Essays about: "Cyber attack"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 132 essays containing the words Cyber attack.

  1. 21. Students’ Perception of Cyber Threat Severity : Investigating Alignment with Actual Risk Levels

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Ramtin Erfani Torbaghani; [2023]
    Keywords : Cyber Security; Cyber Threat; Perception; Cyber Attack; Ransomware; Malware; Phishing; Packet Sniffing; Denial of Service; Insecure Passwords; IoT; Vulnerability Scanning; Brute Force Attacks; Awareness; Behaviour; Familiarity; University Students;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate the alignment between students’ perception of cyber threats and their actual risk levels. A mixed-method approach was used, where data was collected from Swedish university students through questionnaires, capturing their perception, familiarity, experience, and protective behaviors. READ MORE

  3. 22. Ethical Hacking of a Virtual Reality Headset

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Olivia Höft; [2023]
    Keywords : Cyber Security; Ethical Hacking; Penetration Test; Virtual Reality Headset; Cyber Säkerhet; Etisk Hackning; Penetrationstest; Virituella Verklighets Glasögon;

    Abstract : Weak product cybersecurity is an increasing problem within society, and a growing consumer product is the Virtual Reality (VR) headset. This thesis investigated common vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) consumer products and performed proof-of-concept exploits on the Meta Quest VR headset. READ MORE

  4. 23. A Purple Team Approach to Attack Automation in the Cloud Native Environment

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Svitlana Chaplinska; [2022]
    Keywords : Automation; cloud native; security; threat; Automation; molnbaserat; säkerhet; hot;

    Abstract : The threat landscape is changing with the increased popularity of cloud native systems. Adversaries are adopting new ways to attack systems. Therefore, security specialists have to adopt new approaches to their security practices. This thesis explores a purple team approach to attack automation in a cloud native environment. READ MORE

  5. 24. Vulnerabilities in Swedish Industrial Control Systems : An examination and classification of remotely discoverable ICS devices in Sweden, and an assessment of their vulnerability to cyber attacks

    University essay from KTH/Datavetenskap

    Author : André Österlund; Nils Odin; [2022]
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    Abstract : Over the last couple of years, more and more industrial control systems (ICS) have been designed to be connected to the internet to allow for remote control and monitoring of industrial processes. This have opened a possibility for hackers to exploit weaknesses in such systems remotely through the internet. READ MORE

  6. 25. Integrating the Meta Attack Language in the Cybersecurity Ecosystem: Creating new Security Tools Using Attack Simulation Results

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Frida Grönberg; Björn Thiberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Meta Attack Language; Attack Simulation; Amazon EC2; Cybersecurity;

    Abstract : Cyber threat modeling and attack simulations arenew methods to assess and analyze the cybersecurity of ITenvironments. The Meta Attack Language (MAL) was createdto formalize the underlying attack logic of such simulationsby providing a framework to create domain specific languages(DSLs). READ MORE