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

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  In Press
Authors  Ramakrishna Thurimella; William Mitchell
Journal Title  Internation Journal of Information Security and Privacy
Key Words  Man-in-the-middle (MITM) Attack; ARP spoo ng; rootkits; botnets; Mebroot; Torpig.
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 spoofi ng, fake SSL
certi ficates, 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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