Focused On Your Success


The All.Net Security Database


Generated Fri Jun 27 09:58:56 PDT 2003 by fc@red.a.net

Cause/Mechanism:
  • Threat Profiles
  • Attack Methods
  • Defense Methods
    Process:
  • Prevention
  • Detection
  • Reaction
    Impact:
  • Integrity
  • Availability
  • Confidential
  • Use Control
  • Other:
  • Risk Management
  • Database Description

    Domain:
  • Physical
  • Informational
  • Systemic
    Sophistication:
  • Theoretical
  • Demonstrated
  • Widespread
  • Perspectives:
  • Management
  • Policy
  • Standards
  • Procedures
  • Documentation
  • Audit
  • Testing
  • Technical Safeguards
  • Personnel
  • Incident Handling
  • Legal
  • Physical
  • Awareness
  • Training
  • Education
  • Organization
  • Brekne's Mechanistic:
  • Input
  • Output
  • Storage
  • Processing
  • Transmission
  • Brekne's Causal:
  • Accidental
  • Malicious
  • Brekne's Method:
  • Leakage
  • Masquerade
  • Denial
  • Corruption
  • Usage
  • Mental

  • Threat10:

    Name:hackers

    Complexity: While not generally malicious, these people tend to gather and exploit tools that open holes to other attackers. They also sometimes make mistakes or become afraid and feel they have to cover their tracks, thus causing incidental harm.
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    [Attack62 - call forwarding fakery]
    [Attack88 - collaborative misuse]
    [Attack91 - combinations and sequences]
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    [Attack48 - data diddling]
    [Attack44 - desychronization and time-based attacks]
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    [Attack80 - error insertion and analysis]
    [Attack67 - error-induced mis-operation]
    [Attack1 - errors and omissions]
    [Attack36 - excess privilege exploitation]
    [Attack71 - false updates]
    [Attack18 - fictitious people]
    [Attack61 - hangup hooking]
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    [Attack64 - illegal value insertion]
    [Attack45 - imperfect daemon exploits]
    [Attack41 - implied trust exploitation]
    [Attack35 - inadequate notice exploitation]
    [Attack86 - inappropriate defaults]
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    [Attack25 - insertion in transit]
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    [Attack66 - privileged program misuse]
    [Attack57 - process bypassing]
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    [Attack89 - race conditions]
    [Attack76 - replay attacks]
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