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STRIDE is a model for identifying computer security threats [1] developed by Praerit Garg and Loren Kohnfelder at Microsoft. [2] It provides a mnemonic for security threats in six categories. [3] The threats are: Spoofing; Tampering; Repudiation; Information disclosure (privacy breach or data leak) Denial of service; Elevation of privilege [4]
A multi-factor authentication fatigue attack (also MFA fatigue attack or MFA bombing) is a computer security attack against multi-factor authentication that makes use of social engineering. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] When MFA applications are configured to send push notifications to end users, an attacker can send a flood of login attempts in the hope ...
Damage – how bad would an attack be? Reproducibility – how easy is it to reproduce the attack? Exploitability – how much work is it to launch the attack? Affected users – how many people will be impacted? Discoverability – how easy is it to discover the threat? The DREAD name comes from the initials of the five categories listed.
An attack is an instantiation of a threat scenario which is caused by a specific attacker with a specific goal in mind and a strategy for reaching that goal. The goal and strategy represent the highest semantic levels of the DML model. This is followed by the TTP (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures) which represent intermediate semantic levels.
Examples of this strategy include using anti-spam techniques, using CAPTCHA and other human presence detection techniques, and using DOS-based defense (protection from Denial-of-service attack). This is a supporting strategy for boundary protection and information system monitoring.
The attack exploits an implementation weakness in the authentication protocol, where password hashes remain static from session to session until the password is next changed. This technique can be performed against any server or service accepting LM or NTLM authentication, whether it runs on a machine with Windows, Unix, or any other operating ...
Most of these packages employ a mixture of cracking strategies; algorithms with brute-force and dictionary attacks proving to be the most productive. [ 38 ] The increased availability of computing power and beginner friendly automated password cracking software for a number of protection schemes has allowed the activity to be taken up by script ...
Watering hole is a computer attack strategy in which an attacker guesses or observes which websites an organization often uses and infects one or more of them with malware. Eventually, some member of the targeted group will become infected. [1] [2] [3] Hacks looking for specific information may only attack users coming from a specific IP address.