle attacks. It also discusses security mechanisms at the physical, human, operating system, and network levels and techniques for user authentication.
Cybersecurity refers to protecting internet-connected systems, networks, programs, and data from malicious attacks. It aims to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data. The document discusses different types of cybersecurity including network security, application security, information security, identity management, operational security, mobile security, cloud security, and disaster recovery planning. It also covers common cybersecurity threats like malware, viruses, spyware, and describes their purpose and how they function. The overall goal of cybersecurity is to protect sensitive data and systems from unauthorized access or corruption.
The document discusses why network security is important and outlines common security threats and network attacks. It notes that as networks have grown in size and importance, security compromises could have serious consequences. It describes various types of threats like hackers, crackers, viruses and malware that target network vulnerabilities. It also provides examples of reconnaissance attacks, denial of service attacks, and different strategies that can be used to mitigate security risks.
The document discusses cyber security and network attacks. It defines key concepts in cyber security like confidentiality, integrity, authenticity and availability. It then discusses different types of network attacks like eavesdropping, spoofing, man-in-the-middle attacks, and denial of service attacks. It also provides ways to protect against these attacks, such as installing firewalls, securing wireless networks, using antivirus software, and establishing a national cyber security policy.
This document summarizes computer and network security threats. It discusses key security objectives of confidentiality, integrity and availability. It describes common security threats to hardware, software, data, and communication lines/networks. Examples of threats include theft, damage, alteration, and denial of service attacks. Different classes of intruders like masqueraders and misfeasors are also outlined. Common intrusion techniques and types of malicious software like viruses, worms, trojans and backdoors are defined. The document provides details on various goals and behaviors of attackers.
This document discusses network security. It begins by defining network security and explaining the three main types: physical, technical, and administrative security controls. It then defines vulnerabilities as weaknesses that can be exploited by threats such as unauthorized access or data modification. Common network attacks are described as reconnaissance, access, denial of service, and worms/viruses. Emerging attack trends include malware, phishing, ransomware, denial of service attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks, cryptojacking, SQL injection, and zero-day exploits. The document aims to help students understand vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and trends regarding network security.
The document discusses server security threats and vulnerabilities. It outlines prevention methods like implementing security measures and detection procedures. Some threats include unused open ports, unpatched services, inattentive administration, and default passwords. The document recommends keeping services updated, using secure protocols, monitoring servers, and conducting vulnerability assessments. Government regulations mandate security procedures to protect electronic systems and transactions.
Website security is important to prevent unauthorized access, use, modification or disruption of websites. Threats can come from software flaws, insecure configurations, or misuse of features. Confidentiality, integrity and availability of information must be ensured. Common attacks include eavesdropping, tampering and impersonation of network traffic. Security controls like access management, operational procedures and technical measures help mitigate vulnerabilities and threats. Regular software updates, layered protections, HTTPS usage, and strong unique passwords are advised.
This document summarizes different types of cyber attacks. It describes web-based attacks like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and denial of service attacks. It also outlines system-based attacks such as viruses, worms, and trojan horses. Additionally, it covers methods that can assist attacks, including spoofing, sniffing, and port scanning. The goal of the document is to provide an overview of common cyber attacks and threats that exist in the cyber world.
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External Attacks Against Pivileged AccountsLindsay Marsh
This document discusses how external attackers target privileged accounts to gain access to federal agency systems. It explains that attackers follow a predictable pattern: they try to access privileged accounts to move laterally across the network and access desired systems or data. The document recommends a layered defense approach to address each stage of an attack. It suggests securing privileged accounts, implementing least privilege, behavior analytics to detect anomalies, and session recording to investigate incidents. The document advises agencies to assess their ability to prevent entry, access, and malicious actions and close any gaps.
External Attacks Against Privileged Accounts - How Federal Agencies Can Build...BeyondTrust
This presentation examines the types of attacks that try to exploit privileged credentials, particular in a governmental environment, and explores defensive strategies to bring privileges, and the associated threats, under complete visibility and control.
What are cyber attacks?
In simple terms, cyber attacks are attempts of disabling or stealing information from other computers, by gaining access to admin privileges to them.
Why should businesses be worried?
An average ransomware attack costs a company $5 million. Attackers target all types of businesses, small and large, healthcare, banking & finance, manufacturing, education, even government. The internet has made life a lot easier for business owners, at the same time it has made them easier to get hacked.
Internet technology and software are inherently vulnerable due to flaws, weaknesses, and gaps in their design, implementation, and security protocols. Thousands of vulnerabilities exist in both software and hardware that can be exploited by hackers if not properly addressed. Common sources of vulnerabilities include design flaws, poor security management, incorrect implementation, vulnerabilities in operating systems, applications, protocols, and ports. Ensuring systems are properly configured, passwords are strong, and users are educated can help reduce vulnerabilities, but due to the complexity of software it is impossible to have fully secure systems.
This document provides an overview of computer security concepts. It discusses threats like viruses, worms, bots and rootkits that can compromise security. It defines key terms like assets, attacks, intruders and vulnerabilities. The CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity and availability is explained as the standard for information security. Common attacks are also outlined, such as password cracking, man-in-the-middle, spoofing and social engineering. Malware is defined and the characteristics of viruses, worms and trojans are described.
The document provides an overview of information security concepts and threats. It discusses how security is difficult to implement due to costs, user resistance, and sophisticated criminals. The document then outlines various hacking techniques like information gathering, social engineering, sniffing, and denial of service attacks. It concludes by describing defensive security measures for organizations, including firewalls, intrusion detection, honeypots, antivirus software, user awareness training, and penetration testing.
Looking to understand how hackers and other attackers use cyber technology to attack your network and your executives? This slide set provides an overview and details the anatomy of a cyber attack, and the strategies you can use to manage and mitigate risk.
CompTIA exam study guide presentations by instructor Brian Ferrill, PACE-IT (Progressive, Accelerated Certifications for Employment in Information Technology)
Information security awareness (sept 2012) bis handoutMarc Vael
This document discusses common challenges with information security from the perspective of various executives and IT professionals. It highlights issues such as lack of management support and understanding of security, non-compliance with security policies, insufficient resources and budget for security programs, and people being the weakest link for attacks. The document also emphasizes the importance of education, governance, risk management, project management, performance measurement, and regular reviews to effectively manage information security risks.
Sophos Threatsaurus: The A-Z of Computer and Data Security ThreatsConnecting Up
The document provides an introduction to various computer and data security threats. It discusses how threats have evolved from disruptive viruses to more stealthy malware aimed at financial gain. Today's threats are more likely to secretly install keyloggers, turn computers into zombies for spamming, or exploit social networks. Spear phishing targets specific individuals within organizations. Predicting future threats is difficult, but wherever there is opportunity for financial gain, criminals will attempt to misuse data.
This document provides lecture notes on information security. It covers four modules: (1) the security problem in computing and elementary cryptography; (2) program security, operating system protection, and trusted OS design; (3) database security and security in networks; (4) administering security, legal and ethical issues. Key topics include computer threats like viruses and malware, network attacks like denial of service, and security controls like encryption, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems. The goal is to educate students on fundamental concepts of information security.
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The document discusses various topics related to computer security including threats, attacks, and security mechanisms. It defines key terms like intruder, threat, attack, and different types of security breaches. It describes common attack methods like masquerading, replay attacks, and man-in-the-middle attacks. It also discusses security mechanisms at the physical, human, operating system, and network levels and techniques for user authentication.
Cybersecurity refers to protecting internet-connected systems, networks, programs, and data from malicious attacks. It aims to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data. The document discusses different types of cybersecurity including network security, application security, information security, identity management, operational security, mobile security, cloud security, and disaster recovery planning. It also covers common cybersecurity threats like malware, viruses, spyware, and describes their purpose and how they function. The overall goal of cybersecurity is to protect sensitive data and systems from unauthorized access or corruption.
The document discusses why network security is important and outlines common security threats and network attacks. It notes that as networks have grown in size and importance, security compromises could have serious consequences. It describes various types of threats like hackers, crackers, viruses and malware that target network vulnerabilities. It also provides examples of reconnaissance attacks, denial of service attacks, and different strategies that can be used to mitigate security risks.
The document discusses cyber security and network attacks. It defines key concepts in cyber security like confidentiality, integrity, authenticity and availability. It then discusses different types of network attacks like eavesdropping, spoofing, man-in-the-middle attacks, and denial of service attacks. It also provides ways to protect against these attacks, such as installing firewalls, securing wireless networks, using antivirus software, and establishing a national cyber security policy.
This document summarizes computer and network security threats. It discusses key security objectives of confidentiality, integrity and availability. It describes common security threats to hardware, software, data, and communication lines/networks. Examples of threats include theft, damage, alteration, and denial of service attacks. Different classes of intruders like masqueraders and misfeasors are also outlined. Common intrusion techniques and types of malicious software like viruses, worms, trojans and backdoors are defined. The document provides details on various goals and behaviors of attackers.
This document discusses network security. It begins by defining network security and explaining the three main types: physical, technical, and administrative security controls. It then defines vulnerabilities as weaknesses that can be exploited by threats such as unauthorized access or data modification. Common network attacks are described as reconnaissance, access, denial of service, and worms/viruses. Emerging attack trends include malware, phishing, ransomware, denial of service attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks, cryptojacking, SQL injection, and zero-day exploits. The document aims to help students understand vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and trends regarding network security.
The document discusses server security threats and vulnerabilities. It outlines prevention methods like implementing security measures and detection procedures. Some threats include unused open ports, unpatched services, inattentive administration, and default passwords. The document recommends keeping services updated, using secure protocols, monitoring servers, and conducting vulnerability assessments. Government regulations mandate security procedures to protect electronic systems and transactions.
Website security is important to prevent unauthorized access, use, modification or disruption of websites. Threats can come from software flaws, insecure configurations, or misuse of features. Confidentiality, integrity and availability of information must be ensured. Common attacks include eavesdropping, tampering and impersonation of network traffic. Security controls like access management, operational procedures and technical measures help mitigate vulnerabilities and threats. Regular software updates, layered protections, HTTPS usage, and strong unique passwords are advised.
This document summarizes different types of cyber attacks. It describes web-based attacks like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and denial of service attacks. It also outlines system-based attacks such as viruses, worms, and trojan horses. Additionally, it covers methods that can assist attacks, including spoofing, sniffing, and port scanning. The goal of the document is to provide an overview of common cyber attacks and threats that exist in the cyber world.
Any One Need Notes, PPT, Or Books Related to computer then Text us on 03007064299 or Email sososofar@gmail.com .We will upload it on slide share or email you.........
External Attacks Against Pivileged AccountsLindsay Marsh
This document discusses how external attackers target privileged accounts to gain access to federal agency systems. It explains that attackers follow a predictable pattern: they try to access privileged accounts to move laterally across the network and access desired systems or data. The document recommends a layered defense approach to address each stage of an attack. It suggests securing privileged accounts, implementing least privilege, behavior analytics to detect anomalies, and session recording to investigate incidents. The document advises agencies to assess their ability to prevent entry, access, and malicious actions and close any gaps.
External Attacks Against Privileged Accounts - How Federal Agencies Can Build...BeyondTrust
This presentation examines the types of attacks that try to exploit privileged credentials, particular in a governmental environment, and explores defensive strategies to bring privileges, and the associated threats, under complete visibility and control.
What are cyber attacks?
In simple terms, cyber attacks are attempts of disabling or stealing information from other computers, by gaining access to admin privileges to them.
Why should businesses be worried?
An average ransomware attack costs a company $5 million. Attackers target all types of businesses, small and large, healthcare, banking & finance, manufacturing, education, even government. The internet has made life a lot easier for business owners, at the same time it has made them easier to get hacked.
Internet technology and software are inherently vulnerable due to flaws, weaknesses, and gaps in their design, implementation, and security protocols. Thousands of vulnerabilities exist in both software and hardware that can be exploited by hackers if not properly addressed. Common sources of vulnerabilities include design flaws, poor security management, incorrect implementation, vulnerabilities in operating systems, applications, protocols, and ports. Ensuring systems are properly configured, passwords are strong, and users are educated can help reduce vulnerabilities, but due to the complexity of software it is impossible to have fully secure systems.
This document provides an overview of computer security concepts. It discusses threats like viruses, worms, bots and rootkits that can compromise security. It defines key terms like assets, attacks, intruders and vulnerabilities. The CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity and availability is explained as the standard for information security. Common attacks are also outlined, such as password cracking, man-in-the-middle, spoofing and social engineering. Malware is defined and the characteristics of viruses, worms and trojans are described.
The document provides an overview of information security concepts and threats. It discusses how security is difficult to implement due to costs, user resistance, and sophisticated criminals. The document then outlines various hacking techniques like information gathering, social engineering, sniffing, and denial of service attacks. It concludes by describing defensive security measures for organizations, including firewalls, intrusion detection, honeypots, antivirus software, user awareness training, and penetration testing.
Looking to understand how hackers and other attackers use cyber technology to attack your network and your executives? This slide set provides an overview and details the anatomy of a cyber attack, and the strategies you can use to manage and mitigate risk.
CompTIA exam study guide presentations by instructor Brian Ferrill, PACE-IT (Progressive, Accelerated Certifications for Employment in Information Technology)
Information security awareness (sept 2012) bis handoutMarc Vael
This document discusses common challenges with information security from the perspective of various executives and IT professionals. It highlights issues such as lack of management support and understanding of security, non-compliance with security policies, insufficient resources and budget for security programs, and people being the weakest link for attacks. The document also emphasizes the importance of education, governance, risk management, project management, performance measurement, and regular reviews to effectively manage information security risks.
Sophos Threatsaurus: The A-Z of Computer and Data Security ThreatsConnecting Up
The document provides an introduction to various computer and data security threats. It discusses how threats have evolved from disruptive viruses to more stealthy malware aimed at financial gain. Today's threats are more likely to secretly install keyloggers, turn computers into zombies for spamming, or exploit social networks. Spear phishing targets specific individuals within organizations. Predicting future threats is difficult, but wherever there is opportunity for financial gain, criminals will attempt to misuse data.
This document provides lecture notes on information security. It covers four modules: (1) the security problem in computing and elementary cryptography; (2) program security, operating system protection, and trusted OS design; (3) database security and security in networks; (4) administering security, legal and ethical issues. Key topics include computer threats like viruses and malware, network attacks like denial of service, and security controls like encryption, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems. The goal is to educate students on fundamental concepts of information security.
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# Students can earn better grades, save time and study effectively
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1. Protection and security are mechanisms used in operating systems to control access to resources and safeguard them from threats. Protection focuses on internal threats while security addresses external threats.
2. Protection involves setting and changing access permissions for resources and checking access for users. Security involves authenticating users, adding/removing them, and using anti-malware software to protect from external threats.
3. A security model like the access matrix model defines the set of subjects, objects, and access rules to represent an organization's security policy for controlling access between users and resources.
Chapter 4 vulnerability threat and attack newbie2019
This document discusses threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks related to information security. It defines threats as potential dangers that could breach security, and lists categories of threats like deliberate threats, environmental threats, and accidental threats. Vulnerabilities are weaknesses that can be exploited by threats, like physical vulnerabilities, hardware/software vulnerabilities, and human vulnerabilities. Attacks are exploits of vulnerabilities that damage systems. Common attacks are discussed like passive attacks that obtain information and active attacks that alter systems. The document also categorizes attacks as interruptions, interceptions, modifications, or fabrications of systems and assets. The three biggest common attacks are said to be virus, worm, and Trojan horse attacks.
This document provides an overview of IT security and internet safety. It discusses key concepts in IT security like the CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity and availability. It also covers common security threats like intrusion, blocking/denial of service attacks, and malware. The document recommends security measures to mitigate these threats, such as strong authentication, firewalls, antivirus software and user training. It concludes with guidelines for staying safe online, including creating strong passwords, avoiding scams, and knowing when to get help from a parent or guardian.
This document provides information about the CS 477 Computer Security course taught by Prof. W. A. Zuniga-Galindo. The course covers topics such as symmetric encryption, public-key encryption, PGP, security in networks, authentication applications, IP security, web security, and intruders/viruses. It will introduce basic security ideas and vocabulary, discuss examples of security violations like unauthorized access and message interception, classify security attacks as passive or active, and cover security services like confidentiality, authentication, and integrity. Student presentations will focus on specific security topics.
The document summarizes key concepts from the book "Computer Security: Principles and Practice" by Stallings, Brown, and Bauer. It defines computer security as measures that ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems. It outlines threats to computer security like unauthorized disclosure, deception, disruption, and usurpation. It also defines security terminology like attacks, vulnerabilities, risks, and countermeasures. The document presents models for understanding computer security and the relationships between threats, vulnerabilities, attacks, and assets.
This document discusses computer security concepts and fundamentals. It defines computer security and the CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity and availability. It describes various security objectives like data confidentiality, privacy, data integrity, system integrity and availability. It also discusses additional concepts like authenticity and accountability. The document presents a model for computer security and discusses security concepts like assets, vulnerabilities, threats, attacks and countermeasures. It provides examples of different types of attacks like unauthorized disclosure, deception and disruption and how they relate to threats against confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Research Paper on STRIDE
Presented By
Kranthi Sekhar Reddy Kolli
(002832361)
University of Cumberlands
Threat Modeling:
According to Adam Shostack(2017) Threat modeling is about building models, and using those models to help you think about what’s going to go wrong. There are models implicit in most things. For example, in threat intelligence, you often receive IP addresses, email addresses, and similar “indicators.” Implicit is that you’ll plug those IPs into your firewall or IDS, or block or detect those emails at your mail server. There are also important details rarely discussed: Is your firewall from Palo Alto or Fortinet Each has a different user interface, but each has a way to block an IP address.
Threat modeling is essential to becoming proactive and strategic in your operational and application security. Modern threat modeling is agile and integrative, building collaboration between security and other teams. That’s security and development, security and operations, security and all sorts of others. Threat modeling is also essential in moving away from “gut feel” to a disciplined approach to problems (2017).
STRIDE:
Stride is a systematic way to deal with recognizing our application's advantages and the in all probability threats to them. What resources would we say we are talking about precisely? This would be anything that is put away in a database, CPU influence, and documents situated in a record framework. When you have set aside the opportunity to assess your advantages, you would then be able to start to survey the genuine dangers that issue most to your foundation (Shostack, 2017).
The name STRIDE [Hernan 2006] is an acronym based on the initials of the six threat categories: Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information disclosure, Denial of service, and Elevation of privilege. These categories are not mutually exclusive, and complex attacks may involve a combination of them. However, they provide a useful set that non-security experts can use to reason about security threats.
Spoofing:
Spoofing is an attack in which people (or programs) represent themselves as something other than what they truly are, with the intent of gaining authorized access to resources for which they should be unauthorized. A successful spoofing attack is one that allows an attacker to foil or avoid authentication.
Conditions under Which Spoofing Might Occur:
Spoofing can occur when the source or destination of a message is not properly trusted (e.g., via authentication), but the requested action in the message is still performed. Spoofing can be successful if the attacking component can steal another component’s identity to appear authentic or if other components do not demand proof of authentication.
Spoofing Risks:
When considering spoofing attacks, we must think about these general design weaknesses that would allow spoofing to occur:
· There is no authentication, or the authentication mechanism has been broken or bypassed.
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Security Concepts
Dr. Y. Chu
CIS3360: Security in Computing
0R02
Spring 2018
1
Information
Textbook Chapter 1
Some of the slides and figures are from textbook slides distributed by Pearson
2
Computer Security Definition
The NIST Computer Security Handbook Definition
“The protection afforded to an automated information system in order to attain the applicable objectives of preserving the integrity, availability and confidentiality of information system resources (includes hardware, software, firmware, information/data, and telecommunications).”
Key points:
Confidentiality, integrity and availability
Confidentiality:
Data confidentiality: confidential information is not disclosed to unauthorized parties
Privacy: personal information should not be collected by unauthorized personnel
Integrity:
Data integrity: information should not be changed by unauthorized parties
System integrity: systems perform as intended free of unauthorized manipulation
Availability:
Systems work promptly and service is not denied to authorized user.
Information resources: hardware, software, firmware, information/data, and telecommunications
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
Computer Security Objectives
4
CIA triad
FIPS PUB 199 characterization
Confidentiality: Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information. A loss of confidentiality is the unauthorized disclosure of information.
Integrity: Guarding against improper information modification or destruction, including ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity. A loss of integrity is the unauthorized modification or destruction of information.
Availability: Ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information. A loss of availability is the disruption of access to or use of information or an information system.
Federal Information Processing Standards
Computer Security Objectives
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Additional concepts
Authenticity: verifying that users are who they say they are and that each input arriving at the system came from a trusted source.
Accountability: Systems must keep records of their activities to permit later forensic analysis to trace security breaches or to aid in transaction disputes.
Tools for Confidentiality
Encryption
Transform the information using a secrete so it is useful only to the intended recipient
Access Control
Rules and policies that limit access to confidential information
Authentication
Determine identity or role of a user
Authorization
Specify the access rights or privileges to resources
Physical Security
Use physical barriers to deny unauthorized access
For example, lock and security guards
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Tools for Integrity
Backups
Periodic archiving of data.
Checksums
Computation of a function that maps the contents of a file to a numerical value
Data correcting codes
methods for storing data in such.
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2. What is Security?
Protecting and Preserving the confidentiality, integrity,
availability of information stored on computers or in transit
on a network.
+ Protecting the critical elements of a computer or network
system (the hardware, the software, communication system
…etc.)
Ensure non-repudiation
This requires the implementation of policy, awareness
training, education and technology
3. Another Definition
Information security can be thought of as the protection of
the information system and its resources against accidental
or intentional disclosure of confidential data, unlawful
modification of data or programs, the destruction of data,
software or hardware, and ensuring non-repudiation.
4. Other Concerns
Information security also includes the prevention of use of
one’s computer facilities for criminal activities including
computer related fraud and blackmail.
Information security also involves the elimination of
weaknesses or vulnerabilities that might be exploited to
cause loss or harm.
5. The Main Pillars of Security
The CIA Triangle:
Confidentiality ensures that computer-related assets are accessed
only by authorized parties. That is, only those who should have
access to something will actually get that access. By "access," we
mean not only reading but also viewing, printing, or simply
knowing that a particular asset exists. Confidentiality is sometimes
called secrecy or privacy.
Integrity means that assets can be modified only by authorized
parties or only in authorized ways. In this context, modification
includes writing, changing, changing status, deleting, and creating.
Availability means that assets are accessible to authorized parties
at appropriate times. In other words, if some person or system has
legitimate access to a particular set of objects, that access should
not be prevented. For this reason, availability is sometimes known
by its opposite, denial of service.
7. Some People Add Other
Properties
Accuracy means information is free from error and has the
value the end user expects
Authenticity is quality or state of being genuine or original,
rather than reproduced or fabricated; information is
authentic when it is what was originally created, placed,
stored, or transferred
Utility of information is quality or state of having value for
some end purpose; information must be in a format
meaningful to end user
Non-Repudiation: means that the sender or generator of
information cannot deny that he did send or generate the
information
8. Vulnerabilities, Threats, Attacks
and Controls
An interesting definition of security is: “Prevent threats from
exploiting vulnerabilities to perform attacks”
So, what do these terms mean?
9. Vulnerability
A vulnerability is a weakness in the security system, for
example, in procedures, design, or implementation, that
might be exploited to cause loss or harm.
For instance, a particular system may be vulnerable to
unauthorized data manipulation because the system does
not verify a user's identity before allowing data access.
10. Threat
A threat to a computing system is a set of
circumstances that has the potential to
cause loss or harm.
11. Control
A control is an action, device, procedure, or technique that
removes or reduces a vulnerability.
A threat is blocked by control of a vulnerability.
12. Types of Threats
To devise controls, we must know as much about threats as
possible. We can view any threat as being one of four kinds:
interception,
interruption,
modification,
fabrication
13. Interception
Information disclosure/information leakage
An unauthorized party gains access to an asset.
This is an attack on confidentiality.
The unauthorized party could be a person, a program, or a
computer.
Examples include:
wiretapping to capture data in a network
the illicit copying of files or programs
15. Interruption
An asset of the system is destroyed or becomes unavailable
or unusable. This is an attack on the availability.
Examples include destruction of a piece of hardware, such
as a hard disk, the cutting of a communication link, or the
disabling of the file management system.
DOS - Denial of Service Attacks have become very well
known.
17. Modification
Modification is integrity violation.
An unauthorized party not only gains access to but tampers
with an asset.
This is an attack on the integrity.
Examples include changing values in a data file, altering a
program so that it performs differently, and modifying the
content of a message being transmitted in a network.
19. Fabrication
An unauthorized party inserts counterfeit objects into the
system. This is an attack on the authenticity.
Examples include the insertion of spurious messages in a
network or the addition of records to a file.
22. Actions to Protect Against a
Harm
Harm occurs when a threat is realized against a
vulnerability. To protect against harm, then, we can
neutralize the threat, close the vulnerability, or both. The
possibility for harm to occur is called risk. We can deal with
harm in several ways. We can seek to
prevent it, by blocking the attack or closing the vulnerability
deter it, by making the attack harder but not impossible
deflect it, by making another target more attractive (or this one
less so)
detect it, either as it happens or some time after the fact
recover from its effects
23. Attacks
A human who exploits a vulnerability perpetrates an attack
on the system.
An attack can also be launched by another system, as when
one system sends an overwhelming set of messages to
another, virtually shutting down the second system's ability
to function.
24. Attacks: Another Definition
An attack is a deliberate act that exploits vulnerability
Accomplished by threat agent to damage or steal
organization’s information or physical asset
Exploit is a technique to compromise a system
Vulnerability is an identified weakness of a controlled system
whose controls are not present or are no longer effective
Attack is the use of an exploit to achieve the compromise of a
controlled system
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25. Eavesdropping
Common packet sniffers: TCPdump, Wireshark
Solution - Encrypt Data
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26. Cryptanalysis
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Cryptanalysis
Find useful information from ciphertext data
e.g. analyze statistical structure
Defense method
Use longer keys and stronger encryption algorithm
27. Password Pilfering
Password Pilfering
Password protection is often the first
defense line
probably the only defense available in the
system
Methods to pilfer user password:
Guessing
Social engineering
Dictionary attacks
Password sniffing
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28. Guessing
Easiest, particularly on short or default passwords
10 most commonly-used passwords (ref. PC Magazine):
password
123456
qwerty (which are keys below 123456 on standard keyboard
abc123
letmein
monkey
myspace1
Password1
Blink182
The user’s own first name
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29. • Social Engineering
Methods of using social skills to pilfer secret information
Physical Impersonation
The attacker pretends to be another person to delude the victim
(See example on page 6 from textbook)
Phishing
The most common form of mass social engineering attacks in recent
years
Disguised email messages or masquerade web sites
See the next slide for a real phishing example verbatim (note the typos
in the phishing email), where the link in the email is a trap
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30. Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:11:46 -0700
From: US Bank SCD-Verify@usbank.com
Subject: US Bank – Internet Online Access is Locked – October 5, 2007 at 12:23:05 PM
Dear US Bank Customer,
We’re sorry, but you reached the maximum number of attempts allowed to login into your US
Bank account. For your protection, we have locked your account.
Consequently, we placed a temporary restriction on your account. We did this to protect your
account from any fraudulent activity.
Please click below and complete the steps to Remove Limitations. This allows us to confirm your
identity and unlock your US Bank online account
http://www4-usbank.com/
If we do no receive the appropriate account verification within 48 hours, then we will assume this
US Bank account is fraudulent and will be suspented.
US Bank, Member FDIC. @2007 US Bank Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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31. In general, any phishing email would contain a link to a
bogus Web site, called a phishing site
Other forms
Collect recycled papers from recycling bins
Web browser pop up a window asking for user login
Defense Method – Anti-phishing extensions of web
browsers are emerging technology for detecting and
blocking phishing sites
J. Wang. Computer Network Security Theory and Practice. Springer, 2009
32. • Dictionary Attacks
Only encrypted passwords should be stored in a
computer system
in UNIX/Linux:
passwords are stored in a file named shadows
under directory /etc
in Windows XP:
passwords are stored in a file named SAM,
which is stored in the system’s registry
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33. A typical dictionary attack proceeds as follows:
Obtain information of user names and the corresponding
encrypted passwords
Run the encryption routine used by the underlying system on all
dictionary words, names, and dates
Compare each output obtained from step 2 with the encrypted
passwords obtained from step 1. If a match presents, a user
password is found
Constructing a Rainbow table helps to reduce the table size and
make the computation manageable
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34. Rainbow Table
Password Hash value
w11
w21
…
wk1
h(w1 n1)
h(w2 n2)
…
h(wk nk)
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r is a reduction function
h is a cryptographic hash function
w11 is a given password. Apply h and r alternatively to obtain a
chain of passwords that are different pairwise:
where, w1i = r(h(w1,i-1 ), i = 2,3,…,n1 and store (w11, h(w1n1))
Select wj1 not occurred in previous chains
Repeat this procedure k times generating k rows in the rainbow table
35. Let f: A→B and g: B→A be two functions. Let y∈ B and i ≥ 0.
Define:
Let Q0 be an encrypted value of a password w. That is, Q0 =
h(w). If
for some i ≥ 0 and some j with 1 ≤ j ≤ k and i ≤ j, then w is
possible to appear in the jth chain of wj1,…wj,nj .
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36. Algorithm to find w in a rainbow table:
1. Set Q1 ← Q0 and t ← 0. Let n = max{n1,…,nk}
2. Check if there is a 1 ≤ j ≤ k such that Q1 = h(wj,nj) and t ≤ n. If yes, goto
step 3; otherwise, goto step 4
3. Apply r and h alternatively on wj1 for 0 ≤ i ≤ j times until
wj,ni
= (r ○ h)i(wj1) is generated such that h(wj,ni
) = Q0 . If such a wj,ni
is
found, return w = wj,ni
; otherwise, goto step 4
4. Set Q1 ← h(r(Q1)) and t ← t + 1. If t ≤ n then goto step 2. Otherwise,
return “password not found.” (the rainbow table doesn’t contain the
password whose hash value equals Q0 )
J. Wang. Computer Network Security Theory and Practice. Springer, 2009
37. • Password Sniffing
Password sniffers are software programs, used to capture
remote login information such as user names and user
passwords
Defense Method – encrypt all message, include login
information, using, e.g., SSH and HTTPS
Cain & Abel, a password recovery tool, can capture and
crack encrypted password for the Microsoft Operating
System
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38. Password Protection
Rules to help protect passwords from pilfering:
1. Use long passwords, with a combination of letters, capital letters, digits,
and other characters such as $,#,@. Do not use dictionary words, common
names and dates.
2. Do not reveal your passwords to anyone you do not know. Do not submit
to anyone who acts as if he has authority. If you have to give out your
password, do so face to face.
3. Change passwords periodically and do not reuse old passwords.
4. Do not use the same password for different accounts.
5. Do not use remote login software that does not encrypt user passwords
and other important personal information.
6. Shred all discarded papers using a good paper shredder.
7. Avoid entering any information in any popup window, and avoid clicking
on links in suspicious emails.
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39. • Other User-Authentication Methods
Use biometrics of unique biological features – connect
biometric devices to a computer, such as fingerprint readers
and retina scanners
Use authenticating items – electronic passes authenticated by
the issuer.
Authentication using user passwords is by
far the easiest method
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40. Identity Spoofing
Identity spoofing attacks allow attackers
to impersonate a victim without using the
victim’s passwords
Man-in-the-middle attacks.
Message replays
Network spoofing attacks
Software exploitation attacks
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41. • Man-in-the-middle Attacks
Compromise a network device (or installs one of his own) between two or
users. Using this device to intercept, modify, or fabricate data transmitted
between users.
Defense measures – encrypting and authenticating IP packets
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42. • Message Replays
The attacker first intercepts a legitimate message, keeps it intact, and
then retransmits it at a later time to the original receiver
For example, an attacker may intercept an authentication pass of a
legitimate user, and use it to impersonate this user to get the services
from the system
Defense Mechanisms –
Attach a random number to the message. This number is referred to as nonce
Attach a time stamp to the message
The best method is to use a nonce and a time stamp together
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43. IP spoofing is one of the major network spoofing techniques
SYN flooding
The attacker fills the target computer’s TCP buffer with a large
number of crafted SYN packets
Purpose: Make the target computer unable to establish connection
(i.e., to mute the computer)
ARP spoofing, which is also known as ARP poisoning
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Network Spoofing
44. • SYN flooding
Attacker fills the target computer’s TCP buffer with a large
volume of crafted SYN packets, making the target computer
unable to establish connections with other computers
1. Attacker sends to the target computer a large number of crafted SYN
packets
2. The victim’s computer is obliged to send an ACK packet to the crafted
source IP address contained in the SYN packet
3. Because the crafted source IP address is unreachable, the victim’s
computer will never receive the ACK packet it is waiting for, making the
crafted SYN packet remain in the TCP buffer
4. The TCP buffer is completely occupied by the crafted SYN packets
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45. • TCP Hijacking
V is a company computer
Alice, an employee of the company, is going to remote logon to V
Her TCP connection with V may be hijacked as follows:
1. Alice sends a SYN packet to V for remote login
2. The attacker hijacts this packet, and uses SYN flooding to mute V so that V can’t
complete the three-way handshake
3. The attacker predicts the correct TCP sequence number for the ACK supposed to
be sent from V to Alice. The attacker then crafts an ACK packet with the sequence
number and V’s IP address and sends it to Alice
4. Alice verifies the ACK packet and sends an ACK packet to the attacker to complete
this handshake
5. The TCP connection is now established between Alice and the attacker, instead of
between Alice and V
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46. • ARP Spoofing
The attacker changes the legitimate MAC address of a networked
computer to a different MAC address chosen by the attacker
Defense method –
Check MAC address and domain names
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47. Buffer-Overflow Exploitation
Buffer-Overflow Exploitation
Buffer overflow, a.k.a. buffer overrun, is a common
software flaw. Buffer overflow occurs if the process
writes more data into a buffer area than it is supposed to
hold
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It is possible to exploit buffer
overflows to redirect the victim’s
program to execute attackers’
own code located in a different
location. Such attacks often
exploit function calls in standard
memory layout, where the buffer
is placed in a heap and the
return address of the function
call is placed in a stack
48. General steps of buffer-overflow attack:
1. Find a program that is prone to buffer overflows (e.g. programs
using functions that do not check bounds are good candidates)
2. Figure out the address of the attacker’s code
3. Determine the number of bytes long enough to overwrite the
return address
4. Overflow the buffer that rewrites the original return address of
the function call with the address of the attacker’s code
Defense method – Always add statements to check bounds
when dealing with buffers in a program
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49. Repudiation
In some situations the owner of the data
may want to deny ownership of the data to
evade legal consequences
He may argue that he has never sent or received
the data in question
Defense method –
Use stronger encryption and authentication
algorithms
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50. Intrusion
An unauthorized user gains access to someone else’s computer
systems. Configuration loopholes, protocol flaws, and software
side effects may all be exploited by intruders
Intrusion detection is a technology for detecting intrusion
incidents. Closing TCP and UDP ports that may be exploited by
intruders can also help reduce intrusions
IP scans and Port scans are common hacking tools. However, it
can also help users to identify in their own systems which ports
are open and which ports may be vulnerable.
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51. Traffic Analysis
The purpose is to determine who is talking to whom
by analyzing IP packets. Even if the payload of the IP
packet is encrypted, the attacker may still obtain
useful information from analyzing IP headers
Defense method – Encrypt IP headers. But an IP
packet with an encrypted IP header cannot be routed
to destination. Thus, network gateways are needed
Network gateway also protects internal network topology
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(1) Sender forwards an IP packet to gateway A. (2) gateway A encrypts sender’s
IP packet and routes it to the next router in the Internet. (3) The IP packet from
Gateway A is delivered to gateway B. (4) Gateway B removes its header, decrypts
the encrypted IP packet of the sender, and forwards it to the receiver.
53. Denial of Service Attacks
To block legitimate users from getting
services they can normally get from
servers
DoS – launched from a single computer
DDoS – launched from a group of
computers
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54. DoS
SYN flooding is a typical and effective technique used
by DoS attacks. The smurf attack is another typical
type of DoS attacks
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Attacker sends an excessive number of crafted ping requests to a large number of
computers within a short period of time, where the source IP address in the crafted
ping request is replaced with the victim’s IP address. Therefore, each computer that
receives the crafted ping request will respond to the victim’s computer with a pong
message.
55. DDoS
A typical DDoS attack proceeds as follows:
1. Compromise as many networked computers as possible
2. Install special software in the compromised computers to
carry out a DoS attack at a certain time later; these
computers are called zombies
3. Issue an attack command to every zombie computer to
launch a DoS attack on the same target at the same time
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56. Spam Mail
Spam mails are uninvited email messages, which may be
commercial messages or phishing messages
While not intended to bring the user’s computer out of service,
spam mails do consume computing resources
Spamming also occurs in Web search engines, Instant
Messaging, blogs, mobile phone messaging, and other network
applications
Defense method – spam fillers are software solutions to detect
and block spam mails from reaching the user’s mailbox
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58. Malicious Software
Software intended to harm computers is
malicious software. Malicious software is also
referred to as malware
Virus
Worms
Trojan horses
Logic bombs
Backdoors
Spyware
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59. Viruses and Worms
• A computer virus is a piece of code that can reproduce itself
• It is not a standalone program, and so it must attach itself to a
host program or file
• A host program or file that contains a virus is called an infected
host
• A computer worm is also a piece of code that can reproduce itself.
Unlike a virus, a worm is a stand alone program
Defense method –
Do not download software from untrusted Web sites or other sources
Do not open any executable file created by someone you do not know
Make sure software patches are installed and up to date
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60. Trojan Horse
Trojan horses are software programs that appear to
do one thing, but secretly also do other things
Trojan horses often disguise themselves as desirable
and harmless software applications to lure people to
download them
Defense method – The same measures of combating
viruses and worms can also be used to combat Trojan
horses. Virus scans can also detect, quarantine, and
delete Trojan horses
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61. Logic Bombs
Logic bombs are subroutines or instructions embedded in a
program. Their execution are triggered by conditional
statements
Defense method –
Employers should take good care of their employees, so that none
would be tempted to place a logic bomb
Project managers should hire an outside company or form a special
team of reviewers from a different group of people other than the
developer to review the source code
Relevant laws should be established so that employees who
planted logic bombs will face criminal charges
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62. Backdoors
Backdoors are secret entrance points to a
program
They may be inserted by software developers
to provide a short cut to enter a password-
protected program when attempting to modify
or debug code
Defense method – Check source code by an
independent team
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63. • Spyware
Spyware is a type of software that installs itself on the
user’s computer
Spyware is often used to monitor what users do and
harass them with popup commercial messages
Browser Hijacking – a technique that changes the settings
of the user’s browsers
Zombieware – software that takes over the user’s
computer and turns it into a zombie for launching DDoS
attacks or into a relay which carries out harmful activities
such as sending spam email or spreading viruses.
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64. Spyward can also do a list of other things,
including
Monitoring – monitor and report to a web server or to
the attacker’s machine a user’s surfing habits and
patterns
Password sniffing – sniff user passwords by logging
users’ keystrokes using a keystroke logger
Adware – software that automatically displays
advertising materials on the user’s computer screen
Defense method – use anti-spyware software to
detect and block spyware
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65. Hackers
Hackers
Computer hackers are people with special knowledge of computer
systems. They are interested in subtle details of software,
algorithms, and system configurations
Black-Hat Hackers – hack computing systems for their own benefit
White-Hat Hackers – hack computing systems for the purpose of
searching for security loopholes and developing solutions
Grey-Hat Hackers – wear a white hat most of the time, but may also
wear a black hat once in a while
When discovering security vulnerabilities in a software
product, white-hat hackers and grey-hat hackers would
often work directly with the vendors of products to help fix
the problems
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66. Script Kiddies
Script kiddies are people who use scripts
and programs developed by black-hat
hackers to attack other people’s
computers
Even though they do not know how to
write hacking tools or understand how an
existing hacking tool works, script kiddies
could inflict a lot of damage
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67. Cyber Spies
Collecting intelligence through intercepted
network communications is the job of cyber
spies
Countries have intelligence agencies
Military organizations have intelligence units
They intercept network communications and
decipher encrypted messages
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68. Vicious Employees, Cyber Terrorists
and Hypothetical Attackers
Vicious Employees
Vicious employees are people who intentionally breach security to harm their
employers
Cyber Terrorists
Cyber terrorists are terrorists who use computer and network technologies to carry
out their attacks and produce public fear
Hypothetical Attackers
black-hat hackers
script kiddies
greedy cyber spies who are willing to betray their countries or
organizations for monetary benefits
vicious employees
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69. Basic Security Model
The basic security model consists of four
components: cryptosystems, firewalls, anti-
malicious-software systems (AMS software),
and intrusion detection system (IDS)
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70. Network model of cryptosystem
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71. Example Security Resources
CERT
www.cert.org
SANS Institute
www.scans.org
Microsoft Security
www.microsoft.com/security/default.ms
px
NTBugtraq
www.ntbugtraq.com
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72. Assignment 1
Write a short report that explains how buffer overflow
attacks are performed. Use examples to illustrate your
answer.
Explain how Rainbow Tables are constructed and how do
they work