Chapter 4. Exploit

At this point in the attack process, the attacker has canvassed your systems to find all of the points of weakness in your network and facilities. The attacker will weigh the pros and cons of each weakness to determine the most effective attack that will have the lowest risk involved. In this chapter, we will discuss the various styles of attacks that an attacker could use, while focusing on the ones specifically used within our story.

In this chapter, we will review some of the various angles of attack used by the characters in the story, including the areas which a hacker will directly target to obtain critical information.