2. Greg Foss
Head of Security Operations
OSCP, GAWN, GPEN, GWAPT, GCIH, CEH, CYBER APT
# whoami
3. Diversion & Deception in Warfare
Draw Attention Away From True Attack Point
Mislead With False Appearance
Gain Advantage Over Enemy
“All war is based on deception” -Sun Tzu
4. Operation Mincemeat - 1943
Operation Zeppelin - 1944
Battle of Megiddo - 1918
Operation Bodyguard - 1942
Operation Anadyr - 1962
..and many more
Diversion & Deception in Warfare
12. First things first…
Baseline security controls!
Warning banners are critical and assist in the
event prosecution is necessary / desired.
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14. Honeypots
Easy to configure, deploy, and maintain
Fly traps for anomalous activity
You will learn a ton about your adversaries.
Information that will help in the future…
15. Subtle Traps
Catch Internal Attackers
Observe Attack Trends
Decoy From Real Data
Waste Attackers Time
Honeypot Use Cases
29. Keys to Success
Real World Awareness Training
Use a Blended Approach to Exercises
Gather Metrics for Program Improvements
Note: Never Punish or Embarrass Users!
30. Scope Social Habits
Public Information
Username Correlation
Application Usage
“Private” Information
Examine Network Usage
31. “Free” Coupons!
QR Destination as training or
phishing site
Print > Place on Cars in Lot
Rate of Connections
Rate Reported to Security
Track via internal IP address
32. Targeted Spear Phishing
Open Attachment Rate
Open Message Rate
Martin Bos & Eric Milam
SkyDogCon 2012 - Advanced Phishing Tactics
Beyond User Awareness
Defense Success / Failures
Response / Exploitation Rate
33. Rogue Wi-Fi
Setup Wi-Fi Access
Provide Fake Landing Page
Get Credentials!
Connection Rate
Credential Submission Rate
Report to Security Rate
www.slideshare.net/heinzarelli/wifi-hotspot-attacks
https://youtu.be/v36gYY2Pt70
35. Building a Believable Campaign
USB Human Interface Device (HID) attacks are too obvious. A dead
giveaway that the target just compromised their system.
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36. Building a Believable Campaign
Use Realistic Files with somewhat realistic data
Staged approach to track file access and exploitation
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39. Webbug file opened from within your company network?
Correlate using Network Security Tools to find out who it was
Tracking File Access
59. Offensive Honeypots
All of these tools have something in common…
● Configuration Management Systems
● Vulnerability Scanners
● System Health Checks
They tend to log in to remote hosts!
70. Attack Security Tools
● Generate False and/or Malformed Logs
● Spoof Port Scanning Origins
$ sudo nmap -sS -P0 -D sucker target(s)
● Block UDP Port 514 or disable logging service
● Capture Service Account Credentials
● Wear AV like a hat and backdoor
legitimate programs on the shares…
75. Recommended Resources
Red Team: How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy
Micah Zenko
Offensive Countermeasures: The Art of Active Defense
Paul Asadoorian and John Strand
Reverse Deception: Organized Cyber Threat Counter-
exploitation.
Sean Bodmer
Second World War Deception: Lessons Learned from Today’s
Joint Planner
Major Donald J. Bacon, USAF