Attack

Classification

1. Passive
2. Active
3. Close-in
4. Insider
5. Distribution

Reference

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Passive Attack

A passive attack is a type of attack where the attacker simply monitor the network activity as a part of reconnaissance. A passive attack is difficult to detect, because the attacker is not actively attacking any target machine or participating in network traffc. An example of a passive attack is an attacker capturing packets from the network.

Active Attack

Close-in Attack

Insider Attack

Distribution