Covert Channels

A project for my ICS 355 class where i modeled the use of a Trojan virus to create a covert channel between some host computer and the attacker. A covert channel is when a channel is used to transmit data outside of the systems security. The diagram on the left illustrates how the channel functions with no Trojan present and the diagram on the right demonstrates a channel where a Trojan has created a covert channel. Also in the project i went over how the trojan could find its way onto the hosts system initially such as phishing or pharming.