However you view cyberwar, everyone generally acknowledges that if real war were to erupt, cyber would be a theater, and we are currently not prepared for engagement, either defensively or offensively. In the face of colossal levels of cyber threats and cyber crime, what is appropriate mitigation? Herein is the crux of the debate: could any amount of government surveillance or militarization of the Internet prevent cyberwar or manage a full attack? Fundamentally, it’s about openness, transparency, anonymity, and privacy; and it’s a question of trust.
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Is Cyberwarfare Real?
By Joe Levy - CTOSolera Networks Sponsors Executive Track at Black Hat
By Alan Hall, Director of MarketingWe are also proud to sponsor the Security Innovation Network (SINET) Executive Track and reception at Black Hat. In addition to exhibiting at the well-known hacker gathering, we will join our good friend and SINET Chairman and Founder Robert Rodriguez who has organized an impressive program to address key issues we face in cyber security.
Finding JAVA Web Start arbitrary command-line injection attacks
By Geoff Belknap - Senior Systems EngineerThere’s an interesting new vulnerability being exploited in the wild. It’s based on a weakness in Java Web Start (discovered by Tavis Ormandy and Rubén Santamarta). This vulnerability, (detailed here and here) allows arbitrary dll loading via the webstart command line.
There’s been an out of cycle patch released to address this issue, but as we all know this doesn’t necessarily mean you’re safe. If hosts in your constituency have already been exposed to attacks using this vector or if they’re not patched yet, there could be a problem out there waiting for you. If you’re using network forensics in your environment, tracking this down and being proactive is pretty straightforward.
SEKE Podcast – Adding Context to Security Alerts
By Alan Hall, Director of MarketingThe Solera REST API makes integration with those other tools very, very simple. In fact, we’ve integrated with many existing popular tools that are available in the forensics ecosystem and network security ecosystem. For example, we’ve got integration with ArcSight, Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall and SourceFire
Solera Networks Supports Cyber Defense Competition
By Alan Hall, Director of MarketingMid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC)
Location: SAIC offices in Columbia, MD
Dates: 3/11-3/13
Crowded in a conference center at security-conscious SAIC offices (they shut down my rogue Verizon MiFi on day one…I swear I didn’t know they restricted those), five teams gathered to do battle and defend their networks from the onslaught of professional hackers/pen testers. In [...]
The Speed Revolution
By Alan Hall, Director of MarketingWhile coffeehouses in Europe have been around since the 1500s, the coffee pot was invented in 1806 with a metal sieve to strain away the grounds.
It took another 166 years for the Mr. Coffee® brand to invent the first automatic drip coffeemaker and its disposable filter that provided convenience, affordability and a reason for [...]
Operation Aurora: Prepare for Cyberwar
By Steve Shillingford - CEOTwo weeks ago when Google announced they were the target of sophisticated attacks from China, we were notified a war had begun. China had a plan to attack and steal Google intellectual property and compromise Gmail. Google was not alone. Coordinated attacks were also organized targeting Adobe and nearly 20 other corporate and government sites. [...]
SEKE Podcast – Introduction to Solera DeepSee
By Matt Wood - Cheif ScientistSolera DeepSee Forensics Suite: Where web searching meets active network forensics.
A conversation between James HIlliard, host of the See Everything, Know Everything podcast, and Matthew Wood, Solera Networks’ Chief Scientist.
“DeepSee is a tool that provides administrators, users and even C-level people at a corporation a way to see what happened on a network as [...]
A More Holistic Approach to Security
By Pete Schlampp - VP of Marketing and Product ManagementTo security professionals who have prescribed to a “prevention is good enough” belief, preparedness might seem like an impossible task. But, how can we anticipate each and every threat that is out there? To help with a New Year’s resolution to be better prepared in 2010, I’d like to highlight a few steps to move toward a more holistic approach to security:
Cyber Security Czar Returns to Take his Place at the White House
By Alan Hall, Director of MarketingAfter much anticipation, the role of cyber security czar has been filled by none other than Howard Schmidt. Schmidt returns to service after previously being in the cyber security czar role for the Bush administration. This return to service demonstrates a change to the originally proposed position of cyber security director. Schmidt will [...]
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