CHAPTER X Counterattack/Hackback
Alana Maurushat · University of Ottawa Press eBooks · 2019
Counterattack/Hackback M any forms of ethical hacking are rooted in ensuring the security of networks.This has taken shape in four main ways.The first is through intrusion or penetration testing, where experts are invited to expose any security vulnerabilities of an organization's network.The second is somewhat more controversial as it involves hackers who, without authorization, illegally access a network, software, or hardware to expose security vulnerabilities.Sometimes these hackers will go so far as to fix the vulnerability or, more likely, will report it to the system's owner.Third, many security experts are forming self-organized security communities to actively engage in intelligence gathering and counterattacks, here called security activism.Last, there is a growing concern that many organizations, including corporations and governments, are engaging in counterattack efforts to deter attacks to their systems.This is known as hackback or counterattack.Increasingly, attacks have moved into the corporate world, where organizations are moving from defensive protection against cyber threat to responding with similar measures.As will also be seen through an examination of emerging events, many corporations and organizations are engaged in some form of counterattack/hackback.Intrusion-detection software not only detects denial-of-service attacks but also automatically initiates counter-denial-of-service attacks.There are no legal exemptions for these types of counterattacks.The problem of corporate hackback,