Infecting the Target
This chapter discusses the various strategies opted by attackers to infect targets to download malware and compromise the system accordingly. The chapter talks about the most widely used infection strategies used in targeted attacks such as spear phishing, waterholing, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) infection model, and direct attacks by exploiting vulnerabilities in networks and software. The sole motive behind infecting a target is to find a loophole which is exploited to plant a malware in order to take complete control over the system. Every model corresponds to a different path to trigger targeted attacks.
Keywords
Spear Phishing; Waterholing; Bring Your Own Device (BYOD); Targeted Campaigns
In this chapter, we discuss ...
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