What is the key advantage of Session Hijacking?

John is using tokens for the purpose of strong authentication. He is not confident that his security is considerably strong.

In the context of Session hijacking why would you consider this as a false sense of security?

Bob is going to perform an active session hijack against company. He has acquired the target that allows session oriented connections (Telnet) and performs sequence prediction on the target operating system. He manages to find an active session due to the high level of traffic on the network.

So, what is Bob most likely to do next?

Jack Hackers wants to break into Brown’s Computers and obtain their secret double fudge cookie recipe. Jack calls Jane, an accountant at Brown Co. pretending to be an administrator from Brown Co. Jack tell Jane that there has been a problem with some accounts and asks her to verify her password with him "just to double check our records". Jane does not suspect anything amiss and parts her password. Jack can now access Brown Co.’s computer with a valid username and password to steal the cookie recipe. What kind of attack is being illustrated here?

Which of these are phases of a reverse social engineering attack?

Select the best answers.

Sabotage, Advertising and Covering are the three stages of _____

Which type of hacker represents the highest risk to your network?

A majority of attacks come from insiders, people who have direct access to a company’s computer system as part of their job function or a business relationship. Who is considered an insider?

Jake works as a system administrator at Acme Corp. Jason, an accountant of the firm befriends him at the canteen and tags along with him on the pretext of appraising him about potential tax benefits. Jason waits for Jake to swipe his access card and follows him through the open door into the secure systems area. How would you describe Jason’s behavior within a security context?

Bob waits near a secured door, holding a box. He waits until an employee walks up to the secured door and uses the special card in order to access the restricted area of the target company. Just as the employee opens the door, Bob walks up to the employee (still holding the box) and asks the employee to hold the door open so that he can enter. What is the best way to undermine the social engineering activity of tailgating?