SANS has partnered with Reboot Communications and the 1st Annual Cyber Security Conference, "Critical Infrastructure Protection for Energy and Communications," to offer a one-day, pre-conference course on Cutting-Edge Hacking Technique September 7, 2008. To register for this course, please go here.
SEC517: Cutting-Edge Hacking Techniques Hands-On
Computer attackers continue their relentless march to improve their tools and techniques. The simple scanning of yesteryear has given way to powerful suites of bundled, automated scanning and exploitation tools. Straightforward backdoors have evolved into powerful kernel-mode RootKits, manipulating the very hearts of our systems. Covert channels exfiltrate sensitive information, and hash collision attacks are rapidly advancing ? with your systems in the cross hairs. In all of these trends, thorough reconnaissance and deep subterfuge dominate the attackers' game.
The 1st Annual Cyber Security Conference, "Critical Infrastructure Protection for Energy and Communications," will be held September 8-9, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency in Calgary, Alberta and will focus on Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection for Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications. This conference will look at the threats and hazards that the industry faces, and will explore solutions with respect to mitigation, response, recovery, restoration, and the need for public/private partnerships. To find out more and to register, visit http://www.rebootconference.com/security2008/
Sampling of Topics
- Metasploit modules, including the Meterpreter and Priv – hands on
- New Google search techniques for finding vulnerable systems
- Cross-Site Scripting attacks to steal sensitive information – hands on
- IPS Fingerprinting
- Virtual Machine Detection, the possibility of VM Escape and what it means to you – hands on
- Recent user-mode and kernel-mode RootKits for Windows and UNIX, including Hacker Defender and Nushu
- Hash collisions and their implications with Stripwire and Confoo – hands on
- Late-breaking Nmap features – hands on
- Techniques attackers use to steal a million credit cards and how to stop them
We look forward to seeing you in Alberta!
