Software Test Attacks to Break Mobile and Embedded Devices

Appendix E: Detailed Mapping of Attacks

I am often asked which attacks apply in some context. There are many context areas, and everyone will have different attacks to consider. While every test team should plan and consider a variety of test concepts, strategies, plans, and supporting attacks, it is useful for many of you who are new to the idea of attack-based testing to see a mapping of attacks to a context, which might be close to their respective test problem.

Table E.1 is provided as a sample starting point for attacks that you should consider. Many people may read the table and a context and say “why that attack and not another?” This mapping is based on my experience and a lot of years of teaching classes, where people from different ...