Chapter 10, Problem 10.1CS10

Explanation of Solution

Description for how data was stolen from “Target Corporation”:

The hackers handle the following ways to steal information from the “Target”:

• First, an attacker use the “spear-phishing” method to attack the Target.

  Note: spear-phishing is a type of attack that gather information about specific organization or an individual.

• The third party vendor named “Fazio Mechanical Services” to stole the information from “Target”.
• The malware “Citadel” inject in the system to gather login credentials, and login data form “Fazio”...