Consider the case below: You get a notification from the mail server of your organization alerting you that your password has been changed and that you must confirm it. To your knowledge, however, you have not updated your password! There are a variety of potential causes for the password change. Was it a virus, and if so, on which systems, that provided an attacker with the necessary information to reset the password?

Consider the case below: You get a notification from the mail server of your organization alerting you that your password has been changed and that you must confirm it. To your knowledge, however, you have not updated your password! There are a variety of potential causes for the password change. Was it a virus, and if so, on which systems, that provided an attacker with the necessary information to reset the password?

Database System Concepts

7th Edition

ISBN:9780078022159

Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Chapter1: Introduction

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1PE

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Could the term "two-factor authentication" be appropriately applied to a scenario in which a user is required to provide both a username and password in order to gain access to a system? Why?
I'm confused about the concept of two-factor authentication. To what extent does it contribute to the security of passwords?
Assume you get an email from your company's mail server informing you that your account password has been changed and that you must confirm this. But you haven't changed the password, have you? Why was the password changed? An attacker may have successfully changed the password by using malware on which computers.
Let's pretend you receive a notification from the company's email server saying that your password has been changed and you need to take some action to verify this. To your knowledge, you have not, however, altered the password. When may the password have been changed, and why? What machines were infected with what sort of malware, and how did the attacker get the information they required to change the password?
Would a virus or a worm have been responsible for the attack? Give an explanation of your response.
Imagine you get a message from the company's email server informing you that your password has been changed and requesting confirmation. But you know you haven't changed the password, right? Why do you think the password was changed? What kind of virus would have been present, and on what computers, that would have given an attacker the information they needed to successfully reset the password?
Let's imagine the mail server for your employer sends you a message alerting you that the password for your account has been changed and that you need to confirm this. In this scenario, you would need to confirm the new password. To the best of your knowledge, the password has not been changed in any way. What may have caused the requirement for the password to be changed? What systems were infected with what sort of malware, and how did the hacker get access to the information they required to properly reset the password?
Imagine if a virus were to be attached to an email and delivered to Jim, causing him to become infected. Can you describe this assault in terms of its vulnerabilities, dangers, and the perpetrators?
How a computer virus that attaches itself to an executable could do so. To what extent must the executable be reworked and why?
Assume you get an alert from your company's mail server informing you that your account's password has been changed and that you must confirm the change. However, you have not changed the password, as far as you are aware! What may have triggered the modification of the password? What kind of virus, and on which computers, may have given an attacker with the information necessary to successfully reset the password?