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Spring 2022, No. 1, Vol. 4 / Romanian Cyber Security Journal
Malicious Strategy: Watering Hole Attacks
Mihai APOSTOL, Bogdan PALINIUC, Rareș MORAR, Florin VIDU
mihai.apostol@ici.ro, bogdan.paliniuc@icisoc.ro, rares.morar@icisoc.ro, florin.vidu@ici.ro
A recent attack strategy named watering hole attack has evolved in the past years, a combination of different techniques which are aimed at companies network by infecting websites which are frequently accesed by its employees. This paper aims to bring a better understanding and awareness of this type of attack. A case study is included in this research and also an analysis of Earth Lusca, a criminal organization whose strategy is concentrated on watering hole attacks.
Keywords:
Holy Water Attack,
Cross Site Scripting,
File Upload,
Earth Lusca,
Watering-Hole
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Mihai APOSTOL,
Bogdan PALINIUC,
Rareș MORAR,
Florin VIDU,
"Malicious Strategy: Watering Hole Attacks",
Romanian Cyber Security Journal,
ISSN 2668-6430,
vol. 4(1),
pp. 29-37,
2022.
https://doi.org/10.54851/v4i1y202204