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CISSP Attacks
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1. May result in data at a specific location being altered in an arbitrary way - or in arbitrary code being executed. - Counter: make sure your OS and application libraries are patched to detect/prevent against these types of overflows
Deliberate exploit
Download and Execute
Race Condition
Network Address Hijacking
2. 1) If phone is vulnerable to bluesnarfing or bluebugging-- seek patches. Manufacturer or manufacturer-authorized dealer. Software patches available for many older Bluetooth phones. 2) Turn device to non-discoverable mode when not using Bluetooth tech
Land
Download and Execute
Mail bombing
Bluetooth Threat Mitigation
3. Type: DoS - How: Send Packet > max allowable size of 65535 bytes - Why: Causes vulnerable host to fail and/or reboot - Counter: Ingress filter - patch systems
Ping of Death
E-mail address spoofing
Bluesnarfing
Download and Execute
4. Type: Masquerading Attack - How: For a given IP address in ARP table - attacker enters his MAC address - Why: Attacker alters System ARP table. Goal to receive packets.
ARP Table Poisioning
Download and Execute
Land
Bluetooth Malicious Threats
5. How: SMTP doesn't provide any authentication.E-mail address spoofing is done in quite the same way as writing a forged return address using snail mail. As long as the letter fits the protocol - (i.e. stamp - postal code) the SMTP protocol will send t
E-mail address spoofing
Scrubbing
Bluetooth BackDoor Attack
Bluetooth Threat Mitigation
6. Mobile device attack that seeks to dupe the recipient of an SMS (short message service - text) message into downloading malware onto their handset. Once the handset is infected - it can be turned into a 'zombie -' allowing attackers to control the de
SMiShing
Download and Execute
Heap Overflow
Bluesnarfing
7. Attacker deletes incriminating evidence or data from audit logs. - Countermeasure: Protect log from modification via strict access control
TDL-4 Bot-Net #3
Scrubbing
Deliberate exploit
Bluetooth DoS (1 or more attackers)
8. Add extra bogus charges
Loki
Cramming
SMiShing
Hijacking Tools
9. aka ARP Flooding - poisioning
Jamming
Pharming
ARP Spoof
Tap
10. In computer security - a shellcode is a small piece of code used as the payload in the exploitation of a software vulnerability. It is called 'shellcode' because it typically starts a command shell from which the attacker can control the compromised
Land
Wardialing
Shellcode
TDL-4 Bot-Net #3
11. 'Pairing' establishes trust relationship - Access to All Data on device
Bluesnarfing
Bluetooth Malicious Threats
Bluetooth BackDoor Attack
Birthday
12. Counter: Non-public #s - Tight AC for modems / pools
S-RPC
Ping of Death
TDL-4 Bot-Net #3
Wardialing
13. Type: DDoS - How: uses a master program to communicate with attack agents across multiple nets. Attacker remotely connects to Master host - then master commands agents to perform UDP flood to a list of Target IP addresses. - Why: your IP address is i
Trinoo
Tap
Tribal Flood Network (TFN) & TFN2K
Bluebugging
14. Attacker must win the race of responding between 2 different processes carrying out a task/function. Counter: Do not Split up critical tasks that can have results or sequence altered. - Employ Software locks to files to prevent unauthorized access.
Remote Code
Stack Overflow
Birthday
Race Condition
15. How: Attacker uses technologies (especially associated with VoIP) that allow callers to lie about their identity and present false names and numbers - Why: defraud or harass.
Slamming
SMiShing
Caller ID Spoofing
Botnet Names
16. Type: Buffer Overflow in the heap data area. - Heap overflows are exploitable in a different manner to that of stack-based overflows. Memory on the heap is dynamically allocated by the application at run-time and typically contains program data. Expl
Slamming
Heap Overflow
Worm Names
Jamming
17. Redirect victim to fake website - How: DNS poison -
Pharming
Port Scanning
Tribal Flood Network (TFN) & TFN2K
Bluetooth Malicious Threats
18. Juggernaut & HUNT Project - Spy then attack
Hijacking Tools
Bluetooth Malicious Threats
Deliberate exploit
Trinoo
19. AKA Session Hijacking - Enables user to gain control of session read change data and/or packets. Could potentially get passwords or Paswd file if attacks admin
Buffer Overflow
Network Address Hijacking
Jamming
Heap Overflow
20. Intruder re-routes data traffic from a network device to Attacker's machine
Network Address Hijacking
TDL-4 Bot-Net #2
Port Scanning
Bluetooth BackDoor Attack
21. Type: Fun or Snoop Info - How: Attacker sends unsolicited message to Bluetooth enabled device. e.g. insert contact into address book. Why: May Enable future attacks on the device via emails - Recipent reaction or get data w/o your knowledge while con
Network Address Hijacking
Deliberate exploit
Bluejacking
Pharming
22. Sasser - Blaster - Melissa - ILOVEYOU - Conflicker
Worm Names
Download and Execute
Pharming
Loki
23. Zeus - Mariposa - Storm
Loki
Botnet Names
Land
Heap Overflow
24. AKA: Asynchronous attack - How: Takes advantage of dependency of event timing in a multitasking OS - How: Attacker gets between instructions and manipulates something. Goal is Control the result.
Spoofing at Login
Bluetooth Threat Mitigation
Cramming
Time of Use/Time of Check Attack
25. Bluebugging - Bluesnarfing
Bluebugging
Bluetooth Malicious Threats
Land
Bluetooth Threat Mitigation
26. Covert Channel ICMP comms - writes data after header Sniffing - Counter: Secure protocols -
Loki
TDL-4 Bot-Net
Teardrop
Bluetooth BackDoor Attack
27. Flood w/ Pairing requests. (spoofed or not) - Victim consumed with Responses
Remote Code
Jamming
Phishing
Bluetooth DoS (1 or more attackers)
28. Change user's service provider - w/o concent
Phishing
Slamming
Pharming
Time of Use/Time of Check Attack
29. Type: Reconn - How: Use port scanning tool to identify Listening Ports (TCP/UDP) on Servers - Tools: Nmap - Foundstone Products (Scanline - etc.) - Angry IP Scanner - etc.
Port Scanning
Bluetooth BackDoor Attack
Tap
Spoofing at Login
30. Hacker gains access to data stored on Bluetooth enabled phone. Why: hacker make phone calls - send & receive text messages - read & write phonebook contacts - eavesdrop on phone conversations - and connect to Internet. - How: requires advanced equip
Stack Overflow
Bluesnarfing
Spoofing at Login
Phishing
31. Allows skilled individuals to access phone Commands using Bluetooth wireless technology without notifying or alerting the phone's user. - Why: This vulnerability allows the hacker to initiate phone calls - send and read SMS - read and write phoneboo
Bluebugging
Bluetooth Threat Mitigation
Birthday
Port Scanning
32. Type: Worm. How: Self replicating usually Rapid over net or other means.
Remote Code
Network Address Hijacking
Worms
Bluetooth Malicious Threats
33. Attacker uses program presenting Fake Logon Screen Capture Username & Pswd - Counter: Host IDS
Trinoo
Tap
Spoofing at Login
Stack Overflow
34. Type: DoS - How: Attacker sends your packets to a non-existent address - How: One way is special type of ARP poisioning.
Bluejacking
Worm Names
Black Hole
Trinoo
35. Uses DiffieH PK to determine shared Symm key
Scrubbing
Trinoo
S-RPC
Heap Overflow
36. How: Attacker sends forged stream of TCP SYN packets with Source & Destination = to victim's IP address - Victim's system attempts to reply to itselft (attacks itself) - Vulnerable systems: Systems with BSD TCP/IP stack - Counter: Edge routers drop p
Trinoo
Cramming
TDL-4 Bot-Net #3
Land
37. Type: Man-in-Middle Attack - AKA: Phishing - URL Spoofing - How: Spoofs the public key of web site/server - Why: Get users to go to Attackers Website instead - Goal: usually to get user's data (ID - password - bank account info - etc.) However - coul
Bluebugging
Race Condition
Web Spoofing Attack
Pharming
38. Counters: A firewall can be used to detect the outgoing connections made by connect-back shellcodes and the attempt to accept incoming connections made by bindshells. They can therefore offer some protection against an attacker - even if the system i
Remote Code
Pharming
Stack Overflow
Slamming
39. Type: DDoS - How: TFN uses a master program to communicate with attack agents across multiple nets. TFN can launch several types of attacks simultaneously: UDP flood - TCP SYN flood - ICPM echo request flood and ICMP directed broadcasts. - Why: TFN M
Loki
Birthday
Hijacking Tools
Tribal Flood Network (TFN) & TFN2K
40. Type: Buffer Overflow - How: Memory Stack is overflown to write data into another area of memory in the Identify of the System. (Priviledged System account) - Why: The most common cause of stack overflows is excessively deep or infinite recursion. T
E-mail address spoofing
Stack Overflow
Bluetooth DoS (1 or more attackers)
Spoofing at Login
41. Type: Brute force How: Attack hashing function via Brute force. Changes message until he gets one that produces the same hash value. - Why: Attacker wants to change your message without detection.
Bluetooth BackDoor Attack
Birthday
Race Condition
Buffer Overflow
42. Completed by using commercially available couplers to place a microbend in the cable to allow light to radiate through the cladding and be exposed to a photodetector. photodetector is connected to an electro-optical converter that acts as an interfac
Buffer Overflow
Tap
Phishing
Deliberate exploit
43. Overwhelm mail server & Clients
Mail bombing
Bluetooth Malicious Threats
Ping of Death
Network Address Hijacking
44. Type of Remote Shellcode that downloads and executes some form of malware on the target system. This type of shellcode does not spawn a shell - but rather instructs the machine to download a certain executable file off the network - save it to disk
Stack Overflow
Teardrop
Download and Execute
Network Address Hijacking
45. Installs its rootkit on the MBR - Sector 0 - Invisible to OS & security software - advanced encryption and the use of a public peer-to-peer (P2P) network for the instructions issued to the malware by (C&C) servers
TDL-4 Bot-Net
Time of Use/Time of Check Attack
Pharming
Tribal Flood Network (TFN) & TFN2K
46. Counters:Best: Proper programming with Input value bounds checking. Keep systems current: Patching - hot fixes - etc.
TDL-4 Bot-Net #3
Hijacking Tools
Buffer Overflow
Bluejacking
47. The botnet also uses the public Kad P2P network for one of its two channels for communicating between infected PCs and the C&C servers - said Kaspersky. Previously - botnets that communicated via P2P used a closed network they had created.
Tribal Flood Network (TFN) & TFN2K
Worm Names
Spoofing at Login
TDL-4 Bot-Net #3
48. TDL-4's makers created their own encryption algorithm - Kaspersky's Golovanov said in his analysis - and the botnet uses the domain names of the C&C servers as the encryption keys.
Network Address Hijacking
ARP Table Poisioning
Tribal Flood Network (TFN) & TFN2K
TDL-4 Bot-Net #2
49. Type: DoS (Flood or Crashing) - How: Malformed fragmented packts - Why: Causes vulnerable host to fail and/or reboot - Countermeasure: Network IDS - drop faulty or corrupted packets - ingress filters
Worms
Scrubbing
Bluetooth BackDoor Attack
Teardrop
50. Social engineering technique
Race Condition
Phishing
Caller ID Spoofing
Trinoo