[eBook Code] Mobile Access Safety (eBook Code, 1st)

Introduction ix

Chapter 1. An Ordinary Day in the Life of Mr. Rowley, or the Dangers of Virtualization and Mobility 1

1.1. A busy day 1

1.2. The ups and downs of the day 3

1.3. What actually happened? 3

Chapter 2. Threats and Attacks 7

2.1. Reconnaissance phase 9

2.1.1. Passive mode information gathering techniques 10

2.1.2. Active mode information gathering techniques 14

2.2. Identity/authentication attack 22

2.2.1. ARP spoofing 22

2.2.2. IP spoofing 22

2.2.3. Connection hijacking 29

2.2.4. Man in the middle 29

2.2.5. DNS spoofing 30

2.2.6. Replay attack 31

2.2.7. Rebound intrusion 31

2.2.8. Password hacking 32

2.2.9. The insecurity of SSL/TLS 34

2.3. Confidentiality attack 38

2.3.1. Espionage software 39

2.3.2. Trojans 41

2.3.3. Sniffing 43

2.3.4. Cracking encrypted data 44

2.4. Availability attack 49

2.4.1. ICMP Flood 50

2.4.2. SYN Flood 50

2.4.3. Smurfing 52

2.4.4. Log Flood 52

2.4.5. Worms 53

2.5. Attack on software integrity 55

2.6. BYOD: mixed-genre threats and attacks 57

2.7. Interception of GSM/GPRS/EDGE communications 61

Chapter 3. Technological Countermeasures 65

3.1. Prevention 66

3.1.1. Protection of mobile equipment 67

3.1.2. Data protection 71

3.2. Detection 81

3.2.1. Systems of intrusion detection 81

3.2.2. Honeypot 88

3.2.3. Management and supervision tools 91

3.3. Reaction 95

3.3.1. Firewall 95

3.3.2. Reverse proxy 102

3.3.3. Antivirus software 104

3.3.4. Antivirus software: an essential building block but in need of completion 107

3.4. Organizing the information system’s security 108

3.4.1. What is security organization? 109

3.4.2. Quality of security, or the attraction of ISMS 110

Chapter 4. Technological Countermeasures for Remote Access 113

4.1. Remote connection solutions 114

4.1.1. Historic solutions 115

4.1.2. Desktop sharing solutions 115

4.1.3. Publication on the Internet 116

4.1.4. Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions 118

4.2. Control of remote access 137

4.2.1. Identification and authentication 139

4.2.2. Unique authentication 155

4.3. Architecture of remote access solutions 157

4.3.1. Securing the infrastructure 157

4.3.2. Load balancing/redundancy 161

4.4. Control of conformity of the VPN infrastructure 162

4.5. Control of network admission 166

4.5.1. Control of network access 166

4.5.2. ESCV (Endpoint Security Compliancy Verification) 167

4.5.3. Mobile NAC 170

Chapter 5. What Should Have Been Done to Make Sure Mr Rowley’s Day Really Was Ordinary 173

5.1. The attack at Mr Rowley’s house 173

5.1.1. Securing Mr Rowley’s PC 173

5.1.2. Securing the organizational level 174

5.1.3. Detection at the organizational level 175

5.1.4. A little bit of prevention 175

5.2. The attack at the airport VIP lounge while on the move 176

5.3. The attack at the café 176

5.4. The attack in the airport VIP lounge during Mr Rowley’s return journey 178

5.5. The loss of a smartphone and access to confidential data 180

5.6. Summary of the different security solutions that should have been implemented 181

Conclusion 187

APPENDICES 189

Appendix 1 191

Appendix 2 197

Bibliography 223

Index 233