Cybercrime and Espionage

11

Hiding in Plain Sight

Next-Generation Techniques and Tools for Avoidance and Obfuscation

Information in this chapter

• Malware Quality Assurance Testing

• IP Attribution

• IP Spoofing

Introduction

In this chapter, we discuss some of the techniques that cyber actors use to hide in plain sight. The point of these tools is to mask the delivery, source, and ability to bypass commonly used information assurance hardware and software in order to carry out the specific attack. Before we dive into the specific tools, we briefly discuss malware quality assurance (QA) testing. The steps involved in the QA can range from online tools to local QA tools that run from the comfort of your test lab. On the basis of the level and target of the attack, it can ...