The Ping of Death: How ICMP Packets Can Be Used for Data Ex-filtration

Suppose you are a system administrator for a big business and you just found out that a third party has obtained some of your confidential information. You want to know how the virus, which you believe to be infecting one of your computers, took advantage of the opportunity to steal data without your network security tools noticing. A significant amount of ICMP packets delivered from the compromised system to an external IP address are seen when you first examine the …

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