Tripwire Defense:
Advanced Endpoint
Detection by a
Thousand Tripwires
Justin Turner
CTU Special Operations
Phil Burdette
CTU Cyber Intel Cell
• The Counter Threat Unit Special Operations team is
dedicated to responding to intrusions from hostile Nation
States and other advanced adversaries on a daily basis
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Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Agenda
Why are we losing?
How do we win?
Prove it!
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Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Reconnaissance
Lateral Movement
Data Exfiltration
Delivery
Command & Control
Credential Theft
Host Enumeration
Define Defeat
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Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Reconnaissance
Lateral Movement
Data Exfiltration
Delivery
Command & Control
Credential Theft
Host Enumeration
Define Winning
The industry’s definition of
defeat is different from our
adversary’s definition of
winning
Behaviors drive detections,
indicators drive investigations
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Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Backdoor
Credential
Theft
Defensive
Evasion
Host
Enumeration
Lateral
Movement
Exfiltration
WMI Consumer
9
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Backdoor
Credential
Theft
Defensive
Evasion
Host
Enumeration
Lateral
Movement
Exfiltration
10
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Backdoor
Credential
Theft
Defensive
Evasion
Host
Enumeration
Lateral
Movement
Exfiltration
11
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Backdoor
Credential
Theft
Defensive
Evasion
Host
Enumeration
Lateral
Movement
Exfiltration
12
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Backdoor
Credential
Theft
Defensive
Evasion
Host
Enumeration
Lateral
Movement
Exfiltration
13
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Backdoor
Credential
Theft
Defensive
Evasion
Host
Enumeration
Lateral
Movement
Exfiltration
14
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Case Study :: Behaviors Drive Detection
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Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution:
Case Study :: Behaviors Drive Detection
MT 69 Tripwire Defense: Advanced Endpoint Detection by a Thousand Tripwires

MT 69 Tripwire Defense: Advanced Endpoint Detection by a Thousand Tripwires

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    Justin Turner CTU SpecialOperations Phil Burdette CTU Cyber Intel Cell • The Counter Threat Unit Special Operations team is dedicated to responding to intrusions from hostile Nation States and other advanced adversaries on a daily basis
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    3 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Agenda Why are we losing? How do we win? Prove it!
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    4 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Reconnaissance Lateral Movement Data Exfiltration Delivery Command & Control Credential Theft Host Enumeration Define Defeat
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    5 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Reconnaissance Lateral Movement Data Exfiltration Delivery Command & Control Credential Theft Host Enumeration Define Winning
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    The industry’s definitionof defeat is different from our adversary’s definition of winning
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    8 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Backdoor Credential Theft Defensive Evasion Host Enumeration Lateral Movement Exfiltration WMI Consumer
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    9 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Backdoor Credential Theft Defensive Evasion Host Enumeration Lateral Movement Exfiltration
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    10 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Backdoor Credential Theft Defensive Evasion Host Enumeration Lateral Movement Exfiltration
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    11 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Backdoor Credential Theft Defensive Evasion Host Enumeration Lateral Movement Exfiltration
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    12 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Backdoor Credential Theft Defensive Evasion Host Enumeration Lateral Movement Exfiltration
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    13 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Backdoor Credential Theft Defensive Evasion Host Enumeration Lateral Movement Exfiltration
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    14 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Case Study :: Behaviors Drive Detection
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    15 Dell - InternalUse - Confidential Classification: //SecureWorks/Confidential - Limited External Distribution: Case Study :: Behaviors Drive Detection