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Puppetnets and Botnets: Information Technology Vulnerability Exploitsecarrow
The focus of this paper is to identify dominant trends of
information security threats to the Internet 2001 to 2007. This
paper is intended to provide an understanding of the new
emphasis of attacks through use of robotic networks and how
some users and organizations are already preparing a response
using innovative visualization techniques in conjunction with
traditional methods. The scope of research will focus on basic
enterprise level services that are commonly provided by various
corporations; e.g., e-mail, browser applications, wireless and
mobile devices, IP telephony, and online banking. The research
will first review the network infrastructure common to most
corporate organizations and assume basic enterprise components
and functionality in response to the current security threats. The
second emphasis will consider the impact of malware robotic
networks (Botnets and Puppetnets) on the corporate network
infrastructure and how to address these threats with new and
innovative techniques. This approach is pragmatic in application
and focuses on assimilation of existing data to present a
functional rationale of attacks to anticipate and prepare for this
coming year.
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The focus of this paper is to identify dominant trends of
information security threats to the Internet 2001 to 2007. This
paper is intended to provide an understanding of the new
emphasis of attacks through use of robotic networks and how
some users and organizations are already preparing a response
using innovative visualization techniques in conjunction with
traditional methods. The scope of research will focus on basic
enterprise level services that are commonly provided by various
corporations; e.g., e-mail, browser applications, wireless and
mobile devices, IP telephony, and online banking. The research
will first review the network infrastructure common to most
corporate organizations and assume basic enterprise components
and functionality in response to the current security threats. The
second emphasis will consider the impact of malware robotic
networks (Botnets and Puppetnets) on the corporate network
infrastructure and how to address these threats with new and
innovative techniques. This approach is pragmatic in application
and focuses on assimilation of existing data to present a
functional rationale of attacks to anticipate and prepare for this
coming year.
Disaster Risk Management in the Information Ageglobal
International Day for Disaster Reduction at the World Bank
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This article from Netmagic focuses on the security threats that a business enterprise face, such as threat mitigation in cloud, internet of things and mobility are the new normal in security.
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Disaster Risk Management in the Information Ageglobal
International Day for Disaster Reduction at the World Bank
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A joint training workshop by GICT, GFDRR, infoDev and LCSUW to mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction
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has a 90 percent chance of going out of business within two years. This is particularly alarming considering that malware is currently the fastest growing trend in the misuse of network resources.
This article from Netmagic focuses on the security threats that a business enterprise face, such as threat mitigation in cloud, internet of things and mobility are the new normal in security.
Models of Escalation and De-escalation in Cyber ConflictZsolt Nemeth
The cyber insecurity conundrum cuts across all things digital or networked. How can we prioritize defensive efforts across such a vast domain? This talk will describe a framework for engineering systems and policymaking based on the work factors for cyber attack and defense. After developing the work factor concept, it will be illustrated in several examples
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Technologies and Jive Software led the pack because of their mature tool sets and depth of services
offered.
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Abstract: Cloud computing promises to significantly change the way we use computers and access and store our personal and business information. With these new computing and communications paradigms arise new data security challenges. Existing data protection mechanisms such as encryption have failed in preventing data theft attacks, especially those perpetrated by an insider to the cloud provider. We propose a different approach for securing data in the cloud using offensive decoy technology. We monitor data access in the cloud and detect abnormal data access patterns. When unauthorized access is suspected and then verified using challenge questions, we launch a disinformation attack by returning large amounts of decoy information to the attacker. This protects against the misuse of the user’s real data. Experiments conducted in a local file setting provide evidence that this approach may provide unprecedented levels of user data security in a Cloud environment.
Keywords: Mist, Insider data stealing, Bait information, Lure Files, Validating user
List some ways in which the privacy threats posed by cyber technology.docxdarlened3
List some ways in which the privacy threats posed by cyber technology differ from those posed by earlier technologies.
Solution
For the privacy threats posed by cyber technology there are
such as the private sector carries significant responsibility for cyber security.It more like of the information
generated
Threats are moving to the mobile sphere
Recently the International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA) released a cyber-crime study that
highlighted mobile communications
Second more important thing is Privacy protection and cyber security should be thought of as interconnected: as more and more personal
information is processed or stored online,
The privacy protection increasingly relies on effective cyber security.
This is implementation by organizations to secure personal data both when it is in transit and at rest
The main reason is the Complexity of the connected environment.Through this environment only the secuirity breaks most of the time se
Data risk is also comes under cyber secuirity risk
For stop this secuirity violation cyber secuirity policy needs to improve by there cloud , server connection, network
.
Cyber Security is a crucial and rising part of concern in the present age with a rapid increase in the graph of digitization. And with an increase in the activities in cyberspace, there is also an increase in the cyber-crimes. Handling the huge volumes of data with security has become an inevitable need of the hour. Antivirus software, Firewalls, and other technological solutions help to secure this data but are not sufficient enough to prevent the cybercrooks from destructing the network and stealing confidential information. This paper mainly focuses on the issues and challenges faced by cybersecurity. It also discusses the risks, cybersecurity techniques to curb cyber-crime, cyber ethics, and cyber trends.
Whitepaper - Software Defined Networking for the Telco Industryaap3 IT Recruitment
is SDN (Software Defined Networking) the next big thing in Network Security, or another headache and potential skills gap for the next generation of business networks?
HOW TO AUGMENT YOUR CNI CYBERSECURITY WHEN USING CLOUD TECHNOLOGY.docxVOROR
Ensuring that businesses’ most critical cybersecurity infrastructures are secure and resilient must be a top priority.
Keeping your critical data from being attacked or exploited by internal or external threats is vital. With digitalisation and digitisation, many businesses are making the transition from traditional networks to cloud technology, giving cyber-attackers more leverage to access critical data. https://voror.io/sd-wan-cryptography/
Strengthening security posture for modern-age SaaS providersCloudflare
Businesses become more resilient in times of crises. This is especially true for SaaS businesses that are facing unprecedented challenges in this environment. While some are catering to a surge in traffic, others are figuring out innovative solutions to retain their customers. In addition, increasing malicious attacks are straining the resources of these SaaS businesses.
Now more than ever, it is important for SaaS providers to deliver an uninterrupted experience. One that is fast, secure, and reliable to their customers in a cost effective manner.
Join this webcast to learn more about how ActiveCampaign leverages Cloudflare to deliver meaningful services to their end users.
Our world today relies heavily on informatics and the internet, as computers and communications networks have increased day by day. In fact, the increase is not limited to portable devices such as smartphones and tablets, but also to home appliances such as: televisions, refrigerators, and controllers. It has made them more vulnerable to electronic attacks. The denial of service (DoS) attack is one of the most common attacks that affect the provision of services and commercial sites over the internet. As a result, we decided in this paper to create a smart model that depends on the swarm algorithms to detect the attack of denial of service in internet networks, because the intelligence algorithms have flexibility, elegance and adaptation to different situations. The particle swarm algorithm and the bee colony algorithm were used to detect the packets that had been exposed to the DoS attack, and a comparison was made between the two algorithms to see which of them can accurately characterize the DoS attack.
empowering your business with top-notch cybersecurity services.pdfbasilmph
The urgency of cybersecurity cannot be underlined enough, especially in the face of alarming statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported a staggering 69% increase in reported cybercrime incidences from 2019 to 2020.
Network security is a dynamic art, with dangers appearing as fast as black hats can exploit vulnerabilities. While there are basic “golden rules” which can make life difficult for the bad guys, it remains a challenge to keep networks secure. John Chambers, Executive Chairman of Cisco, famously said “there are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don’t know they have been hacked”. The question for most organizations isn’t if they’re going to be breached, but how quickly they can isolate and mitigate the threat. In this paper, we’ll examine best practices for effective cybersecurity – from both a proactive (access hardening) and reactive (threat isolation and mitigation) perspective. We’ll address how network automation can help minimize cyberattacks by closing vulnerability gaps and how it can improve incident response times in the event of a cyberthreat. Finally, we’ll lay a vision for continuous network security, to explore how machine-to-machine automation may deliver an auto-securing and self-healing network.
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Watchguard - How Cloud‐based Security Delivers Up‐to‐the‐Minute Network Protection
1. Security from Above:
How Cloud‐based Security Delivers
Up‐to‐the‐Minute Network Protection
February 2010
THE NEED TO RECONSIDER SECURITY APPROACHES
The convergence of numerous trends is causing organizations to reconsider their approach to security.
While widespread email viruses and worms have decreased, attacks via the web are on the rise. This is
because web browsers consolidate many applications ─ including those used for email, instant
messaging, and ecommerce ─ making the browser an attractive launch pad for attacks.
Web 2.0 and other complex web technologies also open the door to new two‐stage web attacks and
social‐engineering exploits.1 In fact, during the first quarter of 2009, Web 2.0 services and sites led with
the highest number of all recorded hacking incidents at 21%.2 These new methods of attack are
particularly dangerous, because they can originate from trusted sources or become embedded within
legitimate and authorized email and web content.
Two factors are driving the further growth of web‐based malware threats. First, is that cybercriminals are
financially motivated to spread malware and acquire web users’ personal data. And they have the means
to do so. Due to the proliferation of Web 2.0 and the dramatic progression of spam from plain text emails
to the use of sophisticated and malicious social‐engineering tactics, spammers can now readily infect
devices used by unsuspecting victims. By using email as the invitation to web‐based infections, spammers
can easily locate and entice victims, and expose them to infections via botnets, spyware, malware, and
blended threats that can then manage and further exploit the infection. All it takes is one malicious email,
1
The Register, Adobe Flash attack vector exploits insecure web design, November 13, 2009
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/adobe_flash_wallop/
2
Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum, Web 2.0 Hacking Incidents on the Rise in Q1 2009, May 5, 2009 http://www.secure‐
enterprise20.org/node/39
WatchGuard Technologies www.watchguard.com
3. Most current reputation services analyze IP volume in conjunction with DNSBLs to gain further context
around each IP address. While this boosted effectiveness, the development of botnets and dynamic IPs
still rendered these reputation services only 70‐80% effective ─ far too low for enterprise security
standards.
Leaders in the reputation services industry recognized that their Early reputation services that
reliance on historical information as their only source of
rely on DNSBL’s are akin to
malware data would soon make them obsolete. To address the
dynamically changing web threats faced by millions of credit bureaus – they can only
organizations, leading providers are making acquisitions that will
monitor the historically known,
enable them to offer next‐generation reputation services.
unwanted traffic.
As shown in Figure 1, next‐generation reputation services
provide a superior level of protection by combining DNSBL and
volume analysis with content inspection, behavioral analysis, and feedback loops to detect and block
malware, spyware, and malicious code before users ever see them. This proactive approach makes these
next‐generation reputation services 99.9% accurate, with a significantly more effective catch rate greater
than 98% ─ enabling them to offer vastly greater security than that offered by early generation or current
services. By identifying and addressing threats proactively, these services offer greater defense at the
perimeter.
Figure 1: Cloud‐based security offers superior protection against attacks and threats. Early generation
services act like a basic passport scan that considers only historical data. Most current reputation services
can be likened to airport metal detectors which provide limited visibility into threats attempting to enter.
Next‐generation reputation services provide comprehensive scanning of those attempting to gain access,
much like airport bio‐thermal body x‐ray scanners.
CLOUD‐BASED SECURITY LEVERAGES NEXT‐GENERATION TECHNOLOGY
Next‐generation reputation services are delivered from the cloud to provide greater levels of email and
web security. Unlike many loosely termed “cloud applications” that are mere extensions or a re‐naming of
existing applications into cloud terminology, next‐generation reputation services actually optimize their
services through the cloud.
Anonymous, statistical data from participating customers’ security devices, third‐party DNSBLs, and
reputation databases are fed to the cloud. Next‐generation reputation services aggregate, analyze, and
act upon this data ─ while identifying new threats in real time ─ to deliver unprecedented levels of
security that no individual organization could deliver on its own. The cloud security service provider then
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4. streams these threat updates across its network and customers’ networks in real‐time to ensure dynamic
protection. This is the promise of cloud‐based security – extending protection by aggregating real‐time
monitoring intelligence from thousands of global systems.
Next‐generation reputation services incorporate numerous algorithms and techniques to combine
historical information that exists within the cloud (for example, data on spammers and categorized web
sites) with adaptive identification techniques and behavioral analysis. They analyze the behavior of every
incoming message through several automated operations:
• Examining embedded links
• Inspecting headers and content
• Applying malware, spyware, crimeware, and spam signature scanning
• Performing URL filtering
• Behavior patterns of the connecting IP
As a result, they are able to determine the reputation and risk level of email and web traffic attempting to
enter a customer’s network. With nearly 100% accuracy, threats – including denial‐of‐service attacks and
spammer probing – are vaporized at the connection level, reducing the burden on local appliances. Just as
important, cloud‐based security services can scale to support explosive traffic growth across the web.
CLOUD‐BASED SECURITY IN ACTION
To fully appreciate the robust nature of next‐generation reputation services, let's examine below the step‐
by‐step process that occurs at a geographically dispersed organization when an email connection is made
to the network from a non‐trusted IP address (or from a compromised email).
Message traffic from email and the web arrive at the network perimeter from the Internet. The
reputation service inspects all the traffic, ready to block all unwanted traffic at the connection level as a
powerful first line of defense. All clean traffic is allowed into the network for processing and routing by a
customer’s point security solutions. If the customer's security appliance discovers any additional threats
or spam as it examines content, sender information, and context, the content is blocked. The appliance
then reports the discovery back to the reputation service, which in turn streams the feeds across the
entire network.
The reputation service analyzes the data and generates a result that depends, in order of priority, on the
reputation for that specific sender at that IP address, for the domain originating from that IP address, and
the reputation of the IP address itself. The service then returns a reputation score to the security device.
Depending upon the threshold configured by the customer, the email security device can either allow or
reject the connection.
Other customer appliances in the network can "ask" the cloud about new threats from connecting IPs
before they analyze them locally. This approach means that local appliances will process less data, so that
email and web traffic is transferred quickly and bandwidth capacity remains high.
Since the reputation score is critical to the acceptance or rejection of the email, next‐generation services
place a tremendous emphasis on getting the score right. They can collect information from over a billion
sources, including port 443 connections from web, email, and network devices; third‐party
synchronizations, such as spamhaus and SORBS (Spam and Open Relay Blocking System); and honeypot
domains, to name a few.
All this enables the superior catch rate that isn't possible with early generation reputation services.
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5. WHY THE CATCH RATE MATTERS
Consider an organization that receives one million emails
per month. DNS Blacklisting would eliminate Bringing Cloud‐based Security
approximately 50‐80% of unwanted messages. This Concerns Down to Earth
leaves upwards of 250,000 unwanted messages entering
With cloud‐based computing
the network. Even if a reputation service considers IP
services, organizations have to share
traffic volume data, the 70‐80% catch rate would still let
up to 150,000 unwanted messages slip through the sensitive data with third‐party
perimeter. providers, such as those offering
SaaS. With next‐generation cloud‐
A next‐generation service – with a more than 98% catch based security, devices only share
rate – allows only 17,000 messages to enter the network anonymous data about malicious
for further in‐depth inspection, resulting in a significant
traffic – no sensitive data is exposed.
increase in threat protection and cost savings.
BENEFITS OF CLOUD‐BASED SECURITY
Next‐generation reputation services are exponentially more effective than early generation services and
help customers make the most of their existing security appliances. In doing so, they provide
organizations with four major benefits:
Faster, more dynamic security: By aggregating millions of pieces of information from around the
globe in real time, cloud‐based security offerings provide an up‐to‐the‐minute picture of threats and
the ability to stop them.
Less processing on local devices: Cloud‐based services analyze spam, offloading local devices of
intensive processing and bandwidth consumption so they can focus on new threats.
Automatic updates: Because cloud‐based services push updates out via the cloud and propagate
them to customer premise equipment, they eliminate the need for customers to manually download
updates.
Cross‐community customer benefits: Cloud‐based services can detect patterns and geographically
isolate threat sources to prevent them from impacting customer devices in other geographies.
WHY THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR CLOUD‐BASED SECURITY
As more and more business occurs over the web, those with malicious intent are keeping pace and
developing innovate ways to launch attacks. To date, companies have relied on reputation services to
help thwart these attacks, but earlier reputation services
are unable to provide sufficient protection in the face of Combining real‐time threat data
today's complex threats. from local security appliances with
cloud‐based security intelligence
The ideal solution combines processing and analysis in
offers the best possible option for
the cloud with data provided by local devices and real‐
time monitoring intelligence from multiple global complete attack management and
systems. This next‐generation cloud‐based service prevention.
leverages proprietary algorithmics and advanced features
to deliver the world's most effective reputation service,
with a more than 98% catch rate. By offloading local email and web security appliances, the cloud‐based
service alleviates local devices of the need to process or archive unwanted traffic. This results in lower
costs for network processing and bandwidth. And the benefits extend to all participating customers, since
the cloud‐based service can dynamically protect them from newly discovered threats in real time.
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