Neutralizing City's Cyber Infrastructure through the launch of Second Wave SYN-Flood Attacks

Abstract

"Si vis pacem, para bellum", a Latin adage translated as "if you want peace, prepare for war". In a world with a rapid technological pace, every country must therefore be prepared for any potential wars and attacks, including cyber warfare. As seen in the Yugoslav Wars in the late 20th century and the recent Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the destruction of cyber infrastructure and massive disinformation campaigns can be decisive factors in favoring one side over the other. The destruction of Iranian nuclear infrastructures by Stuxnet in 2010 is a major warning to all cybersecurity experts. Any carelessness or failure in implementing cybersecurity methods can be destructive. To better prepare for any future conflict, this paper proposes the improvement of existing methods of SYN-flood attacks by the use of camouflage IP addresses. The aim of this student is to provide structured data that can be used as a reference for cybersecurity experts in an event of a cyber-attack or all-out cyber warfare. This research uses Scapy, a packet manipulation program commonly used to launch Denial-of-Service (DOS) attacks. By camouflaging the source IP address, the results show significant improvements in terms of resource usage and the number of packets detected.