CyberSecurity Institute

Gadot will also discuss exact timelines of the events with real case studies, pre-attack preparation scenarios, attack vectors used and what each vector attempted to achieve. Also covered will be the impact on both the network and business and how each attack victim initiated their mitigation including forensic analysis and eventual arrests, as well as practical techniques that exchanges and similar firms can employ to safeguard their operations.

“Through denial of service attacks, website defacement, information theft and other disruptive techniques, hactivists will continue their relentless cyber-attacks in order to highlight their own ideals and dissent,” says Ziv Gadot. “By sharing a detailed technical account on these stock exchange incidents, I hope to inform and educate those who attend this briefing to better assist their future mitigation efforts.”

Ziv Gadot is Senior Security Researcher for Radware and manages Radware’s Security Operations Center (SOC) , a unit performing analysis and research on DDoS related subjects and the Emergency Response Team (ERT), a 24/7 service intended to assist organizations under DDoS attacks on a daily basis.

He has co-authored Radware’s annual Global Application and Network Security Reports, is a sought-after speaker and regular contributor on security best practices as well as top industry attack analyses on Radware’s blog.

Link: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2013/02/20/radware-present-2013-rsa-conference-stock-exchanges-line-fire-morphology-cyber-attacks

Wombat also provides complementary software-training modules that can be used in conjunction with SmishGuru, providing a holistic approach to BYOD threats.

“As more companies embrace BYOD policies to empower employee productivity, cyber-criminals will seek new ways to trick people into providing sensitive information making text message phishing, or ‘smishing,’ one of several attack vectors on smartphones,” principal analyst for enterprise security at Current Analysis Paula Musich said in a statement.

A recent study from Nielsen indicated 67 percent of new mobile phone purchases are smartphones, and yet while they are embracing mobile conveniences such as texting and geo location applications, surveys also suggest users are careless about security. A July 2012 study, this time from EMC’s security division, RSA, revealed people are more likely to fall for phishing attacks on mobile devices than on PCs.

“SmishGuru is part of a holistic approach to security awareness and training that leverages our combination of simulated attacks and highly interactive employee training to help companies protect against the latest breeds of malware and spyware used to infect corporate networks and steal valuable data.”

Link: http://www.eweek.com/mobile/wombat-launches-smishguru-to-combat-phishing-attacks/

A bot (short for robot) is a malware-infected PC or device that is remotely controlled by cybercriminals, and a botnet is a whole network of those infected devices. Cybercriminals can use the device to make money by sending spam, displaying and clicking ads or in the case of a smartphone, sending text messages to premium numbers.

Helpdesk call volumes increase when customers experience slow connections or other problems, and infected devices that send spam take up bandwidth that slows down the network for everyone. By cleaning infected devices and restoring their performance, Antibot’s automated cleaning capabilities will turn a negative user experience into a positive one, and the reductions in volume and length of calls to operator support will result in considerable savings for operators.

A smooth user experience with few interaction steps keeps Antibot light for the consumer, and its “always up-to-date” status and capability to remove complex malware make it the most effective product of its kind.

Link: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14435