This thesis is focused on developing a tool that is capable of generating cyber attacks. In the opening there are introduced some attacks using the ISO/OSI application layer protocols. Specifically, these are attacks known as Slowloris, RUDY, Slow Read, HTTP flood, and dictionary attack on the SSH. These attacks are implemented into an existing DoSgen Linux tool that already contains several famous network attacks. The main part of the thesis is devoted to the description of the tool and to the implementation of its own extension. The created tool is practically tested in an experimental enviroment against the Apache web server. Part of the thesis is the documentation for the improved DoSgen tool.

This master thesis deals with ways to store passwords in current operating systems. Specifically, this work focuses on Windows, Linux, BSD and OS X. These systems are examined for ways of hashing passwords and on resistance of resulting hashes against various attacks. First (theoretical) section describes the procedures and algorithms that are needed for user authentication. This part also describes methods of hash storing. At the end of the theoretical part are generally described some possible attacks against hash functions. In second (practical) part is described and tested tools for obtaining hashes of the investigated operating systems. Subsequently practical attacks were conducted against obtained hashes by using appropriate tools. Furthermore there are presented results of the attacks. In the conclusion of the work there is a comparison of tools and methods which were used to obtain plaintext passwords from operating systems.

Every website, computer and IT system have users who need to verify their identity throughauthentication. The most common form of authentication today is to apply an alphanumericpassword. Passwords are often based on biographical information that can be derived from the userhimself and common elements that are usually utilized while creating passwords are names, petnames, family related, and date of birth. While passwords today are often based on the individual'sbiographical elements, the police have problems cracking encrypted devices because it takes a longtime and is complex to identify the correct password among all possible combinations. This problemis the basis for the work and is the reason why this model for how biographical dictionaries should bestructured and contain is created. To design the model, a literature review has been carried outwhere elements have been defined and a structure formed. Interviews with IT forensics from thepolice and NFC were then held to refine the different elements and structure of the initial model andto create a reality anchor. The result of this work is a product in the form of a model that can be usedto create biographical dictionaries based on target people. The model demonstrates whichbiographical elements are relevant for finding potential passwords. The conclusion drawn is that themodel can facilitate the work of the police and IT forensics when it comes to cracking people'sbiographical passwords. By using a dictionary that is built with the model, time-consuming attackssuch as brute-force attacks or more general dictionary attacks do not need to be applied. / Till varje hemsida, dator och IT-system finns användare som behöver verifiera sin identitet genomautentisering. Den vanligaste formen av autentisering är idag att applicera ett alfanumerisktlösenord. Lösenord bygger ofta på biografiska uppgifter som kan härledas från användaren själv ochvanliga element som brukar användas vid lösenordsgenerering är: namn, husdjursnamn, familj ochfödelsedatum. Samtidigt som lösenord idag ofta bygger på individens biografiska element har polisenproblem att knäcka krypterade enheter på grund av att det tar lång tid och är väldigt komplext attidentifiera rätt lösenord bland alla möjliga kombinationer. Detta problem ligger till grund för arbetetsamt är orsaken till varför denna modell för hur biografiska ordböcker ska vara strukturerade ochinnehålla skapas. För att utforma modellen har en litteraturöversikt genomförts där element hardefinierats och en struktur formats. Intervjuer med IT-forensiker från polisen och NFC hölls därefterför att förädla den initiala modellens olika element och struktur samt att skapa enverklighetsförankring. Resultatet av detta arbete är en slutprodukt i form av en modell som går attnyttja för att skapa biografiska ordböcker utifrån målpersoner. Modellen påvisar vilka biografiskaelement som är relevanta för att hitta potentiella lösenord. Slutsatsen som dras gör gällande attmodellen kan underlätta polisens och IT-forensikers arbete när det kommer till att knäcka personersbiografiska lösenord. Genom att nyttja en ordbok som är uppbyggd med modellen behöver intetidskrävande angrepp som ”brute force” attacker eller mer generella ordboksattacker appliceras.

The focus of this report is to discuss graphical password systems and how they can contribute to handle security problems that threaten authentication processes. One such threat is shoulder-surfing attacks, which are also reviewed in this report. Three already existing systems that are claimed to be shoulder-surfing resilient are described and a new proposed system is presented and evaluated through a user study. Moreover, the system is compared to the mentioned existing systems to further evaluate the usability, memorability and the time it takes to authenticate. The user study shows that test subjects are able to remember their chosen password one week after having registered and signed in once. It is also shown that the average time to sign in to the system after five minutes of practice is within a range of 3.30 to 5.70 seconds. The participants in the experiments gave the system an average score above 68 on the System Usability Scale, which is the score of an average system.

Master thesis focuses on wireless network security. The thesis is divided in two parts. First part describes today’s used standards and their components, topology and security methods as stealth SSID, MAC addresses filtration, WEP, WPA and WPA2. The last three methods are described in detail. In second part there are realized attacks on above described methods of security. There are described attacks on WEP as KoreK chopchop attack, fragment attack, attack FMS, KoreK and attack PTW. Then is described the dictionary attack on passphrase by WPA/WPA2 with PreShared Key authentication obtaining, precomputed hash tables for faster passphrase finding and for using more core procesors during dictionary browsing. The last attack describes obtaining of keystream used for encrypting of frames by WPATKIP and then sending custom data to client. It is described how to carry out each attack and how to protect against them.

This Thesis deals with analysis of the possiblity of password breakthrough for common compression formats and password extraction from self-extraction archives used for malicious software. Structure of compression programs, ciphers and connection between cipher and archives is described. Common and specialized attacks on archives and ciphers are described. Structure of self-extracting archives and password location is used to create extractor of passwords in self-extracting archives.

Detta examensarbete är en utvärdering av nätverkssäkerheten hos J BiL AB, både på social och teknisk nivå. Företaget är beroende av säkra Internet-anslutningar för att nå externa tjänster och interna servrar lokaliserade på olika geografiska platser. Företaget har ingen IT-ansvarig som aktivt underhåller och övervakar nätverket, utan konsulterar ett externt dataföretag. Syftet med examensarbetet är att utvärdera säkerheten, upptäcka brister, ge förbättringsförslag och till viss del implementera lösningar. För att undersöka säkerheten har observationer och intervjuer med personalen gjorts och ett flertal attacker mot nätverket har utförts. Utifrån den data som samlats in kunde slutsatsen dras att företaget har brister vad gäller IT-säkerheten. Framförallt den sociala säkerheten visade sig ha stora luckor vilket till stor del beror på att de anställda varken har blivit utbildade eller fått någon information om hur de ska hantera lösenord, datorer och IT-frågor i allmänt. Förbättringsförslag har getts och viss implementation har genomförts för att eliminera bristerna. De anställda har även med hjälp av en IT-policy och föreläsning blivit utbildade i hur de ska agera och tänka kring IT-relaterade säkerhetsfrågor. / The aim of this project is to evaluate the network security at J Bil AB. The focus will be on both social and technical issues. For the employees to be able to con-nect to remote servers and external services and perform their daily work tasks, secure connections is needed. J Bil Ab has no IT manager who actively maintains and monitors the network; rather they consult a computer company when changes and implementations are required. The projects’ goal is to identify gaps, come up with suggestions for improvement and to some extent implement so-lutions. To do this, an observation of the employees hav been made, an inter-view have been held, and several attacks on the network have been performed. Based on the data collected, it was concluded that the company has shortcom-ings in IT security. Above all, the social security appeared to have major gaps in it and that is mainly because the lack of knowledge among the employees and they have never been informed of how to manage their passwords, computers and IT issues in general. Suggestions for improvement have been given and some implementations have been performed to eliminate the deficiencies.