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The OSI Layer should be commonly known in the world of ICT but did you know what attack targets what layer?
Here a table to clarify this...
| Layers | Attacks | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Application | Exploit |
| 6 | Presentation | Phishing |
| 5 | Session | Hijacking XSS Attacks / Sessions Side Jacking / Malware |
| 4 | Transport | Reconnaissance / DoS (Denial-of-Service) TCP Session Hijack / Fraggle / Syn Flood / Land Attacks |
| 3 | Network | Man in the Middle Smurf Attack / Ping of Death / Teardrop |
| 2 | Data Link | Spoofing MAC Spoofing / MAC Flooding / VLAN Hopping |
| 1 | Physical | Sniffing |