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Analysis of a multistage attack embedded in a video file

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  • Hiran V. Nath

    (Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT)
    University of Hyderabad)

  • B. M. Mehtre

    (Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT))

Abstract

In 1990s, burglars used to break into house, while the residents were viewing some interesting television shows. This type of attacks happened mainly in the physical world and it was expected that cyber world is free from such crimes. Unfortunately, this is not true. A skilled hacker could compromise a system, while the user is viewing (an interesting) video file. Quite often computer users, use their machines for viewing (interesting) videos. Such users may be naive users or could even be those who work on mission critical systems, like banking, defence, nuclear power-plant, space agencies etc. So playing a video file can lead to high security risk. In this paper, we have analysed video files, for detecting multistage attacks. We found that some video files contain malicious link through which an exploit gets downloaded into the host machine. The contribution of this paper is the discovery of novel attacks that are hidden (by perpetrator) in innocuous video files with the objective of staging a targeted attack in multiple stages. Finally, we propose a new method for detection of such attacks (carried through video files) using API calls.

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  • Hiran V. Nath & B. M. Mehtre, 2015. "Analysis of a multistage attack embedded in a video file," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 17(5), pages 1029-1037, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:infosf:v:17:y:2015:i:5:d:10.1007_s10796-015-9570-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s10796-015-9570-5
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    1. Tung-Hsien Wu & Shi-Ming Huang & Shaio Yan Huang & David C. Yen, 2017. "The effect of competencies, team problem-solving ability, and computer audit activity on internal audit performance," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 19(5), pages 1133-1148, October.
    2. Chittaranjan Hota & Shambhu Upadhyaya & Jamal Nazzal Al-Karaki, 2015. "Advances in secure knowledge management in the big data era," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 17(5), pages 983-986, October.
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