A GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE: DYNAMIC IP ADDRESS & CYBER ATTACKS

摘要

In recent years, cyber attackers have adopted a new, more surreptitious operational mandate; one that employs a set of strategies and technologies that dramatically complicate the detection process. At the forefront of these rogue like tactics are serving up dynamic IP addresses. In general, dynamic IP attacks target Layer 7, the application layer. Using real IP addresses, they establish a three-way TCP handshake and successfully bypass cookie and JavaScript challenges. These attacks are highly disruptive and difficult, if not impossible, for IP-based defense systems to distinguish between legitimate and malicious visitors.