Cyber Attacks #1 Flashcards
(14 cards)
What are 4 possible victims of Money Theft?
End Users, Enterprises, Financial Institutions, New Trends
What sort of virus is Zeus?
Banking Trojan Horse
Which of the possibe victims is Zeus used on?
End Users
What OS does Zeus target?
Windows
What is Zeus’ attack method?
Man-in-the-browser attack
What does Zeus infect in Man-in-the-browser attack?
Infected browser with Malware
Zeus infects browser with Malware. What does it gain from doing this?
You type in unencrypted information into your browser. Infecting the browser means Zeus can now access this information.
What do attackers want to achieve via Zeus attack?
Capture Credentials
Having done Man-in-the-browser, what 2 things do attackers use to gather credentials?
Keylogging, Form Grabbing
What does BEC stand for?
Business Email Compromise
What happens in a BEC attack?
Pretend to be a CEO/Senior Manager, request large sum of money
What is BEC reliant on?
That the vicitm (employee) and the person being impersonated are not together
What two things can be created in BEC?
Spoofed emails, hijacked legitimate invoices with scammer’s account number
What 2 aspects of cryptocurrency can be hacked for money?
Wallets, Exchanges
