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    1.current Cyber Threat

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    Adil Raza Siddiqui
    This document discusses trends in computer security such as cyberwar, consumerization of IT, and advanced persistent threats (APT). It notes that while security specialists have long been in an arms race with cyber criminals, criminals now have the upper hand. The goal of the course is to understand why we are losing this war. It also discusses the evolution of threats from unknown viruses in the 1990s to today's profit-driven cyber crimes and evolution of attacks rather than revolution. Most security solutions only protect from a fraction of threats.

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    1.current Cyber Threat

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    This document discusses trends in computer security such as cyberwar, consumerization of IT, and advanced persistent threats (APT). It notes that while security specialists have long been in an arms race with cyber criminals, criminals now have the upper hand. The goal of the course is to understand why we are losing this war. It also discusses the evolution of threats from unknown viruses in the 1990s to today's profit-driven cyber crimes and evolution of attacks rather than revolution. Most security solutions only protect from a fraction of threats.

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    This document discusses trends in computer security such as cyberwar, consumerization of IT, and advanced persistent threats (APT). It notes that while security specialists have long been in an arms race with cyber criminals, criminals now have the upper hand. The goal of the course is to understand why we are losing this war. It also discusses the evolution of threats from unknown viruses in the 1990s to today's profit-driven cyber crimes and evolution of attacks rather than revolution. Most security solutions only protect from a fraction of threats.

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    1.current Cyber Threat

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    Adil Raza Siddiqui
    This document discusses trends in computer security such as cyberwar, consumerization of IT, and advanced persistent threats (APT). It notes that while security specialists have long been in an arms race with cyber criminals, criminals now have the upper hand. The goal of the course is to understand why we are losing this war. It also discusses the evolution of threats from unknown viruses in the 1990s to today's profit-driven cyber crimes and evolution of attacks rather than revolution. Most security solutions only protect from a fraction of threats.

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    Some key takeaways are that computer security is an ongoing arms race between experts and criminals, with criminals currently having the upper hand. Sticking to security rules may not provide immediate benefits while bypassing rules is often easy. Consumerization of IT has also reshaped computer security.

    Some popular myths about computer security include that following security best practices guarantees protection and that lack of media coverage means systems have become more secure. In reality, computer security is an evolving challenge and most solutions only protect from a fraction of threats.

    Organised crime taking interest in computer systems has changed the landscape by making attackers increasingly profit-driven rather than fame-seeking. This has professionalized cyber attacks and increased their frequency and sophistication.

    Cyberwar, consumerisation

    of IT and APT, or new trends


    in computer security

    It follows its own rules
    Sticking to the rules doesnt bring immediate benefits and may turn into a tedious
    routine, while bypassing or even flouting rules is often easy and not considered risky
    Computer experts have a vastly wider knowledge and interest in security than the
    average user
    For the longest time, theres been an arms race between security specialists and cyber
    criminals
    The criminals have the upper hand now

    The goal of this course is to understand why we are losing this war
    The world of computer system connected to the Internet
    may prove dangerous for users if you downplay its perils:
    Even if each user is only attacked once a
    month, statistically 20 million attacks
    monthly reach their targets and compromise
    the systems, meaning 240 million machines
    become infected yearly
    The 1990s: Fear of the Unknown

    The 1990s: Fear of the Unknown

    There's a new virus on the loose that's worse than
    anything I've seen before! It gets in through the power
    line, riding on the powerline 60 Hz subcarrier. It works by
    changing the serial port pinouts, and by reversing the
    direction one's disks spin. Over 300,000 systems have
    been hit by it here in Murphy, West Dakota, alone! And
    that's just in the last 12 minutes.
    Read messages. No,
    not even this one!
    Use serial ports,
    modems, or phone
    lines.
    Use batteries either.
    Upload or delete or
    download files.
    Use the powerline.





    (there are rumours that
    this virus has invaded
    most major battery
    plants, and is infecting
    the positive poles of
    the batteries.)
    Use keyboards,
    screens, or printers.

    Use electric lights,
    electric or gas heat,
    or airconditioning,
    running, water, fire,
    clothing, or the
    wheel.
    The world of computer system connected to the Internet
    may prove dangerous for users if you downplay its perils:
    Exploited an IIS server vulnerability to deface affected websites









    Infections doubled every 27 minutes

    Every 20 or 27 days, it run denial of service attacks
    against selected web servers
    Propagated in 12 different ways


    Infected more than 2 million computers in three days

    Spread over the entire web in just 2.5 hours
    The Cyber Crime Era




    Fame-seeking is no longer a motivator for attackers. They are now profit-driven

    The lack of mass media coverage on viruses doesnt mean computer systems have
    become more secure lately: quite the opposite
    The Cyber Crime Era
    G


    Its an Evolution, not Revolution

    Its an Evolution, not Revolution

    Its an Evolution, not Revolution

    Most security solutions only protect you from a fraction of threats
    What popular
    beliefs about
    computer systems
    security are in fact
    just myths?

    Does organised
    crime taking an
    interest in
    computer systems
    security change its
    landscape?

    What is a
    cyberwar?

    How has the
    consumerisation of
    IT reshaped our
    security?

    What types of
    attacks threaten
    every computer
    system?

    What is the
    ultimate objective
    of the attacks?

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