1. Goals:
- write secure software
- kill bad bots
-scrape nimbly
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3. More info on logos in previous slide
• Ubiquiti botnet: https://threatpost.com/default-credentials-lead-to-massive-ddos-for-hire-
botnet/112767
• Hola selling users’ bandwidth in botnet: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/hola-
found-to-be-selling-users-internet-bandwidth-as-botnet/
• “GoodGoogle” exhausting competitor AdSense budgets: http://krebsonsecurity.com/
2014/07/service-drains-competitors-online-ad-budget/
• RecordedFuture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorded_Future
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5. http://www.cnet.com/news/bots-now-running-the-internet-with-61-percent-of-web-traffic/
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6. Bots & Hacks
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8. xss
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10. More info on logos in previous slide
• LifeLock XSS: http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/30/vulnerability-in-security-service-lifelock-
could-have-exposed-logins-and-passwords/
• Facebook doubles bug bounty: https://threatpost.com/facebook-to-double-bounty-
payouts-for-ad-code-bugs/108863
• Apple CelebGate: http://appadvice.com/appnn/2014/09/apple-knew-of-icloud-
vulnerabilities-that-led-to-celebgate-since-march-2014
• eBay xss password stealing bug https://grahamcluley.com/2014/09/ebay-password-
stealing-security-hole-existed-months/
• Google.com XSS vulnerabilities http://news.softpedia.com/news/Experts-Find-DOM-
Based-XSS-Vulnerability-in-Google-com-305585.shtml
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11. Scrapers
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12. Python
Mechanize
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13. Detection &
Prevention
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14. browser fingerprinting
Traffic patterns
captcha, recaptcha
Obfuscation (ajax, headers, etc.)
trap and sleep()
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15. Web Bots CTF
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16. Attackers
You manage to control a script that the defenders
have included on their website
A) Modify this script to steal a cookie or
username / password data
B) Automate making it past the captcha
C) Scrape all the content from behind the login
D) Don’t take the server down!
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17. Defenders
Pretend you missed the XSS vulnerability (or rely
on a compromised script for your website to
function)...and secure everything else.
A) Make it a bit harder for bots to login
B) Set some traps, make sure you hide them!
C) Try to differentiate legitimate users from bots
D) Don’t let the server go down!
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