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Presents a Quarterly Briefing: Turn the Tables on the Bad Guys, Malware Unmasked

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Page 1: SunbeltLabs Quarterly Briefing Malware Unmasked

Presents a Quarterly Briefing:

Turn the Tables on the Bad Guys, Malware Unmasked

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Agenda

• Current threats, what's prevalentSome of the most dangerous and complicated threats in the wild

• How application vulnerabilities leaves the door openMalicious PDFs & rogue AV

• Best Practices‐Protection and RemediationHow to protect your networkUsing tools like Sunbelt’s CWSandbox™ as part of a cyberdefense strategy  for your enterprise

• Q & A

Dodi Glenn, Malware Response Manager Brian Jack, Lead Security Analyst

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Current Threats

• In Q4 2009, 80% of in the wild exploits were from PDFs¹

• 20 Software Flaws (CVE) issued for Adobe Reader for the past 3 months²

Significant rise in PDF Exploits

¹ ScanSafe²Nist.Gov

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Current Threats

Source: F‐Secure

Target attacks 2009

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Zero‐day Detections

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Total  Daily Detections

Detected Using CWSandbox

Detected By AV Scanners

SunbeltLabs Daily Detections

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Current Threats

• “Drive‐by”Infections are becoming more prevalent 

• Tools to create malicious PDFs

Readily available online

• Exploit kitsYES, Eleonore, and NeosploitPurchasing on black market & require little to no programming skills to operate

Distribution Vectors

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Current ThreatsWhat is the typical payload?

• PDF exploitsDrops rogue AV downloaders or backdoors ie. Zbot

• Specific roguesAntispyware Soft and Digital Protection are distributed by malicious PDFs

• Antispyware Soft changes proxy settings

Routing traffic to malware’s C & C

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Best Practices

• Application SecurityDisable JavaScript support in Adobe Reader

Disable “PDF in Browser”

• OS SecurityMachines are updated and patched

• Use Anti‐virusAV software is installed and updated

Layered Security

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Turn the Tables 

• Free Sunbelt ToolsPublic sandboxhttp://SunbeltSandbox.com

VIPRE Rescue

http://live.sunbeltsoftware.com

• SunbeltLabs Licensed ToolsCWSandbox‐in house analysis

ThreatTrack™‐data feeds

Resources

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Non‐Executables Executables•pdf•doc •xls•ppt•mdb

•gif•mp3•wmv•avi

•Flash•HTML•JavaScript•JavaApplets•URLs

•exe•bat•dll•com

Malware UnmaskedCWSandbox can analyze almost any file

Extensive logging and reporting of all analysis data:

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Analyst• Multiple Applications • Multiple Reports• ½ Hour – Days per Sample

Analyst vs. CWSandboxCWSandbox

• 1 Application • 1 Report• Parseable reports• Multiple Platform Comparisons• 1 – 3 Minutes per Sample• Searchable Repository

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