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Table 1 Case One - A compromised compute worker scenario specifications

From: Handling compromised components in an IaaS cloud installation

 

Incident description

Incident type

Malicious code and Unauthorized access

Current status

Ongoing attack, the malicious code is not patched nor contained yet

Compromised

One compute worker host

component(s)

 

Physical Location

OpenStack-4

Affected Layers

Cloud platform layer, the OpenStack nova-compute service

General Information

Malicious code is injected into the nova-compute service of the OpenStack-4 host

Resources at risk

Running instances on OpenStack-4, Stakeholders and resources interacting with running instances on OpenStack-4 or the infected nova-compute service