Targeted cyber attacks: the new challenge in IT security
Event details
| Date | 03.06.2014 |
| Hour | 10:30 |
| Speaker | Levente BUTTYAN, Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Information stealing malware has been increasingly used in recent years in targeted cyber espionage activities. We will discuss in details Duqu and Flame as examples, and touch upon several other malware used in similar attacks. The common in these attacks is that they all targeted important organizations, they were able to remain undetected by traditional security mechanisms for years, and they used advanced infection techniques, often exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in systems. After analysing some of the unique technical charactersitics of these attacks, we identify the challenges that they represent for the computer security community. Among other things, we discuss the problems of information asymmetry between attackers and defenders, the problems with code signing, and the problems of sharing incident related information.
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Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Jean-Pierre Hubaux
Contact
- Sylvie Thomet