Re: [Full-disclosure] Info about attack trees

[coderman <coderman@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Gage Bystrom <themadichib0d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If you havnt guessed from the replies, there are no such thing as an attack
> tree...
> The classical method is something along the lines of preform recon,
> enumerate, attack, presist/extract data. You react based upon the
> information you gather, the more information you have, the clearer it is on
> to what the next step ought to be.

this concept is more useful in fully automated exploit +
post-exploitation systems, where you have an arsenal of exploits of
varying stealth, reliability, applicability. the result of exploit
preference, exploit chaining, and contingency paths based on real-time
feedback results in a tree like structure following the path of least
resistance to total compromise.

you need to prepare this tree ahead of time as a human in the loop
will only slow down the process and increase the risk of counter
measures frustrating further attack.

a pedant would call them exploit graphs ;)

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