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Foil 5 Typical Scenario

From Computer Crimes: Examples of Network Security attacks Tango Group Internal Technology Seminars -- April 23 99. by Roman Markowski


1 gain access to an account
  • default or ease to guess passwords; social engineering
  • exploit a vulnerabilities in an operating systems - Unix services are particularly vulnerable (sendmail /IMAP/POP, NFS, NIS, DNS/BIND, FTP, TFTP, SYSLOG)
2 use "crack" to break more user passwords
3 obtain superuser privileges
4 install "back doors" (Trojan Horses)
5 install sniffers (packet and password grabbers) to obtain more password and site information

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