Study of hostile applets as a threat to internet users

Author

Ganesh Sridharan

Keywords and Phrases

Hostile applets

Abstract

"Various hostile applets were developed as part of this research to study the effects of hostile applets, including annoyance applets, denial of service applets and an invasion of privacy applet. To further study the effects of hostile applets, two social engineering attacks were developed to collect the usernames and passwords of users by introducing a fake login screen. A password attack was carried out using John the Ripper password cracker to study the vulnerabilities of passwords."--Abstract, page iii.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Computer Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Spring 2004

Pagination

viii, 84 pages

Rights

© 2004 Ganesh Sridharan, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Computer viruses
Computer security

Thesis Number

T 8449

Print OCLC #

55488591

Link to Catalog Record

Full-text not available: Request this publication directly from Missouri S&T Library or contact your local library.

Recommended Citation

Sridharan, Ganesh, "Study of hostile applets as a threat to internet users" (2004). Masters Theses. 2464.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/2464