CAPEC-601 Jamming

CAPEC ID: 601

CAPEC-601 Metadata

Likelihood of Attack

Medium

Typical Severity

High

Overview

Summary

An adversary uses radio noise or signals in an attempt to disrupt communications. By intentionally overwhelming system resources with illegitimate traffic, service is denied to the legitimate traffic of authorized users.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites listed.

Potential Solutions / Mitigations

No specific solutions listed.

Related CAPECs

CAPEC ID Description
CAPEC-607 An attacker obstructs the interactions between system components. By interrupting or disabling these interactions, an adversary can often force the system into a degraded state or cause the system to stop working as intended. This can cause the system components to be unavailable until the obstruction mitigated.

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