Diving, Surfing, And Pharming Flashcards
Tailgating, piggybacking
Happens when access tokens or bated are being used in a single factor or multi factors authentication scheme for physical access to buildings rooms or certain high security areas such as data centers
It’s like if I have to scan a card to get in somewhere and I hold the door open for someone else so they don’t have to scan their card
Dumpster diving
Is an attack where the goal is to reclaim important information by searching through trash containers and dumpsters
They can find Credit card info Invoices and receipts Ip addressing Names of key employees Memos sticky notes
Shoulder surfing
An attack where the goal is to look over the shoulder of an individual as he or she enters password information
Beware of camera equipment should surfing
People maybe be looking from a distance with binoculars
Watering hole
Leverage a compromised web server in order to target groups or associations in social networks
Only members of the association are attacked while other traffic is untouched