Sophos Senior Security Advisor John Shier gave an insight into the most popular threats on the current IT security market. What works, what doesn't, what do we and our users need to look out for. Not only did he give some great insights but also was able to give some local Benelux numbers on the most popular and widely used threats.
25. What we know, by the numbers
•550,000 compromised devices
•9 different architectures
•Attacking tcp/23,2323
•80% are DVRs
•24%overlapw ith‘ gafgyt’
•10% attacked Dyn
•10/1/2016 source code released
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41. How to protect against data stealing malware?
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•Multiple security failures
•Needs a human actor
•Poor network segregation
•Over privileged users
•Poor outbound filtering
•Unknown baseline
51. 6 tips for preventing ransomware
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1. Back up your files regularly and keep them offline
2. Don’tenablem acrosinem aileddocs
3. Tell Windows to show file extensions
4. Don’topenscriptorshortcutfilessentbyem ail
5. Don’tgiveyourselfm oreloginpowerthan
necessary
6. Patch early, patch often
54. It’s n o t a ll b a d n e w s
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•Social engineering works
•People like to help
•Stop worrying about the
Nigerians
•OSINT
•Trainingisn’ttheonlyansw er
•Create a security culture
•Use your remote sensors