When it comes to analyzing and preventing cyber assaults, the cyber death chain is a vital foundation to have. The phase of weaponization is the most important of the seven phases since it is the phase that changes the information that has been obtained into a danger that can be easily seen. The objective of this step is to generate malicious payloads that are intended to take advantage of the vulnerabilities that have been discovered in the system that is the target of the attack. The weaponization strategy known as "Living Of the Land" (LOTL) is one that deserves special attention. In this approach, the of enders generate their harmful payloads by using normal tools and procedures, which makes detection more difficult. In this research, the complexities of the weaponization phase are investigated, as well as the way in which the LOFT approach improves the concealment and effectiveness of cyber assaults. This highlights the need of developing more sophisticated detection and prevention measures.
INTRODUCTION
The cyber death chain, developed by Lockheed Martin, illustrates the stages of a cyber-attack from the attacker’s perspective [1]. It helps businesses identify and prevent attacks at various stages. The traditional cyber death chain includes reconnaissance, weaponization, delivery, exploitation, installation, command and control, and actions on objectives. The weaponization phase follows reconnaissance, using gathered information to create a malicious payload to infect the target system, often delivered via email or malicious websites.
WEAPONIZING
After reconnaissance, attackers create or acquire a hostile payload, such as malware or....
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