List of cyber attack threat trends
- List of cyber attack threat trends
A list of cyber attack threat trends is presented in the order of sophistication which generally corresponds to the chronology of computer network used between the 1990s and 2008. [p.9, Lord]
* Internet social engineering attacks
* Network sniffers
* Packet spoofing
* Hijacking sessions
* Automated probes and scans
* GUI intruder tools
* Automated widespread attacks
* Widespread denial-of-service attacks
* Executable code attacks (against browsers)
* Techniques to analyse code with Vulnerabilities without source
* Widespread attacks on DNS infrastructure
* Widespread attacks using NNTP to distribute attack
* "Stealth" and other advanced scanning techniques
* Windows-based remote controllable Trojans (Back Orifice)
* Email propagation of malicious code
* Wide-scale Trojan distribution
* Distributed attack tools
* Distributed denial of service attacks
* Targeting of specific users
* Anti-forensic techniques
* Wide-scale use of worms
* Sophisticated command and control attacks
Citations and notes
References
* Lord, William T., Major General, USAF, USAF Cyberspace Command: To Fly and Fight in Cyberspace, "Strategic Studies Quarterly", Fall 2008
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