The Magic World of Advanced Persistent Threats
summary
The talk examines modern Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) driven by a criminal "consumerization": rentable botnet services and self-service malware kits. It focuses on client-side attacks that exploit user trust, describes how new attack campaigns and guest VM/image techniques work and evolve, and discusses open projects, detection challenges, and their limitations.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00APT introduction
- 2:26Malware evolution
- 11:00Government viruses and cyber weapons
- 15:58Botnets and modern threats
- 19:49Malware as a service
- 27:34User deception techniques
- 32:29Malware payload types
- 35:21Traditional antivirus limits
- 36:03Sandboxing and advanced solutions
- 42:24Technical challenges and limits
- 43:29Linux and macOS threats
- 44:12Mobile device attacks
- 47:11Virtualization and security
- 48:37Real case analysis
- 50:01Conclusion and Q&A
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