Decoy-Based Honey Pot

To test the general aim to prove that Keswick is a honey pot site, we

In conclusion, this paper discussed the popular topic of active defense and how traditional defenses aren’t very adequate anymore. Next this paper discussed honeypots used to deceive attackers. This paper also discussed Computer Network Attack and Computer Network Defense and the legal impacts between the two. Lastly this paper discussed the pros and cons of active

This will benefit me while generating a security strategy for the Network and its hardware.

Security is the heart of internetworking. The world has moved from an Internet of implicit trust to an Internet of pervasive distrust. In network security, no packet can be trusted; all packets must earn that trust through a network device’s ability to inspect and enforce policy. Clear text (unencrypted data) services represent a great weakness in networks. Clear text services transmit all information or packets, including user names and passwords, in unencrypted format. Services such as file transfer protocol (FTP), email, telnet and basic HTTP authentication all transmit communications in clear text. A hacker with a sniffer could easily capture user names and passwords from the network without anyone’s knowledge and gain administrator access to the system. Clear text services should be avoided; instead secure services that encrypt communications, such as Secure Shell (SSH) and Secure Socket Layer (SSL), should be used. The use of routers and switches will allow for network segmentation and help defend against sniffing

In this report I will be describing the ways in which networks can be attacked, also be giving real life example of each of the below.

Undoubtedly, this paper will generate network information, diagrams, and/or tables; accordingly, these are all included in the Appendix section of the paper. Moreover, the training, vulnerability assessment, and SAQ results are also included as an Appendix in the final paper. Finally, fearing disclosure of proprietary information that could compromise network security, all project data are scrubbed and sanitized to remove sensitive information.

Cyber-attacks intruding network systems is a threat the economy, national and public safety. Computer system pirates are the possible persons who can form groups that can attack the nation and cause the negative impact to the country's attack. More research should be done in the networking area to monitor systems performance and detect any malice attacks as soon as possible with correct advanced measures taken to solve the problems.

Today’s network security environment is increasing in complexity. Every organization, from SMBs to Enterprise organizations, is facing dramatic changes in IT requirements to accommodate mobile access needs, such as BYOD and IoT, as well as to combat the rising tide of malware. With over half a billion personal records lost or stolen in 2015 and an average of one new zero-day vulnerability discovered each week, the demands on IT security groups have never been higher.

The internet is a medium that is becoming progressively important as it makes information available in a quick and easy manner. It has transformed communications and acts as a global network that allows people to communicate and interact without being limited by time, boarders and distance. However, the infrastructure is vulnerable to hackers who use the system to commit cyber crime. To accomplish this, they make use of innovative stealth techniques for their malicious purposes in the internet.

“Conpot is a low interactive server side Industrial Control Systems honeypot designed to be easy to deploy, modify and extend. By providing a range of common industrial control protocols we created the basics to build your own system, capable to emulate complex infrastructures to convince an adversary that he just found a huge industrial complex. To improve the deceptive capabilities, we also provided the possibility to server a custom human machine interface to increase the honeypots attack surface. The response times of the services can be artificially delayed to mimic the behavior of a system under constant load. Because we are providing complete stacks of the protocols, Conpot can be accessed with productive HMI 's or extended with real hardware.” A video showing this product is also available.

Information play an essential role in everywhere. For a company, in order to run the company well, information management is a necessary skill, and leaking information, odds are , causes significant damage to the company. Even though a private network will not have as great damage as an organization, people like to keep their privacy. Therefore, the security of a home network is as important as the security of a company, and it is more universal. Hence this article will present how to built a

An example of a field where embedded systems find use is in the world of e-commerce. Non-cash payments (cards, checks, ACH, electronic transactions etc.) for the year 2012 is listed at $122.8 billion in the United States alone and, the number of such transactions has seen an increase in annual rate of 4.4 percent (2009-2012) and at a rate of 4.7 percent between 2003 and 2012 based on the Federal Reserve Payment Study [1]. In this same report, it is noted that there were 31.1 million unauthorized transactions (third-party fraud) which amounted to an estimated $6.1 billion in monetary value. These figures provide an estimate as to the extent of damage possible today in the world of commerce. There are real livelihoods at stake and providing Network Security in the context of online transactions can address some the vulnerabilities seen in the system. Recent attacks that have targeted various financial and commercial institutions in the United States alone, point to the urgent need to implement security solutions universally across all platforms that use embedded systems. This has to be implemented in a systematic manner and should include the active

Almost all kind of large and small organizations might face increasing number of attacks into their network or intellectual property. This may lead to data disclosure, data destruction, and damage of organization’s reputation. There are numerous threats in the cyber space which might be capable of stealing, destroying or making use of out sensitive data for financial and non-financial gains. As the amount of computer, mobile and internet users increases, so does the number of exploiters.

The very purpose of this report is to find any vulnerability in your network and proposed sound and effective change to mitigate any breach and be as proactive as possible. A proactive approach will save money and keep your business running. Businesses with hardened systems succeed. As with any business ignorance will cost millions. The lack of a user education will innocently pave the way for vulnerabilities and hacking.

xinetd 2.6.4. xinetd Configuration Files 2.6.5. Additional Resources 2.7. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) 2.7.1. How Does a VPN Work? 2.7.2. Openswan 2.8. Firewalls 2.8.1. Netfilter and IPT ables 2.8.2. Basic Firewall Configuration 2.8.3. Using IPT ables 2.8.4. Common IPT ables Filtering 2.8.5. FORWARD and NAT Rules 2.8.6. Malicious Software and Spoofed IP Addresses 2.8.7. IPT ables and Connection T racking 2.8.8. IPv6 2.8.9. IPT ables 3. Encryption 3.1. Data at Rest 3.1.1. Full Disk Encryption 3.1.2. File Based Encryption 3.2. Data in Motion 3.2.1. Virtual Private Networks 3.2.2. Secure Shell 3.2.3. OpenSSL Intel AES-NI Engine 3.2.4. LUKS Disk Encryption 3.2.5. Using GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) 4. General Principles of Information Security 4.1. T ips, Guides, and T ools 5. Secure Installation 5.1. Disk Partitions 5.2. Utilize LUKS Partition Encryption 6. Software Maintenance 6.1. Install Minimal Software 6.2. Plan and Configure Security Updates 6.3. Adjusting Automatic Updates 6.4. Install Signed Packages from Well Known Repositories 7. Federal Standards and Regulations 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 7.2.1. Enabling FIPS Mode 7.3. National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) 7.4. Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 7.5. Security T echnical Implementation Guide 8. References