Simulating Cyber-Attacks for Fun and Profit
Autor: | Futoransky, Ariel, Miranda, Fernando, Orlicki, Jose, Sarraute, Carlos |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Zdroj: | International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools) (2009) |
Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
Popis: | We introduce a new simulation platform called Insight, created to design and simulate cyber-attacks against large arbitrary target scenarios. Insight has surprisingly low hardware and configuration requirements, while making the simulation a realistic experience from the attacker's standpoint. The scenarios include a crowd of simulated actors: network devices, hardware devices, software applications, protocols, users, etc. A novel characteristic of this tool is to simulate vulnerabilities (including 0-days) and exploits, allowing an attacker to compromise machines and use them as pivoting stones to continue the attack. A user can test and modify complex scenarios, with several interconnected networks, where the attacker has no initial connectivity with the objective of the attack. We give a concise description of this new technology, and its possible uses in the security research field, such as pentesting training, study of the impact of 0-days vulnerabilities, evaluation of security countermeasures, and risk assessment tool. Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures |
Databáze: | arXiv |
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