The document is a presentation on cybercrime, cyberwar, and information warfare. It was presented by Raoul Chiesa and Jart Armin at Club Hack 2010 in Pune, India. The presentation covers the evolution of cyberattacks from cybercrime to cyberwarfare. It discusses concepts like hacktivism, nation-state attacks like those experienced by Estonia and Georgia, and the blurring lines between hackers, cybercriminals, and intelligence agencies. The presenters aim to introduce new concepts and frameworks for understanding next-generation cyber threats and information warfare in the digital era.
Cyber attack response from the CEO perspective - Tallinn Estonia - Short Simu...Kevin Duffey
Estonia is famously a leader in digital and cyber technology. This short simulation was presented to Estonian executives, experts and government representatives. It is a very short version of the sort of executive simulation we run for large enterprises across Europe. Follow us at - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyber-rescue-alliance/
Cyber attack response from the CEO perspective - Tallinn Estonia - Short Simu...Kevin Duffey
Estonia is famously a leader in digital and cyber technology. This short simulation was presented to Estonian executives, experts and government representatives. It is a very short version of the sort of executive simulation we run for large enterprises across Europe. Follow us at - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyber-rescue-alliance/
The world is a very large place, but it is getting smaller, thanks to the advent of computers and Information Technology. However, the progress that we've made in these fields also has a dark side, in that a new terrorist tactic, commonly called Cyber terrorism has developed. The old, conventional methods of assassination and hostage taking are slowly fading, as terrorists head towards the Internet to pull their stunts. The cause for this kind of a transition stems from the fact that the terrorist has long since realized that removing one official from office only causes another official to take his place; which is not the end-result the terrorist wished to achieve. This causes the terrorist to take to the net, thus affecting a wider section than could otherwise have been targeted. From disabling a country's economy to shutting off power in large areas, it's all possible, with less risk to the terrorists.
ASFWS 2012 - Cybercrime to Information Warfare & “Cyberwar”: a hacker’s persp...Cyber Security Alliance
This presentation will analyze the Information Warfare scenarios, technical and legal backgrounds, highlighting as well the importance of the terminologies and bringing to the audience real-life examples and known incidents. The last part of the talk will focus on two theorical case studies and on one, very special, theorical case study.
The world is a very large place, but it is getting smaller, thanks to the advent of computers and Information Technology. However, the progress that we've made in these fields also has a dark side, in that a new terrorist tactic, commonly called Cyber terrorism has developed. The old, conventional methods of assassination and hostage taking are slowly fading, as terrorists head towards the Internet to pull their stunts. The cause for this kind of a transition stems from the fact that the terrorist has long since realized that removing one official from office only causes another official to take his place; which is not the end-result the terrorist wished to achieve. This causes the terrorist to take to the net, thus affecting a wider section than could otherwise have been targeted. From disabling a country's economy to shutting off power in large areas, it's all possible, with less risk to the terrorists.
ASFWS 2012 - Cybercrime to Information Warfare & “Cyberwar”: a hacker’s persp...Cyber Security Alliance
This presentation will analyze the Information Warfare scenarios, technical and legal backgrounds, highlighting as well the importance of the terminologies and bringing to the audience real-life examples and known incidents. The last part of the talk will focus on two theorical case studies and on one, very special, theorical case study.
UN/ITU - Organisational Structures and Incident Management - CybersecurityDr David Probert
In-Depth Presentation for the Cybersecurity Workshop that was Jointly Organised by the UN/ITU and CITEL in Salta City, Argentina - November 2010. The presentation focuses on the implementation of the recommended UN/ITU (International Telecommunications Union) Global Cybersecurity Agenda and the importance of CERTs (Computer Emergency Response Teams)
Police surveillance of social media - do you have a reasonable expectation of...Lilian Edwards
This paper (co-authored with lachlan Urquart of U of Nottingham) discusses if we have any expectations of privacy in content we make public on;line on social media - or can such content be data mined by the police at will? Should any kind of surveillance warrant be required of the police to use such material? has social jmedia become the new panopticon?
A free software implementation of second-generation onion routing that help the user to be anonymous while using the internet so it protect the user’s privacy from being monitored
Some people use it in the wrong way which lead to what is called now “The Darknet” : A black spot in the internet which involve all the criminal activities on the internet such as selling Drugs, fraud, copyright infringement and piracy and so on.
Holistic view to educate people on how to secure internet from information abused - this is a presentation that is specially designed for ESDM Ministry conference in Bali
E. Bryan - E-Governance and Personal PrivacyEmerson Bryan
Critically discussion on the view that the government needs to track and store a citizen’s personal information in order to provide ‘a safe and secure society’ versus a citizen’s right to protect his/ her personal information
Cybersecurity Strategies - time for the next generationHinne Hettema
In this talk, presented in June 2016 at KAIST, I argue that it is time for the next generation of cybersecurity strategies. These must have a governance focus, and be based on international laws, declarations and agreements, basic internet rights and public good provisions.
Summarising Snowden and Snowden as internal threatClubHack
A quick lookback at snowden's revelation and also lookign at snowden as an insider threat
*This presentation end abruptly because during the talk it ends as food for thought and kickstart of next session*
Fatcat Automatic Web SQL Injector by Sandeep KambleClubHack
What is FatCat Sql injector: This is an automatic SQL Injection tool called as FatCat.
Fatcat Purpose? : For testing your web application and exploit your application into more deeper.
FatCat Support:
1)Mysql 5.0
FatCat Features?
Union Based Sql Injection
Error Based Sql Injection
MOD Security Bypass (WAF)
The Difference Between the Reality and Feeling of Security by Thomas KurianClubHack
The paper shall focus on the following:
The paper shall focus on the following:
1) Introduction to the problem: Focus on “security awareness”, not “behavior”
2) Real life case study of why a US$100, 000 “security awareness” project failed
a. Identifying the human component in information security risks
b. Addressing the human component using “awareness” and “behavior”
strategies
4) Sample real-life case studies where quantifiable change has been observed
Original research and Publications
The talk is modeled on the methodology HIMIS (Human Impact Management for Information
Security) authored by Anup Narayanan and published under “Creative Commons,
Stand Close to Me & You're pwned! Owning Smart Phones using NFC by Aditya Gup...ClubHack
NFC or the Near Field Communication allows cell phones to perform specified actions whenever they detect NFC tags or signals from other NFC enabled device. Most of the recent phones including Samsung Galaxy S3, Nokia Lumia 610, Blackberry Bold etc have NFC enabled with them. NFC even helps enterprise/payment gateways to ease up users actions, such as connecting to a wifi, setting a bookmark, making payments etc.
Gone are the days of sending Android malware links through URL or attachments. In this talk, we will be showing how an attacker could steal the private and sensitive information from one’s phone and even perform malicious actions on user’s phone, using NFC as an attack vector. NFC attack vectors come in two forms : Active(setting attacker’s phone as a proxy between victim’s smartphone and the payment terminal) and Passive(using NFC tags).For our demonstrations, we would be creating malicious NFC tags which when detected by any smartphone(NFC enabled) would steal sensitive informations from the phones (without the users knowledge) as well as trick user to install malicious applications to his phone. Thereafter, we would also be talking about how an attacker could get in close proximity of another NFC-enabled phone, get a remote shell on the victim’s phone and compromise the phone’s security. We would also be discussing how viral an NFC attack could go in future, if proper security measures are not enforced.
Smart grids is an added communication capabilities and intelligence to traditional grids,smart grids are enabled by Intelligent sensors and actuators, Extended data management system,Expanded two way communication between utility operation system facilities and customers,Network security ,National integration ,Self healing and adaptive –Improve distribution and transmission system operation,Allow customers freedom to purchase power based on dynamic pricing ,Improved quality of power-less wastage ,Integration of large variety of generation options.
We have seen the more complex and critical infrastructure the more vulnerable they are. From the Year of 1994 we have seen lots of incidents where SmartGrid were Hacked the latest and booming incident was Stuxnet Worm which targeted Nuclear Power System of Iran and Worldwide.There are different types of Attacks we will see. Security needed for Smart Grid.
Legal Nuances to the Cloud by Ritambhara AgrawalClubHack
This presentation highlights the key legal risks and their implications in cloud computing. Cloud is inherently multi-jurisdictional, encompassing, remote hosting and processing of the data. This gives rise to multiple legal issues including security and privacy of the data, IP Rights, data portability, contractual limitations, risk mitigation and jurisdictional disputes.
As the cloud involves remote hosting and data accessibility by multiple parties, security and privacy remains the biggest concern for the companies. Businesses should look at issues ranging from physical location of the data centers, protection of the data against any adversity and intrusion, and access rights management.
The cloud servers are often located in different countries, which results in trans- border Data Flow. Each country has its own set of legal rules and regulations regarding data protection and privacy policies and the same can bring in complications in form of conflicting laws and jurisdictional disputes. Issues pertaining to IP rights, trade secrets and ownership of the data placed in the cloud require utmost attention. Termination and exit clauses are critical to the contract in the clouds. Interoperability of the data in the event of termination of services of a vendor is an important aspect to be considered in the contracts.
Infrastructure Security by Sivamurthy HiremathClubHack
With the development of technology, the interdependence of various infrastructures has increased, which also enhanced their vulnerabilities. The National Information Infrastructure security concerns the nation’s stability and economic security. So far, the research in Internet security primarily focused on securing the information rather than securing the infrastructure itself.
The pervasive and ubiquitous nature of the Internet coupled with growing concerns about cyber attacks we need immediate solutions for securing the Internet infrastructure. Given the prevailing threat situation, there is a compelling need to develop Hardware redesign architectures, Algorithms, and Protocols to realize a dependable Internet infrastructure. In order to achieve this goal, the first and foremost step is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the security threats and existing solutions. These attempts to fulfil this important step by providing classification of Security attacks are classified into four main categories: DNS hacking, Routing table poisoning, Packet mistreatment, and Denial-of-Service attacks. We are generally discussing on the existing Infrastructure solutions for each of these categories, and also outline a methodology for developing secured Nation.
Hybrid Analyzer for Web Application Security (HAWAS) by Lavakumar KuppanClubHack
Today there is a flood of tools to help with the automation of active scanning and exploitation of web applications. Once you move beyond these two functions the flood reduces down to a trickle. Vulnerability hunting is a fine art that requires a knack for seeing hidden patterns and connections. Tests like hidden parameters guessing are seldom performed by even skilled testers because of the time and effort involved in preparing for and performing them. When was the last time you identified a piece of sensitive data hidden in plain sight because it was hex encoded in to a very inconsequential looking string?
Do you enumerate all possible avenues for stored XSS in an application? A lot of times checks are missed because there is no good tooling available to perform them effectively and efficiently. HAWAS is the tool you have been missing for a long time now. It is an open source tool that is designed for hybrid analysis. It performs automated passive analysis of a web application with no input from the user for some cases and with specific application specific input for some other cases. Based on the initial set of findings the user can perform further checks from within HAWAS. HAWAS will help you hugely increase your test coverage with very little additional effort.
Hacking and Securing iOS Applications by Satish BomissttyClubHack
iOS applications share common set of classes and highly depends on the operating system solutions for data communication, storage and encryption. Solely depending on the Apple implementation made them less complex but it affects security of the applications. Though iOS comes with a great set of security features like code signing, ASLR, DEP, sand boxing and Data Protection, all of them are subject to attack. Relying only on the iOS security could lead to demise the sensitive data stored within the application when the iOS is compromised. Application security can be improved by understanding the weaknesses in the current implementation and incorporating own code that work better.
The presentation illustrates several types of iOS application attacks like run time manipulation, custom code injection, SSL session hijacking and forensic data leakage. It gives an insight into the iOS Keychain & data protection API and explains the techniques to circumvent it. The presentation will provide guidelines and suggests best practices for secure iOS application development.
Critical Infrastructure Security by Subodh BelgiClubHack
Industrial Automation & Control Systems are an integral part of various manufacturing & process industries as well as national critical infrastructure. Concerns regarding cyber-security of control systems are related to both the legacy nature of some of the systems as well as the growing trend to connect industrial control systems to corporate networks. These concerns have led to a number of identified vulnerabilities and have introduced new categories of threats that have not been seen before in the industrial control systems domain. Many of the legacy systems may not have appropriate security capabilities that can defend against modern day threats, and the requirements for availability and performance can preclude using contemporary cyber-security solutions. To address cyber-security issues for industrial control systems, a clear understanding of the security challenges and specific defensive countermeasures is required. The session will highlight some of the latest cyber security risks faced by industrial automation and control systems along with essential security controls & countermeasures.
Content Type Attack Dark Hole in the Secure Environment by Raman GuptaClubHack
With the increased in security awareness it’s very difficult to compromise the network/workstation, as most of network administrator put very restrictive firewalll policy for incoming network traffic i.e. allow only traffic for http/https service and antivirus software can easily detect any virus/worm infected file. This talk is about content type attack that cannot be blocked at network perimeter/firewall and undetectable by antivirus. The discussion also includes demonstration of attack vector to compromise the system. At last it includes analysis of malicious file used to compromise the system.
Abstract of the paper;Cross site scripting (XSS) attacks are considered one of the most dangerous attacks. When an application accepts un-validated user inputs and sends it back to the browser without validation, it provides attackers with an opportunity to execute malicious scripts in victim users’ browsers. By using this attack vector, malicious users can hijack user accounts, deface websites, carry out phishing attacks etc .XSS shell is a cross domain tool to carry out XSS attack in more controlled manner. It is used to setup a channel between attacker and victim’s browser and controlling the victim’s browser.
It gives me immense pleasure to tell you that from 06-02-10 to 06-02-12 our magazine has completed two successful and rejoicing years. We at ClubHack are super excited! I hope you people are enjoying the magazine and would continue doing so it in the coming future too. We enjoy making this for you all.It is said that “A lot can happen over a cup of coffee”. We experienced this amazing moment over a cup of coffee when we had the idea of starting a hacking magazine and it now it has come all this way… :). 2 years looks small when we look back.For this incredible success we at ClubHack would like to thank all our readers, volunteers and authors for giving us such unbelievable support. As we want to keep up the growth and progress therefore we request you all to keep throwing in articles, suggestions, support and your love!
Coming to this issue we have Network Security in Tool Gyan which will put light on how to set up a secured network, Who wants to be a Millionaire in Tool Gyan, check out yourself of what exactly its all about ;)TOR in Mom's guide for all those who thought 'It sounds very complicated to use, I’m not a hacker! I can’t use it!' by our Author- Federico from Italy.
From this month’s issue we plan to start a new section on secure coding. This section will essentially focus on good coding practices and snippets to mitigate various vulnerabilities. To begin with we have an article on PHP based RFI/LFI vulnerability. I hope you will like reading it. We also have some cool articles on XSS attacks, ROT decoding and Matriux section.
Do send us your feedback on abhijeet@chmag.in this will help us improve further.
We are now in mid of 2012. As predicted by many techno geeks, this year is phenomenal for IT related technologies including security, networking and web technologies. In April cloud war is started between two big rivals Microsoft & Google. Both making sure that its going to be secure and useful for smart phone users as well. With introduction of new such technologies we must ensure security over the web. Here HTTPS comes into picture and we brought this topic in CHMag's Mom's guide. Along with it topics like Steganography(Tech Gyan), a new toolkit - Kautilya(Tool Gyan), preventing SQL injections(Code Gyan) are covered.
If you have good write up and topic that you think people should know about it then please share with CHMag. Also if you have suggestions, feedback & articles, send it on info@chmag.in. Keep reading!!
There was a time when mobile phones were of the size of a shoe and had no features other than calling and sms and at that time I used to play the game - Snake on my dads phone :p Now as the time has passed we have reached the age of smart phones which are capable of doing lot of stuff and world wide web of application causing serious concern where an attacker can use this platform to steal data. This issue of CHMag is dedicated Mobile/Telecom Hacking and Security.
The coverpage of this December issue was released at ClubHack 2011, India’s Pioneer International Hacking Conference held last week. Talking about ClubHack Conference, if you missed ClubHack here are the presentations available at - http://www.slideshare.net/clubhack and videos at http://www.clubhack.tv/event/2011/
We recently released CHMag's Collector's Edition Volume II. If you wish to buy the Collectors Editions (vol1 – from issue 1 to 10 & vol2- from issue 11 to 20), please write back to us: info@chmag.in. As of now its on demand printing.
Like the game - Snake, I have played lots of other games too which have reflected in the previous coverpages I have designed and yes I promise another awesome coverpage based on a game on the theme of android security which would be the theme for an upcoming issue, for which send in your articles to info@chmag.in
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.