Learn ARP Spoofing Attack in a Game

Local Area Network (LAN) access is the top vector for insider threats and misuses. It is critical for students to learn these vulnerabilities and know the common countermeasures. Although some educational tools exist that are effective in teaching ARP spoofing, they are usually hard to access and not fun enough to engage students. Gamification has been successfully used in many areas of education to engage students in learning. Gamification can provide educational and immersive experiences to the students. To our knowledge, there is no game developed to teach LAN and ARP spoofing concepts. In this paper, we present a gamification of this subject with an escape-the-room style game to teach LAN and ARP spoofing attacks. The game is developed with the Unity game engine and deployed on the world wide web. Therefore, the game is accessible anywhere on the Internet with a web browser. The game has …