CyberTerrorism - A case study for Emergency Management

Cyberterrorism
A case study for Emergency Management

Ricardo A. Reis, Security Officer

&
Hospital São Paulo

Presentation Developed By:

Ricardo A. Reis
ricardo.areis@unifesp.br
ricardo.areis@gmail.com
CCO, Federal University of São Paulo

For use by:
The International Consortium
for Organization Resilience
(ICOR)

Cyberterrorism

Prepare, Plan and Stay in Business

Cyberterrorism

Cyber Terrorism is defined as:

“The premeditated use of disruptive activities, or the
threat thereof, against computers and/or networks,
with the intention to cause harm or further social,
ideological, religious, political or similar objectives. Or
to intimidate any person in furtherance of such
objectives.”
by Kevin G. Coleman of the Technolytics Institute

Cyberterrorism

Emergency management is defined as:

“Comprehensive system of policies, practices, and
procedures designed to protect people and property
from the effects of emergencies or disasters.”
Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)

Cyberterrorism

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

LIFE CYCLE

1 - PREVENTION/MITIGATION

2 - PREPAREDNESS

3 - RESPONSE

4 - RECOVERY

Cyberterrorism


Case Study

Botnet’s is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or bots,
that run autonomously and automatically. They run on groups of zombie
computers controlled remotely. This term can also refer to the network of
computers using distributed computing software.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cyberterrorism


Case Study

quot;A botnet is comparable to compulsory
military service for windows boxesquot;
Stromberg, http://www.honeynet.org/papers/bots/

Cyberterrorism


Cyberterrorism & Botnet's

Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks

Spamming

Sniffing Traffic

Keylogging

Spreading new malware

Installing Advertisement Addons

Browser Helper Objects (BHOs)

Google AdSense abuse

Attacking IRC Chat Networks

Mass identity theft

Cyberterrorism

Cyberterrorism

quot;We have seen offers that will allow a
customer to send a million emails for under
$100,quot; Henry says. quot;If you send more than
10 million, the price drops to under $80 per
million. There's a price war going on, and
Nugache is becoming the bargain
basement.quot;

Cyberterrorism


PREVENTION/MITIGATION

Compliance with Security Standards ISO 27001/27002

Think in Business Continuity and IT Infrastructure Recovery

Make a Computer Security Incident Response Team

Monitor IT Infrastructure

Internet Bandwidth

DNS Services

WEB Services

EMAIL Services

Pre-Contact with external agency

Upstream ISP

Regional Computer Security Incident Response Team
(CSIRT)

Cyberterrorism


PREPAREDNESS

Development and practice of multi-agency coordination and
incident command

Development and practice Incident Response Plan

Cyberterrorism


RESPONSE


Established Incident Command

Notify CSIRT

Active Incident Response Plan

Never use 100% of your CSIRT Team

Don't stop Triage Process

Communicate Major Events

Cyberterrorism


RECOVERY

If necessary active Business Recovery Plan

Document the Major Event

Communicate the end of Major Events

Update all Plans

Cyberterrorism

A SIMULATED ?

Distributed Denied of Service Attack

Cyberterrorism

!!! REAL LIFE !!!

Distributed Denied of Service Attack

Cyberterrorism

The main targets have been the websites of:

· the Estonian presidency and its parliament

· almost all of the country's government ministries

· political parties

· three of the country's six big news organisations

· two of the biggest banks; and firms specializing in communications

Cyberterrorism

NUMBER’S
Attacks Destination Address or owner

35 “195.80.105.107/32″ pol.ee

7 “195.80.106.72/32″ www.riigikogu.ee

36 “195.80.109.158/32″ www.riik.ee, www.peaminister.ee, www.valitsus.ee

2 “195.80.124.53/32″ m53.envir.ee

2 “213.184.49.171/32″ www.sm.ee

6 “213.184.49.194/32″ www.agri.ee

4 “213.184.50.6/32″

35 “213.184.50.69/32″ www.fin.ee (Ministry of Finance)

1 “62.65.192.24/32″

http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2007/05/estonian-ddos-attacks-a-summary-to-date/

Cyberterrorism

Attacks Date

21 2007-05-03
17 2007-05-04
31 2007-05-08
58 2007-05-09
1 2007-05-11


Cyberterrorism

Attacks Date

17 less than 1 minute
78 1 min - 1 hour
16 1 hour - 5 hours
8 5 hours to 9 hours
7 10 hours or more


Cyberterrorism

Attacks Bandwidth measured

42 Less than 10 Mbps
52 10 Mbps - 30 Mbps


Cyberterrorism

BOTNET’S Command and Control

Cyberterrorism

Shadow SERVER Project

Cyberterrorism


PREVENTION/MITIGATION ( AGAIN !!!!!! )

Compliance with Security Standards ISO 27001/27002
( Protect your infrastructure and other Companies )

Make a Computer Security Incident Response Team
( Your First Response Team)

Pre-Contact with external agency

Upstream ISP

Regional (CSIRT)

Cyberterrorism

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CyberTerrorism - A case study for Emergency Management

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