Title :
A classification of malicious software attacks
Author :
Langweg, Hanno ; Snekkenes, Einar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Media Technol., Gjovik Univ. Coll., Norway
Abstract :
This paper presents a classification of attacks by malicious software. Unlike previous schemes, it focuses on application software instead of operating systems. We classify attacks pertaining to input, processing, and output of an application. Our scheme can be used to adapt testing strategies and is intended as a step towards developing a security metric for assessing robustness of programs.
Keywords :
computer crime; security of data; application software; malicious software attacks; security metric; testing strategies; Application software; Computer science; Educational institutions; Hardware; Information security; Laboratories; Operating systems; Robustness; Stress; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Performance, Computing, and Communications, 2004 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8396-6
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.2004.1395194
