ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking

Wade Mackey

Week 13: Evasion Techniques

Obsolete, outdated software puts Victorian hospitals and police at risk of cyber attacks

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http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/obsolete-outdated-software-puts-victorian-hospitals-and-police-at-risk-of-cyber-attacks-20171129-gzv9ov.html

Obsolete, outdated software puts Victorian hospitals and police at risk of cyber attacks

This article talks about the following: Cyber-Attacks have been threatening the hospital industry too. The recent case of Victoria’s critical services such as Police, Hospitals, and Child protection have been victims of these attacks and this has been attributed primarily to outdated computer systems. These outdated systems were never updated with security patches for a long time by the developers and this has led to huge losses in terms of data, financial, and patient records from hospitals.

It will be interesting to see how things unfold in the future. Is this a problem of negligence, lack of government control, or lack of financial resources? In either of the case, it has ultimately become a disaster and until this is taken care now, it would only aggravate over the next couple of years. How can the Victorian government ensure safety of critical care services? Will they be ready to make capital investments in these areas and at the earliest?

Nato warns of WW3 ‘hyper war’ after constant cyber-attacks from North Korea, China and Russia

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5035127/north-korea-china-russia-cyber-attack-threat-hyper-war/

Nato warns of WW3 ‘hyper war’ after constant cyber-attacks from North Korea, China and Russia

This article talks about the following: The increasing threat from North Korea and China, especially cyber-attacks, has caused fear across the world. There is a feeling that Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence will do more harm than good and in the coming years will cause Hyper-war.

It will be interesting to see how things unfold in the future. Will Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence be a good thing for the society going ahead or will transform into a giant ball of fire? Will countries co-operate with each other to secure networking lines and create Cyber Security Procedures to prevent leaks? We just hope that this doesn’t turn out to be another Russian cyber-attack on US presidential elections.

Criminals look to machine-learning to mount cyber attacks

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https://www.scmagazineuk.com/criminals-look-to-machine-learning-to-mount-cyber-attacks/article/710215/

Criminals look to machine-learning to mount cyber attacks

This article talks about the following: Machine learning, as per McAfee, will be used extensively by cyber attackers in the coming years because of the nature of the system to do multi-fold combinations. In the coming days, the attackers would use ML so easily that they would be able to talk in their native language and still carry out phishing attacks, making it far more difficult to recognize these attacks.

It will be interesting to see how things unfold in the future. With this, most companies have started adopting serverless apps i.e. apps hosted on virtual systems. How can security professionals be warned of such attacks? Are there systems today that can detect phishing packets easily and warn users?