Network Security
Objectives • • • • • • •
Types of Attacks Attacks on the OSI & TCP/IP Model Attack Methods Prevention Switch Vulnerabilities and Hacking Cisco Routers Interesting links https://www.pass4sureexam.com/640-554.html
Types of Attacks • Physical Access Attacks – Wiretapping – Server Hacking – Vandalism https://www.pass4sureexam.com/640-554.html
• Dialog Attacks – Eavesdropping – Impersonation – Message Alteration
Types of Attacks (Cont.) • Penetration Attacks – – – –
Scanning (Probing) Break-in Denial of Service Malware
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• Social Engineering – Opening Attachments – Password Theft – Information Theft
Risk Analysis of the Attack What is the cost if the attack succeeds? What is the probability of occurrence? What is the severity of the threat? What is the countermeasure cost? What is the value to protect the system Determine if the countermeasure should be implemented. • Finally determine its priority. • • • • • •
OSI & TCP/IP Related Attacks
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OSI Model Related Attacks • Application layer: – Attacks on web – Attacks are typically virus
• Presentation: – Cracking of encrypted transmissions by short encryption key
• Session – Password theft – Unauthorized Access with Root permission
• Transport & Network: – Forged TCP/IP addresses – DoS Attacks
OSI Model Related Attacks • Data Link & Physical – – – –
Network Sniffers Wire Taps Trojan Horses Malicious code
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Attacks Related to TCP Packet • Port Number – Applications are identified by their Port numbers – Well-known ports (0-1023) – HTTP=80, Telnet=23, FTP=21 for supervision, 20 for data transfer, SMTP=25
– Allows applications to be accessed by the root user
Attacks Related to TCP Packet • IP address spoofing – Change the source IP address – To conceal identity of the attacker – To have the victim think the packet comes from a trusted host – LAND attack
Attacks Related to TCP Packet • Port Number – Registered ports (1024-49152) for any application – Not all operating systems uses these port ranges, although all use well-known ports
Attack Methods
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Attack Methods • • • •
Host Scanning Network Scanning Port Scanning Fingerprinting
Attack Methods (Cont.) • Host Scanning – Ping range of IP addresses or use alternative scanning messages – Identifies victims – Types of Host scanning – Ping Scanning – TCP SYN/ACK attacks
Attack Methods (Cont.) • Network Scanning – Discovery of the network infrastructure (switches, routers, subnets, etc.) – Tracert and applications similar identifies all routers along the route to a destination host
Attack Methods (Cont.) • Port Scanning – Once a host is identified, scan all ports to find out if it is a server and what type it is – Two types: – Server Port Scanning • TCP • UDP
– Client Port Scanning • NetBIOS • Ports 135 – 139 used for NetBIOS ports used for file and print services. • GRC.com a free website that scan your pc for open ports.
Attack Methods (Cont.) • Fingerprinting – Discovers the host operating system and applications as well as the version – Active (sends) – Passive (listen)
– Nmap does all major scanning methods
Attack Methods (Cont.) • Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks – Attacks on availability – SYN flooding attacks overload a host or network with connection attempts – Stopping DoS attacks is very hard.
Attack Methods (Cont.) • The Break-In – Password guessing – Take advantage of unpatched vulnerabilities – Session hijacking
After the Compromise • Download rootkit via TFTP • Delete audit log files • Create backdoor account or Trojan backdoor programs
After the Compromise (Cont.) • Weaken security • Access to steal information, do damage • Install malicious software (RAT, DoS zombie, spam relay, etc.)
Prevention
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Preventions • • • •
Stealth Scanning Access Control Firewalls Proxy Servers
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IPsec Security Policies DMZ Host Security
Stealth Scanning • Noisiness of Attacks • Exposure of the Attacker’s IP Address • Reduce the rate of Attack below the IDS Threshold • Scan Selective Ports
Access Control • The goal of access control is to prevent attackers from gaining access, and stops them if they do. • The best way to accomplish this is by: – Determine who needs access to the resources located on the server. – Decide the access permissions for each resource. – Implement specific access control policies for each resource. – Record mission critical resources. – Harden the server against attacks. – Disable invalid accounts and establish policies
Firewalls • Firewalls are designed to protect you from outside attempts to access your computer, either for the purpose of eavesdropping on your activities, stealing data, sabotage, or using your machine as a means to launch an attack on a third party.
Firewalls (Cont.) • Hardware – Provides a strong degree of protection from the outside world. – Can be effective with little or no setup – Can protect multiple systems
• Software – Better suite to protect against Trojans and worms. – Allows you to configure the ports you wish to monitor. It gives you more fine control. – Protects a single system.
Firewalls • Can Prevent – Discovery – Network – Traceroute
– Penetration – Synflood – Garbage – UDP Ping – TCP Ping – Ping of Death
Proxy • A proxy server is a buffer between your network and the outside world. • Use an anonymous Proxy to prevent attacks.
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IPSec • Provides various security services for traffic at the IP layer • These security services include – Authentication – Integrity – Confidentiality
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IPsec overview - how IPsec helps Problem
How IPsec helps
Details
Unauthorized system access
Authentication, tamperproofing
Defense in depth by isolating trusted from untrusted systems
Targeted attacks of highvalue servers
Authentication, tamperproofing
Locking down servers with IPsec. Examples: HR servers, Outlook® Web Access (OWA), DC replication
Eavesdropping
Authentication, confidentiality
Defense in depth against password or information gathering by untrusted systems
Government guideline compliance
Authentication, confidentiality
Example: “All communications between financial servers must be encrypted.”
DMZ Image
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Host Security
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Hardening Servers Cisco IOS Upgrades and Patches Unnecessary Services Network Monitoring tools
Switch Vulnerabilities and Hacking
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CDP Protocol • Used to locate IP address, version, and model. • Mass amounts of packets being sent can fake a crash • Used to troubleshoot network, but should be disabled.
ARP Poisoning • Give users data by poisoning ARP cache of end node. • MAC address used to determine destination. Device driver does not check. • User can forge ARP datagram for man in the middle attack.
SNMP • SNMP manages the network. • Authentication is weak. Public and Private community keys are clear text. • Uses UDP protocol which is prone to spoofing. • Enable SNMPv3 without backwards compatibility.
Spanning Tree Attacks • Standard STP takes 30-45 seconds to deal with a failure or Root bridge change. • Purpose: Spanning Tree Attack reviews the traffic on the backbone.
Spanning Tree Attacks • Only devices affected by the failure notice the change • The attacker can create DoS condition on the network by sending BPDUs from the attacker.
Spanning Tree Attacks (Cont.) • STEP 1: MAC flood the access switch • STEP 2: Advertise as a priority zero bridge.
SpanningTree TreeAttacks Attacks(Cont.) (Cont.) Spanning • STEP 3: The attacker becomes the Root bridge! – Spanning Tree recalculates. – The backbone from the original network is now the backbone from the attacking host to the other switches on the network.
STP Attack Prevention • Disabling STP can introduce another attack. • BPDU Guard – Disables ports using portfast upon detection of a BPDU message on the port. – Enabled on any ports running portfast
STP Attack Prevention • Root Guard – Prevents any ports that can become the root bridge due to their BPDU
CSM and CSM-S
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CDM • Cisco Secure Desktop – 3 major vulnerabilities – Maintains information after an Internet browsing session. This occurs after an SSL VPN session ends. – Evades the system via the system policies preventing logoff, this will allow a VPN connection to be activated. – Allow local users to elevate their privileges.
• Prevention – Cisco has software to address the vulnerabilities. – There are workarounds available to mitigate the effects of some of these vulnerabilities.
Cisco Routers
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Cisco Routers • Two potential issues with Cisco Routers – Problems with certain IOS software – SNMP https://www.pass4sureexam.com/640-554.html
• Devices running Cisco IOS versions 12.0S, 12.2, 12.3 or 12.4 – Problem with the software – Confidential information can be leaked out – Software updates on the CISCO site can fix this problem
• Virtual Private Networks
Virtual connection 1
Virtual Connection 2
• Virtual Private Networks
Error Connection
Information leak
• Cisco uBR10012 series devices automatically enable SNMP read/write access • Since there are no access restrictions on this community string , attackers can exploit this to gain complete control of the device
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CISCO Router
Attacking Computer
By sending an SNMP set request with a spoofed source IP address the attacker will be able to get the Victim router to send him its configuration file.
CISCO Router
With this information, the remote computer will be able to have complete control over this router
Attacking Computer
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Links • • • • •
http://sectools.org/tools2.html http://insecure.org/sploits/l0phtcrack.lanman.problems.html http://www.testbells.com/ http://www.examcollectionvce.com/ http://www.hidemyass.com/
References
• http://www.bmighty.com/network/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=2YYDWJHHX3FL2QSND • http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln19998.html • http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-02/bh-us-02-convery-switches.pdf • http://www.askapache.com/security/hacking-vlan-switched-networks.html • http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116300682804339&w=2 • http://www.secureroot.com/security/advisories/9809702147.html
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