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Cloak and Dagger: Man-In-The-Middle and Other Insidious Attacks

Cloak and Dagger: Man-In-The-Middle and Other Insidious Attacks

Ramakrishna Thurimella, William Mitchell
Copyright: © 2009 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 21
ISSN: 1930-1650|EISSN: 1930-1669|ISSN: 1930-1650|EISBN13: 9781616920678|EISSN: 1930-1669|DOI: 10.4018/jisp.2009100704
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Thurimella, Ramakrishna, and William Mitchell. "Cloak and Dagger: Man-In-The-Middle and Other Insidious Attacks." IJISP vol.3, no.3 2009: pp.55-75. http://doi.org/10.4018/jisp.2009100704

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Thurimella, R. & Mitchell, W. (2009). Cloak and Dagger: Man-In-The-Middle and Other Insidious Attacks. International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP), 3(3), 55-75. http://doi.org/10.4018/jisp.2009100704

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Thurimella, Ramakrishna, and William Mitchell. "Cloak and Dagger: Man-In-The-Middle and Other Insidious Attacks," International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) 3, no.3: 55-75. http://doi.org/10.4018/jisp.2009100704

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Abstract

One of the most devastating forms of attack on a computer is when the victim doesn’t even know an attack occurred. After some background material, various forms of man in the middle (MITM) attacks, including ARP spoofing, fake SSL certificates, and bypassing SSL are explored. Next, rootkits and botnets, two key pieces of crimeware, are introduced and analyzed. Finally, general strategies to protect against such attacks are suggested.

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