Exposed services
Computers communicate through services (ports). Exposed services could be potentially exploited by a threat actor and therefore increase the overall attack surface for the device.
Based on research and cyber trends, Forescout maintains and updates a pre-defined network services table where each service displays the following data:
- Service Name, for example, SMB
- Port Number, for example, 445
- Protocol, for example, TCP
- Potential Exposure:
- Control: Intruders can potentially gain partial or full control of the host.
- Access: Intruders can potentially collect or gain access to information about and from the host.
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