Privileged Attack Vectors: Building Effective Cyber-Defense Strategies to Protect Organizations

© Morey J. Haber 2020

M. J. HaberPrivileged Attack Vectorshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5914-6_4

4. Attack Vectors

Morey J. Haber¹ 

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Heathrow, FL, USA

 

An attack vector is a technique by which a threat actor, hacker, or attacker gains access to a system, application, or resource to perform malicious activity. This can include everything from installing malware, altering files or data, or even some form of persistent reconnaissance. Attack vectors enable threat actors to exploit system vulnerabilities, poor configurations, and introduce items like stolen credentials to compromise a system. Attack vectors can include human elements in the form of deception, social engineering, and even include physical traits like fake identification badges. ...