This document discusses security breaches at Sony, HBGary, and RSA and identifies common weaknesses that allowed the attacks to succeed. It then reviews practices and solutions that could help prevent such breaches, including improved user training, message screening, vulnerability management, and infrastructure visibility. The document emphasizes that deploying security solutions without effective monitoring renders them less useful for defense against modern targeted attacks, zero-day vulnerabilities, and custom malware.
This talk discusses the attack methodology for mobile applications. It explores the Owasp Top 10 Mobile issues and links then to gaps in daily coding practices followed by Mobile app developers for iOS and Android. We also discuss mitigations for these prevalent issues, safe defaults and secure coding practices to rely on during development.
Gigamon U - Eye Of The Fire, Network Malware Control SystemGrant Swanson
FireEye, Inc. is the leader in network malware control, dedicated to eradicating malware from the world's networks. FireEye provides the world's only malware control system designed to secure networks from targeted malware. Our solutions bring advanced network security together with state-of-the-art virtualization technology to combat crimeware and protect customer data, intellectual property and company resources, solving critical business needs without taxing your IT administration. FireEye is based in Menlo Park, CA and backed by Sequoia Capital & Norwest Venture Partners.
It's 2012 and My Network Got Hacked - Omar Santossantosomar
Many times security professionals, network engineers, and management ask "why did I spend all this money in network security equipment if I still got hacked?" For example, often questions like
these run through their minds: "Am I not buying the right security products? Am I not configuring or deploying them correctly? Do I have the right staff to run my network?" The security lifecycle requires measuring the current network state, creating a baseline and providing constant improvements. This presentation will cover several real-life case studies on how different network segments were compromised despite that state-of-the-art network security technologies and products were deployed. We will go over several security metrics that you should understand in order to better protect your network.
Omar Santos is an Incident Manager at Cisco's Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT). Omar has designed, implemented, and supported numerous secure networks for Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. government. Omar has delivered numerous technical presentations on several venues; as well as executive presentations to CEOs, CIOs, and CSOs of many organizations. He is also the author of 4 Cisco Press books and two more in the works.
A look at the methodology and techniques or hackers, cyber criminals and state sponsored attackers. Explores the kill chain, Geo political instability and the dark web.
Cyber Security - IDS/IPS is not enoughSavvius, Inc
Watch the full OnDemand Webcast: http://bit.ly/CyberSecurityIDSIPS
Network breaches are on the rise. You can find statistics and specific accounts of breaches all over the Web. And those are just the ones companies are willing to talk about.
You have an IDS/IPS in place so you’re protected, right? Not necessarily, since most breaches today are unique, and often employ prolonged, targeted attacks, making them hard to predict and counteract with existing IDS/IPS solutions. Worse, sometimes attacks begin, or are at least facilitated, from within the firewall, whether maliciously or simply due to negligence and inappropriate corporate network usage.
The current environment of profit-driven network attacks requires that you supplement existing IDS/IPS solutions with technology that constantly monitors and records all network traffic, and provides the ability to perform Network Forensics. This way if an attack occurs, and the odds are not in your favor, you can not only characterize the breach, but also assess the damage, ensure no further compromise, and comply with corporate and legal requirements for reporting. Additionally, by employing Network Forensics proactively, you can spot dangerous behavior on your network as it happens, swinging the odds of avoiding an attack back in your favor.
In this web seminar, we will cover:
- Current trends in cyber attacks, including APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats)
- Common characteristics of recent cyber attacks
- Limitations of IDS/IPS solutions
- Using Network Forensics to supplement your defenses
What you will learn:
- Why IDS/IPS solutions fall short
- How to implement a Network Forensics solution
- How to use Network Forensics for both proactive and post-incident security analysis
This talk discusses the attack methodology for mobile applications. It explores the Owasp Top 10 Mobile issues and links then to gaps in daily coding practices followed by Mobile app developers for iOS and Android. We also discuss mitigations for these prevalent issues, safe defaults and secure coding practices to rely on during development.
Gigamon U - Eye Of The Fire, Network Malware Control SystemGrant Swanson
FireEye, Inc. is the leader in network malware control, dedicated to eradicating malware from the world's networks. FireEye provides the world's only malware control system designed to secure networks from targeted malware. Our solutions bring advanced network security together with state-of-the-art virtualization technology to combat crimeware and protect customer data, intellectual property and company resources, solving critical business needs without taxing your IT administration. FireEye is based in Menlo Park, CA and backed by Sequoia Capital & Norwest Venture Partners.
It's 2012 and My Network Got Hacked - Omar Santossantosomar
Many times security professionals, network engineers, and management ask "why did I spend all this money in network security equipment if I still got hacked?" For example, often questions like
these run through their minds: "Am I not buying the right security products? Am I not configuring or deploying them correctly? Do I have the right staff to run my network?" The security lifecycle requires measuring the current network state, creating a baseline and providing constant improvements. This presentation will cover several real-life case studies on how different network segments were compromised despite that state-of-the-art network security technologies and products were deployed. We will go over several security metrics that you should understand in order to better protect your network.
Omar Santos is an Incident Manager at Cisco's Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT). Omar has designed, implemented, and supported numerous secure networks for Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. government. Omar has delivered numerous technical presentations on several venues; as well as executive presentations to CEOs, CIOs, and CSOs of many organizations. He is also the author of 4 Cisco Press books and two more in the works.
A look at the methodology and techniques or hackers, cyber criminals and state sponsored attackers. Explores the kill chain, Geo political instability and the dark web.
Cyber Security - IDS/IPS is not enoughSavvius, Inc
Watch the full OnDemand Webcast: http://bit.ly/CyberSecurityIDSIPS
Network breaches are on the rise. You can find statistics and specific accounts of breaches all over the Web. And those are just the ones companies are willing to talk about.
You have an IDS/IPS in place so you’re protected, right? Not necessarily, since most breaches today are unique, and often employ prolonged, targeted attacks, making them hard to predict and counteract with existing IDS/IPS solutions. Worse, sometimes attacks begin, or are at least facilitated, from within the firewall, whether maliciously or simply due to negligence and inappropriate corporate network usage.
The current environment of profit-driven network attacks requires that you supplement existing IDS/IPS solutions with technology that constantly monitors and records all network traffic, and provides the ability to perform Network Forensics. This way if an attack occurs, and the odds are not in your favor, you can not only characterize the breach, but also assess the damage, ensure no further compromise, and comply with corporate and legal requirements for reporting. Additionally, by employing Network Forensics proactively, you can spot dangerous behavior on your network as it happens, swinging the odds of avoiding an attack back in your favor.
In this web seminar, we will cover:
- Current trends in cyber attacks, including APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats)
- Common characteristics of recent cyber attacks
- Limitations of IDS/IPS solutions
- Using Network Forensics to supplement your defenses
What you will learn:
- Why IDS/IPS solutions fall short
- How to implement a Network Forensics solution
- How to use Network Forensics for both proactive and post-incident security analysis
Navigating the Zero Trust Journey for Today's Everywhere WorkplaceIvanti
Join Ivanti cybersecurity experts as they share best practices for implementing an effective zero trust security strategy at the user, device and network-access levels to ensure the optimal security posture for your organization. Learn how you can implement a multi-tiered approach to mobile phishing protection to best protect against data breaches.
Defend your Everywhere Workplace through adaptive zero trust security and adapt to modern threats faster and experience better outcomes.
Businesses of all sizes face risks in the everyday acts of using digital technology and the Internet for legitimate purposes. This presentation outlines eight common threats that traditional antivirus alone won't stop, and explains how to protect your organization using endpoint security. For more, visit: http://bit.ly/8Threats_wp
Часто аналитики SOC находят новые индикаторы и их нужно как-то применить для защиты сети. Если вы делаете это вручную, то это занимает долгое время. Как это автоматизировать?
The Zero Trust Model of Information Security Tripwire
In today’s IT threat landscape, the attacker might just as easily be over the cubicle wall as in another country. In the past, organizations have been content to use a trust and verify approach to information security, but that’s not working as threats from malicious insiders represent the most risk to organizations. Listen in as John Kindervag, Forrester Senior Analyst, explains why it’s not working and what you can do to address this IT security shortcoming.
In this webcast, you’ll hear:
Examples of major data breaches that originated from within the organization
Why it’s cheaper to invest in proactive breach prevention—even when the organization hasn’t been breached
What’s broken about the traditional trust and verify model of information security
About a new model for information security that works—the zero-trust model
Immediate and long-term activities to move organizations from the "trust and verify" model to the "verify and never trust" model
CompTIA Security+ is a worldwide certification that verifies the fundamental skills required to execute basic security activities and build a career in information security. CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 is the latest version of the Security+ certification. The very first security certification that IT professionals can obtain is CompTIA Security+, and it is the best entry-level certification.
https://www.infosectrain.com/blog/comptia-security-sy0-601-domain-1-attacks-threats-and-vulnerabilities/
Palo Alto Networks ™ é a empresa de segurança de rede. Seus firewalls de próxima geração permitem visibilidade sem precedentes e controle de políticas granulares de aplicativos e conteúdo – por usuário, não apenas o endereço IP- até 20Gbps sem degradação do desempenho.
Com base na tecnologia App-ID ™, os firewalls da Palo Alto Networks ™ identificam com precisão e controlam os aplicativos – independentemente da porta, protocolo, evasiva tática ou criptografia SSL – e conteúdo de varredura para bloquear ameaças e evitar o vazamento de dados.
Empresas podem, pela primeira vez, abraçar a Web 2.0 e manter a visibilidade completa e controle, reduzindo significativamente o custo total de propriedade por meio da consolidação de dispositivos. Mais recentemente, os firewalls da Palo Alto Networks ™ tem permitido à empresas estenderem essa mesma segurança de rede para os usuários remotos com o lançamento do GlobalProtect ™ e para combater malwares modernos direcionados com seu serviço
WildFire ™. Veja mais em www.paloaltonetworks.com.
Navigating the Zero Trust Journey for Today's Everywhere WorkplaceIvanti
Join Ivanti cybersecurity experts as they share best practices for implementing an effective zero trust security strategy at the user, device and network-access levels to ensure the optimal security posture for your organization. Learn how you can implement a multi-tiered approach to mobile phishing protection to best protect against data breaches.
Defend your Everywhere Workplace through adaptive zero trust security and adapt to modern threats faster and experience better outcomes.
Businesses of all sizes face risks in the everyday acts of using digital technology and the Internet for legitimate purposes. This presentation outlines eight common threats that traditional antivirus alone won't stop, and explains how to protect your organization using endpoint security. For more, visit: http://bit.ly/8Threats_wp
Часто аналитики SOC находят новые индикаторы и их нужно как-то применить для защиты сети. Если вы делаете это вручную, то это занимает долгое время. Как это автоматизировать?
The Zero Trust Model of Information Security Tripwire
In today’s IT threat landscape, the attacker might just as easily be over the cubicle wall as in another country. In the past, organizations have been content to use a trust and verify approach to information security, but that’s not working as threats from malicious insiders represent the most risk to organizations. Listen in as John Kindervag, Forrester Senior Analyst, explains why it’s not working and what you can do to address this IT security shortcoming.
In this webcast, you’ll hear:
Examples of major data breaches that originated from within the organization
Why it’s cheaper to invest in proactive breach prevention—even when the organization hasn’t been breached
What’s broken about the traditional trust and verify model of information security
About a new model for information security that works—the zero-trust model
Immediate and long-term activities to move organizations from the "trust and verify" model to the "verify and never trust" model
CompTIA Security+ is a worldwide certification that verifies the fundamental skills required to execute basic security activities and build a career in information security. CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 is the latest version of the Security+ certification. The very first security certification that IT professionals can obtain is CompTIA Security+, and it is the best entry-level certification.
https://www.infosectrain.com/blog/comptia-security-sy0-601-domain-1-attacks-threats-and-vulnerabilities/
Palo Alto Networks ™ é a empresa de segurança de rede. Seus firewalls de próxima geração permitem visibilidade sem precedentes e controle de políticas granulares de aplicativos e conteúdo – por usuário, não apenas o endereço IP- até 20Gbps sem degradação do desempenho.
Com base na tecnologia App-ID ™, os firewalls da Palo Alto Networks ™ identificam com precisão e controlam os aplicativos – independentemente da porta, protocolo, evasiva tática ou criptografia SSL – e conteúdo de varredura para bloquear ameaças e evitar o vazamento de dados.
Empresas podem, pela primeira vez, abraçar a Web 2.0 e manter a visibilidade completa e controle, reduzindo significativamente o custo total de propriedade por meio da consolidação de dispositivos. Mais recentemente, os firewalls da Palo Alto Networks ™ tem permitido à empresas estenderem essa mesma segurança de rede para os usuários remotos com o lançamento do GlobalProtect ™ e para combater malwares modernos direcionados com seu serviço
WildFire ™. Veja mais em www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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Read more about Manjo, a young boy from Madagascar, and meet his family and teacher in this photo journal documenting his experiences in school. (part I)
This presentation is for a class in PR in the Age of Social Media. It gives an overview of PR, looks at the differences between PR and advertising, shows how to write a press release, and discusses social media and PR.
F5 keeps customers protected with new IP Intelligence service. F5's BIG-IP solutions now offer a cloud-based service to guard against malicious activity, emerging threats, and IP address-related attacks.
There is no debate that companies large or small are more or less have put a lot of efforts in protect digital security and privacy with “best practice” recommendations, often use solutions from branded security vendors or built by best in-house/outsourced experts, yet they are falling prey of cyber and insider attacks, because “compliance” or “best practice” do not equal to security. The reality has shown us that traditional security approaches have fall behind the increased system complexity and advanced technical capabilities that have been mastered by adversaries.
The key weakness in our security defenses lies with the weakness of digital identities systems have been used to authenticate users (no system could defends against attacker impersonates legitimate user); follow by inability to validate the authenticity and integrity of communication (If attacker can temper with the data freely, then no need to crack the one time password) and finally incapable of protecting information from unauthorized accesses in an event of inevitable security breach because unknown system or application security vulnerabilities.
FrontOne’s information security solution addresses all security weakness listed above:
First, FrontOne uses its own digital identity that is harden to withstand advanced hackers using sophisticated real time attacks and help all its users from falling prey of identity thieves from phishing and malware attacks at client side to advanced persistent threats at the server side, because FrontOne’s digital identity is dynamic and non-transferable.
Second, FrontOne provides 100% message integrity by using dedicated and destination aware messaging system and ensure each and every message is completely unique; reducing the chance of attackers from being able to identifying and manipulating it for their benefit.
Finally, FrontOne uses its own method of protecting information at rest, in transit or in use, by focusing our innovation at the security and integrity of encryption key while using industry standardized cryptography. FrontOne’s user centric data protection solution uses dual control for its encryption keys. Random encryption key is protected with security key that has two parts, one part from the client side and other from the centralized key server. This arrangement ensures that access to protected data is available with the presence of the user device of the authorized user.
The security approaches FrontOne have taken above are further strengthened with its own patented technologies that introduce a dynamic element is each and every message and transaction, mutually authenticate both parties before a request is served and providing user with ultimate control that is not accessible digitally.
The rise of malware on the web is threatening businesses around the world. This presentation looks at the trends in malware on the web, and how AppRiver is providing protection against this threat.
At the Apache CloudStack Collaboration Conference in Montreal, Tim Mackey (Senior Technical Evangelist at Black Duck Software) presented a potential pathway to secure template management in CloudStack. Under this model, cloud providers can assess the templates their users have and potentially advise if deployed instances have application security issues which have either public disclosures, or better still remediation.
Secure application deployment in Apache CloudStackTim Mackey
At the Apache CloudStack Collaboration Conference in Montreal, I presented a potential pathway to secure template management in CloudStack. Under this model, cloud providers can assess the templates their users have and potentially advise if deployed instances have application security issues which have either public disclosures, or better still remediation.
Know the vulnerabilities in security products and the risks it exposes to us to and how to encounter it in the most effective manner. Know the secrets which are not revealed :
• How secure are security products?
• What are the vulnerabilities that security products bring into your environment?
• Which are the most vulnerable security products?
• Who are the security vendors with most published vulnerabilities?
• How to manage the risks?
No More SIlos: Connected Security - Mike Desai and Ryan RowcliffeCore Security
In 2016 alone, over 4000 cyber attacks were reported globally – with many more never reported or even detected. Enterprises deploy security point solutions in the hopes of stopping a data breach, while savvy attackers work to exploit the whitespace between them. This session will explore how a connected approach to security, one where vendors are joining forces to specifically address the data breach problem, will eliminate the silos that make it possible for breaches to happen.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
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
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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.
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
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
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.
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.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...
Modern Lessons in Security Monitoring
1. ANATOMY OF A HIGH
PROFILE ATTACK
Modern Lessons
for Security Monitoring
HP Protect 2011
Prepared for
Anton Goncharov, CISSP Prepared by
Partner, Solutions Architect
anton.goncharov@metanetivs.com
Dragos Lungu, CISSP, CISA
Security Consultant
dragos.lungu@metanetivs.com
2. METANET IVS
• SIEM and Event Management Group
• Heavy focus on HP/ArcSight solutions
EXPERIENCE
• Based in New York with team
members world-wide
EXPERTISE
• Services: Infrastructure Management,
Monitoring and Support QUALITY
OUR TOP 3 STRENGTHS*
• ArcSight Tools (RR, NMI)
• Technical Forum
(answers.metanetivs.com)
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL * Source: MetaNet Customer Survey, 6/2011
3. Agenda
1. Discuss attacks against Sony, HBGary, and RSA
2. Review the weaknesses and vulnerabilities which allowed
attacks to succeed
3. Look at the practices and solutions which could have helped
prevent the breaches
4. Discuss integration of prevention and monitoring
5. Discuss how ArcSight ESM can combat new threats by
improving infrastructure visibility
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
5. SONY: Brief Intro
ü April and May 2011
ü PlayStation Network
ü Followed by:
• Qriocity
• Sony Online Entertainment
• Regional (Thailand, Greece, Indonesia)
ü 100M+ PSN accounts stolen
ü $173M+ direct costs
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
(Source: eWeek)
6. SONY: Attack Dissection
1. Inject Exploit in
Application Server
Web Server
2. Gain DB Access
3. Phone Home &
Upload Data
Application
Servers
Database
Servers
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7. SONY: Weaknesses
ü Inefficient Vulnerability Management
ü Lack of compensating security controls
ü SPOF in SSL tunneling
ü PII Security Policy unenforced
ü Poor network segregation
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8. HBGary: Brief Intro
• On February 7 2011, HBGary Federal and rootkit.com are
compromised
• Over 71,000 corporate emails leaked triggering PR disaster
• Intellectual Property stolen or destroyed (including a decompiled
copy of Stuxnet)
• hbgaryfederal.com is still offline 6 months later*
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
* As of July 2011
10. HBGary: Weaknesses
ü Insecure web application programming
ü Weak password encryption and hashing policies
ü Repeated violations of password reuse policy
ü Single factor authentication throughout critical systems
ü Weak vulnerability management program
ü Lack of security training and awareness among critical staff
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
11. RSA: Brief Intro
• On March 17, RSA suffers an APT attack targeting the RSA SecurID®
product
• Customers exposed to new security risks: RSA ACE server attacks, brute force
attacks, phishing attacks to reveal PINs, token serial numbers
• On June 2, data stolen in March is used against Lockheed Martin
• No dollar figure or details on compromised data were given.
“…this information could potentially be used to reduce
the effectiveness of a current two-factor authentication”
(Art Coviello, Executive Chairman, RSA)
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
12. RSA: Attack Dissection
Compromised FTP
Server
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5
Spear Phishing Backdoor Privilege Escalation
With 0-day payload Infestation Deeper Scanning Data Exfiltration
CVE-02011-0609 Data Acquisition
Poison Ivy RAT
And Encryption
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
13. RSA: Weaknesses
ü Poor security awareness
ü Lax local security policies facilitating privilege escalation
ü No segregation of assets based on business role which allowed
access to critical systems
ü No effective data loss prevention system
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
15. Common Areas of Concern
ü Security Awareness
ü Ineffective vulnerability and patch management
ü Endpoint security policy
ü Password management issues
ü Egress content filtering
ü DLP for critical networks / systems
Nothing new here.
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16. Now Back to 2011
ü New vectors:
• Virtual social engineering, spear phishing, zero-day malware, covert channels,
commercialization of attack tools
ü Higher levels of impact:
• IP Theft, Cyber Espionage / Sabotage, Market Manipulation, Vendetta, Social Riots
ü Vulnerability Management is more challenging:
• Undisclosed zero-day, weak preventative & compensating security controls, limited
security practices in SDLC, ubiquity of critical business data
Targeted attacks, zero-days vulns, and custom malware
are brutally efficient.
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
17. Targeted Attacks
1 in 1,000,000EMAILS IS A TARGETED ATTACK
57%
60.4% INDIVIDUALS WITH MANAGEMENT
INCREASE IN TARGETED ATTACKS in 2010
RESPONSIBILITIES
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Source: Symantec MessageLabs 2011
18. Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Rise
ü One Tell-Tale: More Out of Band Patches
ü Vulnerability Disclosure Changed:
• Vendor Bounty Programs
• Responsible Disclosure vs. Full Disclosure
• Underground Market
ü New attack vectors are leveraged as technologies mature
This means we don’t know
what we’ll be defending against same time next year.
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19. Custom Malware
• AV avoidance is a part of the Q&A
• Sandbox and VM detection
• Small distribution helps avoid detection:
• no packing or polymorphic functions
• code signing using forged certificates
63% 79%
MALWARE UNDETECTABLE BY AV COMPROMISED RECORDS WHERE
MALWARE WAS USED
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Source: Verizon Data Breach Report 2011
21. Low Hanging Fruit
ü You can leverage traditional event sources to detect attacks:
• Geo/IP data
• Port numbers
• AD auth logs
ü The attackers know this
ü The attacks on SONY and others bypassed detection easily
Successful defense requires a bit more effort
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22. Addressing Modern Threats
Targeted Attacks / Spear Phishing:
- User training, bi-directional message screening, digital signatures, message encryption,
layered anti-spam, browser protection
Zero Day Vulnerabilities:
- Layered security, critical process isolation, compensating security controls, application-
aware IPS (which do not rely on signatures), complete infrastructure visibility
Custom Malware:
- Behavior monitoring, security policy facilitating incident containment, risk based security
management, layered security controls
However, deploying solutions without monitoring them
is a waste of resources.
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
23. So How Do We...
…Assess the effectiveness of the security controls?
…Define a security baseline?
…Recognize internal threats?
…Monitor critical business processes?
…Assess immediate impact in case of a security breach?
The answer is infrastructure visibility.
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24. ArcSight ESM Delivers
ü FlexConnectors for emerging security technologies
ü FlexConnectors for custom, business-critical applications
ü Identity Activity Monitoring
ü Infrastructure Mapping across the Business Units and Roles
ü Enforcing Corporate Security Policy
ü KPI-based Information Security Program tracking
ü Scalability and flexibility to address future threats and undiscovered use cases
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
25. Example: Business Infrastructure Mapping
Requirements:
Business Units America EMEA APAC
Applications HR Accounting Payroll HR Accounting Payroll HR Accounting Payroll
Server - - - - - - - - -
IT Groups
Application - - - - - - - - -
Database - - - - - - - - -
Asset Import File:
Asset Name* Hostname IP Description* Asset Group* Asset Category Asset Category
APAC HR Server hrserver 1.1.1.1 File server hosting HR Insurance HR Server
data
America Payroll payrolldb 2.2.2.2 Payroll Oracle DBMS Credit Payroll Database
DB
EMEA Acct App acctapp 3.3.3.3 Accounting Investments Accounting Application
Server application server for
EMEA
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL * - supported by MetaNet NMI (Network Model Importer)
26. Example: Business Infrastructure Reporting
Trend Table:
Date Event Name Hostname IP BU Group App Event Count
12-09-11 Malware Infection payrolldb 2.2.2.2 Credit Database Payroll 16
13-09-11 Policy Violation acctapp 3.3.3.3 Investments Application Accounting 42
14-09-11 Failed Admin Login hrserver 1.1.1.1 Insurance Server HR 25
Trend Based Report:
Failed Admin Logins
120
100
80
Accounting
60
HR
40 Payroll
20
0
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
27. Example: Security Program Monitoring
KPI Data Sources ESM Content Description
# failed administrative OS, Applications, Line chart Reports based on event counts grouped by
logins Network & Security business units, applications, or groups.
Devices
# IT policy violations Security Event Correlated events with ‘/Policy/Violation’ Event
Management Category based on Policy Violation Rules (IT Gov., and
custom).
% systems where Vulnerability Area-based graphs showing the percentage of Assets
security req’s are not met Management tagged with ‘Vulnerability’ Asset Category, mapped
across time periods
# average time lag Issue Tracking Reports based on averaged time-to-resolve values
between detection, Systems, provided by ITS or SIEM. Case-based Reports in
reporting and action Security Event ArcSight ESM.
upon security incidents Management
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
29. Conclusions
1. Higher awareness of modern security threats
2. Seek and deploy tools specifically designed to combat modern attacks
3. Solid security policy, procedures and user training
4. No single security control is 100% effective; compensating controls are key
5. On-going monitoring of technical and procedural controls is a must
ArcSight ESM provides the framework
to deliver complete infrastructure visibility
to enforce your security controls
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
30. Questions?
We Have Answers:
http://answers.metanetivs.com
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
31. References
1. eWeek
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Sony-Networks-Lacked-Firewall-Ran-Obsolete-Software-Testimony-103450/
2. Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/anonymous-speaks-the-inside-story-of-the-hbgary-hack.ars
3. RSA Open Letters
http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=3891
4. Verizon Breach Report 2011
http://securityblog.verizonbusiness.com/2011/04/19/2011-data-breach-investigations-report-released/
5. Symantec MessageLabs Intelligence Reports
http://www.symanteccloud.com/globalthreats/overview/r_mli_reports
6. The VeriSign iDefense Intelligence Report
http://www.verisigninc.com/assets/whitepaper-idefense-trends-2011.pdf
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
32. THANK YOU
MetaNetIVS.com/P2011
Anton Goncharov, CISSP
Prepared for Prepared by
Partner, Solutions Architect
anton.goncharov@metanetivs.com
Dragos Lungu, CISSP, CISA
Security Consultant
dragos.lungu@metanetivs.com