2023年12月21日 · A masquerade attack is an online attack in which the attacker masquerades as a legitimate user to gain access to a device. It’s carried out using stolen credentials, by exploiting software bugs, or by side-stepping the authorization process itself.

Masquerading occurs when the name or location of an object, legitimate or malicious, is manipulated or abused for the sake of evading defenses and observation. This may include manipulating file metadata, tricking users into misidentifying the file type, and giving legitimate task or service names.

A masquerade attack, in the context of cybersecurity, is a type of cyber attack in which an unauthorized individual or entity impersonates a legitimate user, device, or system to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information, resources, or systems.

2023年3月31日 · At its simplest, a masquerade attack involves an attacker creating a false identity, such as a fake email address or username, and using it to gain access to sensitive information. The...

A masquerade attack is a type of cyber attack where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user or device to gain unauthorized access to a network or system. This form of attack involves the use of manipulated, spoofed, or stolen identifiers such …

2023年11月7日 · Masquerading or masquerade attacks are a type of intrusion where a hacker gains unauthorized access to a system by impersonating a legitimate user. They’re more effective than other techniques since using someone’s actual credentials is far less likely to set off any internal alarms.

2022年6月27日 · Masquerading occurs when the name or location of a legitimate or malicious object is manipulated or abused to evade defenses and observation. This may include tampering with file metadata, duping users into misidentifying file types, and impersonating legitimate task or service names. This technique has been observed in several variations.

2024年4月30日 · Successful masquerade attacks result in financial losses, reputational damage, data theft, downtime, and compliance issues, impacting businesses, customers, and business partners. No organization is immune to masquerade attacks or cybersecurity attacks in general.

A masquerade attack is any cyber attack that involves the use of a manipulated, spoofed or stolen user identifier – device, digital signature, network address, certificate, etc. – to fool digital infrastructure and gain access to systems, or authorization to conduct certain privileged actions.

2022年5月11日 · Masquerading is an adversary technique to alter the features of their malicious artifacts to appear as legitimate and trusted ones. Code signatures, names, locations of malware, task names, and services are examples of these features. After masquerading, malicious artifacts such as malware files appear legitimate to users and security controls.