Attack Types

[Right now, this topic is just a list of correlated topics. But that will change soon.]

• Vulnerabilities
• Spoofing
• Man in the Middle
• Denial of Service (DoS)
• Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
• Botnets
• Social Engineering

Literature

• Russell, Cunningham: Maximum Protection, MITP-Verlag Bonn, 2001, ISBN: 9783826606878
• Eckert: IT-Sicherheit, Oldenbourg Verlag München Wien, 2003, ISBN: 3486272055
• Cheswick, Bellovin, Rubin: Firewalls und Sicherheit im Internet, Addison-Wesley, 2004, ISBN: 9827321174

Links

• Denial of Service (DoS) Attack Resources
• CERT advisory on Smurf DoS attacks
• "Smurfing" description and information to minimize effects