adapting to the age of anonymous
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SOURCE Barcelona 2011 - Joshua CormanTRANSCRIPT
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Adapting to the Age of Anonymous
Joshua Corman
Director of Security Intelligence
@joshcorman
http://cognitivedissidents.wordpress.com/
SOURCE Barcelona - November 17, 2011
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About Joshua CormanDirector of Security Intelligence for Akamai Technologies•Former Research Director, Enterprise Security [The 451 Group]•Former Principal Security Strategist [IBM ISS]
Industry Experience•Expert Faculty: The Institute for Applied Network Security (IANS)•2009 NetworkWorld Top 10 Tech People to Know•Co-Founder of “Rugged Software” www.ruggedsoftware.org
Things I’ve been researching•Compliance vs Security•Disruptive Security for Disruptive Innovations•Chaotic Actors•Espionage•Security Metrics
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Agenda
• Understanding Anonymous in under 7 minutes
• Deconstructing Anonymous
• Adapting to Anonymous
• Building a Better Anonymous?
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Understanding Anonymous:The Rise of the Chaotic Actor
Director of Security Intelligence
Akamai Technologies
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Joshua Corman@joshcorman
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Paradox Slide/Deliberate Disinformation
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Some men just want to see the world burn…
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Lots & Lots of Anonymous Sects
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Your Headline Here (in Title Caps)
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You Choose Your Own Level of Involvement
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Anonymous* Unmasked? [*Alleged]
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You Choose Your Own Level of Involvement
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You Choose Your Own Level of Involvement
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Escalation?
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Anomalous Anonymous?
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False Flags: Adaptive Persistent Adversaries
“Anonymous is God’s gift to the Chinese” – CISO
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Cyber-Neo-McCarthyism
I am not now…
…nor have I ever been…
…a member of Anonymous.
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Building a Better Anonymous…
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Building a Better Anonymous…
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The easy answers Suggested Background
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Joshua Corman@joshcorman
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Agenda
• Understanding Anonymous in under 7 minutes
• Deconstructing Anonymous
• Adapting to Anonymous
• Building a Better Anonymous?
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PANEL: Whoever Fights Monsters…
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Operation Payback(Anonymous Takes Center Stage)
August-December 2010
Initial Targets
•MPAA
•RIAA
•Intellectual Property Offices
In December, switched to WikiLeaks “defense”
•Financial services: PayPal, Mastercard, Visa
•Public personas: Lieberman, Palin
•Others: Lawyers, security researchers
Stats:
•1k-3k attackers in IRC
•1500 copies of LOIC in Hivemind (# in IRC/2)
•1.5 Gbps peak attack traffic (# in IRC/2)
•750 Mbps sustained traffic (# in IRC/4)
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Discussion
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BRAND POLLUTION
http://cognitivedissidents.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/an-anonymous-ink-blot-rorschach/“An Anonymous Ink Blot Rorschach” What do you see in the Anonymous Ink Blot ?
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BRAND POLLUTION
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BRAND POLLUTION
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False Cover: Criminal and State Actors
“Anonymous is God’s gift to the Chinese” – CISO
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Agenda
• Understanding Anonymous in under 7 minutes
• Deconstructing Anonymous
• Adapting to Anonymous
• Building a Better Anonymous?
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DDoS is Legion
74% of surveyed companies experienced one or more DDoS attacks in the past year, 31% of these attacks resulting in service disruption.1
1 Forrester Research
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Some of my data
• Typical Attack Size: 3-10 Gbps
• Large Attack Size: 100-200 Gbps
• Attacks are originating from all geographies and are moving between geographies during the attack
2009 2010 20110
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Agency – PROTECTED
U.S. Government Customer 1
U.S. Government Customer 2
U.S. Government Customer 3
U.S. Government Customer 4
U.S. Government Customer 5
U.S. Government Customer 6
New U.S. Government Customer
Peak Traffic
124 Gbps
32 Gbps
9 Gbps
9 Gbps
2 Gbps
1.9 Gbps
0.7 Gbps
Times Above Normal Traffic
598x
369x
39x
19x
9x
6x
SITE DOWN before Akamai
July 4th – 7th 2009 DDoS Attack400,000 Korean Bots Attack Key U.S. Government Web Sites
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Agenda
• Understanding Anonymous in under 7 minutes
• Deconstructing Anonymous
• Adapting to Anonymous
• Building a Better Anonymous?
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Agenda
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Discussion
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Thank You!
Joshua Corman
@joshcorman
http://cognitivedissidents.wordpress.com/
Barcelona, November 17, 2011