Title :
A study of open ports as security vulnerabilities in common user computers
Author :
Mathew, Kuruvilla ; Tabassum, Mujahid ; Lu Ai Siok, Marlene Valerie
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng. & Comput. Sci., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Kuching, Malaysia
Abstract :
The unprecedented growth in information technology and information explosion, with more and more data in electronic forms has put the computer into the hands of users with very little technical knowledge. The fact that the systems are not inherently immune, and that open up a number of vulnerabilities, leading to potential attacks, and the most prominent is in the form of open ports. This paper attempts to do a survey on common user computing devices including start devices to discover open ports and thereby explore vulnerabilities that can lead to potential attack targets.
Keywords :
computer interfaces; security of data; common user computer security; common user computing devices; electronic data; open ports; potential attacks; security vulnerabilities; Androids; Authentication; Computers; Humanoid robots; Internet; Ports (Computers); computer security; nmap; open ports;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Science and Technology (ICCST), 2014 International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ICCST.2014.7045193
