Sophisticated Attacks vs. Advanced Persistent SecurityPriyanka Aash
It appears that any successful attack these days is labeled, Sophisticated. The implication is that the attacks were unpreventable. The reality is very different. We dissect recent attacks, and then go through how they could have been prevented. Advanced Persistent Security principles are applied to demonstrate how even successful breaches can be contained to significantly reduce loss.
(Source: RSA USA 2016-San Francisco)
The paper covers honeypot (and honeynet) basics and definitions and then outlines important implementation and setup guidelines. It also describes some of the security lessons a company can derive from running a honeypot, based on the author experience running a research honeypot. The article also provides insights on techniques of the attackers and concludes with considerations useful for answering the question “Should your organization deploy a honeynet?”
Kill Chain Model for Use Cases Assist in Incident Response
1- Situational Awareness
Outbound Protocols
Outbound protocols by size
Top destination Countries
Top destination Countries by size
2- Reconnaissance
Port scan activity
ICMP query
3- Weaponization and Delivery
Injection
Cross Site Scripting
Cross Site Request Forgery
Failure to Restrict URL
Downloaded binaries
Top email subjects
Domains mismatching
Malicious or anomalous Office/Java/Adobe files
Suspicious Web pages (iframe + [pdf|html|js])
Sophisticated Attacks vs. Advanced Persistent SecurityPriyanka Aash
It appears that any successful attack these days is labeled, Sophisticated. The implication is that the attacks were unpreventable. The reality is very different. We dissect recent attacks, and then go through how they could have been prevented. Advanced Persistent Security principles are applied to demonstrate how even successful breaches can be contained to significantly reduce loss.
(Source: RSA USA 2016-San Francisco)
The paper covers honeypot (and honeynet) basics and definitions and then outlines important implementation and setup guidelines. It also describes some of the security lessons a company can derive from running a honeypot, based on the author experience running a research honeypot. The article also provides insights on techniques of the attackers and concludes with considerations useful for answering the question “Should your organization deploy a honeynet?”
Kill Chain Model for Use Cases Assist in Incident Response
1- Situational Awareness
Outbound Protocols
Outbound protocols by size
Top destination Countries
Top destination Countries by size
2- Reconnaissance
Port scan activity
ICMP query
3- Weaponization and Delivery
Injection
Cross Site Scripting
Cross Site Request Forgery
Failure to Restrict URL
Downloaded binaries
Top email subjects
Domains mismatching
Malicious or anomalous Office/Java/Adobe files
Suspicious Web pages (iframe + [pdf|html|js])
[Industry Intelligence Brief] Cyber Threats to the Legal and Professional Ser...FireEye, Inc.
Get an overview the threat groups targeting the legal and professional services industries, as well as the top 5 malware and crimewave families detected.
Zero-Day Vulnerability and Heuristic AnalysisAhmed Banafa
A zero day vulnerability refers to a hole in software that is unknown to the vendor. This security hole is then exploited by hackers before the vendor becomes aware and fix it. Uses of zero day attacks can include infiltrating malware, spyware or allowing unwanted access to user information.
The term “zero day” refers to the unknown nature of the hole to those outside of the hackers, specifically, the developers. Once the vulnerability becomes known, a race begins for the developer, who must protect users.
Mitre ATT&CK and the Mueller GRU Indictment: Lessons for OrganizationsDigital Shadows
A recent indictment revealed how the GRU (Russia’s Military Intelligence agency) used both influence operations and network intrusions to achieve its policy aims. More precisely, the GRU weaponized the use of the network intrusions in its influence operations. We have used the MITRE ATT&CK framework as our methodology to play back the findings of the indictment. In doing so, we aim to provide key lessons organizations can take away from this indictment.
You understand that that, if left unmonitored, encrypted channels like SSH, SFTP and RDP pose a risk to the organization and you want to do something about it
You worry that your SIEM, IDS and DLP solutions are blinded by encryption and you want to gain visibility into your encrypted traffic
You recognize that conventional “gateway” based PIM products don’t scale and are interested in a network-based PIM solution
You want to monitor and control all of your encrypted traffic, not just the human users
You want to learn why one of the world’s largest technology companies (and many others) have recently implemented advanced PIM solutions
You want a plug-and-play solution that is invisible to end users and easy to deploy – versus all of that gateway and agent-based nonsense
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
Safe never sleep - a peak into the IT underworld. Security briefing from McAfee and Global Micro - Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year 2010 and 2011. Presentation by Christo Van Staden www.globalmicro.co.za. Follow me on twitter @jjrmilner
Tools and Mechanisms for Network Security in an Organization.
Physical Security, Administrative Security and Technical Security measures have been described.
Security Testing Tools are Nessus, THC Hydra, Kismet, Nikto, WireShark and NMAP.
[Industry Intelligence Brief] Cyber Threats to the Legal and Professional Ser...FireEye, Inc.
Get an overview the threat groups targeting the legal and professional services industries, as well as the top 5 malware and crimewave families detected.
Zero-Day Vulnerability and Heuristic AnalysisAhmed Banafa
A zero day vulnerability refers to a hole in software that is unknown to the vendor. This security hole is then exploited by hackers before the vendor becomes aware and fix it. Uses of zero day attacks can include infiltrating malware, spyware or allowing unwanted access to user information.
The term “zero day” refers to the unknown nature of the hole to those outside of the hackers, specifically, the developers. Once the vulnerability becomes known, a race begins for the developer, who must protect users.
Mitre ATT&CK and the Mueller GRU Indictment: Lessons for OrganizationsDigital Shadows
A recent indictment revealed how the GRU (Russia’s Military Intelligence agency) used both influence operations and network intrusions to achieve its policy aims. More precisely, the GRU weaponized the use of the network intrusions in its influence operations. We have used the MITRE ATT&CK framework as our methodology to play back the findings of the indictment. In doing so, we aim to provide key lessons organizations can take away from this indictment.
You understand that that, if left unmonitored, encrypted channels like SSH, SFTP and RDP pose a risk to the organization and you want to do something about it
You worry that your SIEM, IDS and DLP solutions are blinded by encryption and you want to gain visibility into your encrypted traffic
You recognize that conventional “gateway” based PIM products don’t scale and are interested in a network-based PIM solution
You want to monitor and control all of your encrypted traffic, not just the human users
You want to learn why one of the world’s largest technology companies (and many others) have recently implemented advanced PIM solutions
You want a plug-and-play solution that is invisible to end users and easy to deploy – versus all of that gateway and agent-based nonsense
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
Safe never sleep - a peak into the IT underworld. Security briefing from McAfee and Global Micro - Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year 2010 and 2011. Presentation by Christo Van Staden www.globalmicro.co.za. Follow me on twitter @jjrmilner
Tools and Mechanisms for Network Security in an Organization.
Physical Security, Administrative Security and Technical Security measures have been described.
Security Testing Tools are Nessus, THC Hydra, Kismet, Nikto, WireShark and NMAP.
Slides for a college course at City College San Francisco. Based on "Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense, Third Edition" by Michael T. Simpson, Kent Backman, and James Corley -- ISBN: 9781285454610.
Instructor: Sam Bowne
Class website: https://samsclass.info/123/123_S17.shtml
About Port Scanning
Used Nmap and Shadow Security scanner for the best outputs.
A Detailed description on performing the port scanning mostly for the network administrators.
Why to perform? How to perform? Where to perform? these areas are taken into consideration and presented with best output results using tools "nmap scanner" and "shadow security scanner".
Top 20 certified ethical hacker interview questions and answerShivamSharma909
The technique of discovering vulnerabilities in a software, website, or agency’s structure that a hacker might exploit is known as ethical hacking. They employ this method to avoid cyberattacks and security breaches by legitimately hacking into systems and looking for flaws. CEH was designed to include a hands-on environment and a logical procedure across each ethical hacking area and technique. This is to provide you the opportunity to work towards proving the knowledge and skills to earn the CEH certificate and perform the tasks of an ethical hacker.
Read more: https://www.infosectrain.com/blog/top-20-certified-ethical-hacker-interview-questions-and-answer/
The project entitled with “Network Security System” is related to hacking attacks in computer systems over internet. In today’s world many of the computer systems and servers are not secure because of increasing the hacking attacks or hackers with growing information, so information security specialist’s requirement has gone high.
A SECURITY STRATEGY AGAINST STEAL-AND-PASS CREDENTIAL ATTACKSIJNSA Journal
Stealing and passing credentials is currently one of the preferred cyberattack techniques within the hacking community as shown by the increasing number of related incidents over the last years. Instead of targeting passwords, attackers focus on obtaining derived credentials like hashes and session tickets. This type of credentials facilitates taking advantage of omnipresent background mechanisms like Single Sign-On. A
combination of malware and penetration tools is used in order to exploit architecture vulnerabilities and steal the credentials. Vulnerabilities also allow the attacker to get access to other systems and covertly take the control of central infrastructure like Active Directory. The ultimate goal is not creating damage that can be noticed but covertly and constantly leaking confidential information for profit or cyber spionage.
This paper proposes a comprehensive strategy of six points against steal-and-pass credential attacks and is intended to mitigate the risk significantly. Even if some points of the strategy can be considered security best-practices, other points require the establishment of technical and process controls that are not part of typical security management programs. Controls have to be regularly reviewed as part of security audits, since administrators and other privileged users have often the means to remove or bypass technical controls.
A security strategy against steal and passIJNSA Journal
Stealing and passing credentials is currently one of the preferred cyberattack techniques within the hacking community as shown by the increasing number of related incidents over the last years. Instead of targeting passwords, attackers focus on obtaining derived credentials like hashes and session tickets. This type of credentials facilitates taking advantage of omnipresent background mechanisms like Single Sign-On. A combination of malware and penetration tools is used in order to exploit architecture vulnerabilities and steal the credentials. Vulnerabilities also allow the attacker to get access to other systems and covertly take the control of central infrastructure like Active Directory. The ultimate goal is not creating damage that can be noticed but covertly and constantly leaking confidential information for profit or cyber spionage. This paper proposes a comprehensive strategy of six points against steal-and-pass credential attacks and is intended to mitigate the risk significantly. Even if some points of the strategy can be considered security best-practices, other points require the establishment of technical and process controls that are not part of typical security management programs. Controls have to be regularly reviewed as part of security audits, since administrators and other privileged users have often the means to remove or bypass technical controls.
A SECURITY STRATEGY AGAINST STEAL-AND-PASS CREDENTIAL ATTACKSIJNSA Journal
Stealing and passing credentials is currently one of the preferred cyberattack techniques within the hacking community as shown by the increasing number of related incidents over the last years. Instead of targeting passwords, attackers focus on obtaining derived credentials like hashes and session tickets. This type of credentials facilitates taking advantage of omnipresent background mechanisms like Single Sign-On. A combination of malware and penetration tools is used in order to exploit architecture vulnerabilities and steal the credentials. Vulnerabilities also allow the attacker to get access to other systems and covertly take the control of central infrastructure like Active Directory. The ultimate goal is not creating damage that can be noticed but covertly and constantly leaking confidential information for profit or cyber spionage. This paper proposes a comprehensive strategy of six points against steal-and-pass credential attacks and is intended to mitigate the risk significantly. Even if some points of the strategy can be considered security best-practices, other points require the establishment of technical and process controls that are not part of typical security management programs. Controls have to be regularly reviewed as part of security audits, since administrators and other privileged users have often the means to remove or bypass technical controls.
Certified Ethical Hacker is a qualification obtained in assessing the security of computer systems, using penetration testing techniques. The code for the CEH exam is 312-50, the certification is in Version 9 as of late 2015.
Dive deep into the first phase of cyberattacks with this cyber security project presentation – reconnaissance! This presentation explores the critical tools and technologies employed by both ethical hackers and malicious actors to gather intelligence on target systems. Gain a comprehensive understanding of passive and active reconnaissance methods, uncover valuable tools like Nmap and Maltego, and learn how to fortify your defenses against information gathering attempts. Whether you're a cybersecurity novice or a seasoned professional, this presentation equips you with the knowledge to stay ahead of the curve. Visit us for more cyber security project presentations, https://bostoninstituteofanalytics.org/cyber-security-and-ethical-hacking/
Team research paper and project on network vulnerabilities with multiple attacks and defesnses:
Cybersecurity
-For this project, our class was paired with teams to attempt to find vulnerabilities in other teams networks and to successfully beach their network.
-My role in this group was to help breach other team vulnerabilities through different attacks like responder attacks, honeypots, etc.
-The main challenges of this project were trying to find the vulnerabilities successfully, as the whole team had troubles with each of our different attacks and defenses.
-We learned how to use cybersecurity tools to help find vulnerabilities in networks and how to protect against them better. For example, in the honeypot we used we deployed it to port 80, when the attacker tried to access our fake server we were notified. We also deployed palto alto firewall to create our private and secure network. For an attack, we also used password crackers like john the ripper. This project taught us how to breach networks as a team.
Top Interview Questions to Master as a CompTIA Security+ Certified Profession...ShivamSharma909
Cybercrime, according to reports, now risks billions of dollars of assets and data. We have so many access points, public IPs, constant traffic, and loads of data to exploit in today’s day and age. Hackers are having a lot of time to exploit vulnerabilities and develop malicious software for sale. As a result, cybersecurity professionals are in huge demand across all industries.
https://www.infosectrain.com/blog/top-interview-questions-to-master-as-a-comptia-security-certified-professional/
Top Interview Questions for CompTIA Security +infosec train
CompTIA Security+ SYO-601 is the latest version of the exam to validate the baseline technical skills required for cybersecurity professionals. The Security+ SYO-601 training program aims to provide hands-on knowledge on all the five domains of the SYO-601 exam.
https://www.infosectrain.com/courses/comptia-security-syo-601-training/
Cybercrime, according to reports, now risks billions of dollars of assets andloads of data to exploit in today’s day and age. Hackers are having a lot of time to exploit vulnerabilities and develop malicious software for sale. As a
result, cybersecurity professionals are in huge demand across all industries
Top 25 SOC Analyst interview questions.pdfinfosec train
SOC is abbreviated as Security Operations Center, a centralized team of any company that monitors real-time threats, real-time incidents, and
suspicious activities.