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Imperva Launches Hacker Intelligence Initiative

Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on July 26, 2010 at 5:07:02 AM
Imperva Launches Hacker Intelligence Initiative

Two New Hacking Schemes Uncovered Using Surveillance & Hack-Back Techniques

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 26 -- Imperva, the leader in data security, announced today its hacker intelligence initiative (HII), a research effort focused on providing deeper insight on how cybercriminals conduct large scale cyber attacks as well as shedding light on the evolution of the underground business of cybercrime. Part of Imperva's Application Defense Center (ADC), the hacker intelligence initiative will investigate the anatomy of attacks as well as key hacking trends by exploring the cybercrime industry utilizing techniques including hack-back, forum monitoring and internet traffic surveillance.

"Today, security research focuses heavily on vulnerabilities and problems. But to truly protect an organization, security professionals must have a deep understanding of their enemy," said Amichai Shulman, Imperva's CTO, referencing Sun Tzu's observation, 'If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.'

Imperva's HII researchers will conduct and release research on attacks as they are uncovered. To date, the HII has released research on four significant cybercrime activities, among others:

  --  Pyramid-Scam Phishing Scheme: Employing simple hack-back techniques,
      Imperva uncovered a pyramid scam-style phishing scheme where a
      sophisticated hacker siphons data from individual phishing attacks
      through a backdoor in a phishing kit; the attack also capitalizes on a
      second drop-server to store stolen data.
  --  Start-to-Finish Execution of a Cross-Site Scripting Attack: By
      observing the hacker's own vulnerable code, Imperva was able to
      witness a XSS attack impacting 3000 individuals; Imperva found that
      XSS attacks require little expertise and less than an hour to
      carry-out when using readily available tutorials and free hosting
      sites.
  --  New Type of DDoS Attack: By monitoring a TOR, Imperva traced DDoS
      attacks to find that, unlike traditional botnets made up of infected
      PCs, the attacks were leveraging a botnet of infected servers,
      creating a stronger, more effective and less-discoverable attack.
  --  The publication of 32 million passwords: By monitoring hacker forums,
      Imperva uncovered a list of user passwords for the popular site
      RockYou and provided analysis of the most commonly used words and
      phrases.

"Cybercrime is a business like any other," continued Shulman. "Hackers are becoming more automated and their techniques are sophisticated and industrialized. Modern cyber defenses need to keep pace with this growing industry and our intelligence initiative will help uncover the trends, techniques and tactics utilized by today's cybercriminals."

About Imperva

Imperva, the Data Security leader, enables a complete security lifecycle for business databases and the applications that use them. With more than 1,500 direct customers and 25,000 cloud customers, Imperva's customers include leading enterprises, government organizations, and managed service providers who rely on Imperva to prevent sensitive data theft, protect against data breaches, secure applications, and ensure data confidentiality. The award-winning Imperva SecureSphere is the only solution that delivers full activity monitoring from the database to the accountable application user and is recognized for its overall ease of management and deployment. For more information, visit http://www.imperva.com, follow us on Twitter or visit our blog.

  Media Contact
  Katherine Nellums
  Page One PR for Imperva
  Katherine@pageonepr.com
  415-321-2347

Source: Imperva
   

CONTACT:  Katherine Nellums of Page One PR, +1-415-321-2347,
katherine@pageonepr.com, for Imperva

Web Site:  http://www.imperva.com/
 
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