A Network Analysis of a Web Server Compromise

Through the analysis of a known scenario, the reader will be given the opportunity to explore a website being compromised. From the initial reconnaissance to gaining root access, each step is viewed at the network level. The benefit of a known scenario is assumptions about the attackers' reasons...

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Kiel Wadner

September 8, 2015

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