21/09/2012 1 www.eset.co.uk we protect your digital worlds The “Business” of Malware IT Security Presentation Secure South West – Plymouth University Thursday 20 th September 2012 Presented by: Alan Thake – Head of Sales – ESET UK www.eset.co.uk we protect your digital worlds Today’s Topics • The “Business” of malware • How is it being dealt with ? • ESET pedigree, our customers, our awards • Q & A and discussions
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www.eset.co.uk we protect your digital worlds
The “Business” of Malware IT Security Presentation
Secure South West – Plymouth University Thursday 20th September 2012
Presented by:
Alan Thake – Head of Sales – ESET UK
www.eset.co.uk we protect your digital worlds
Today’s Topics
• The “Business” of malware
• How is it being dealt with ?
• ESET pedigree, our customers, our awards
• Q & A and discussions
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The “Business” of malware
• What’s changed ?
• Who are they ?
• What are they doing ?
• Why are they doing it ?
• Where do they come from ?
• How do we combat it ?
• What are the possible consequences of inadequate protection ?
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• Brazil & E Europe – Phishing – Banking specialists
The virus, “ACAD/Medre.A”, has stolen tens of thousands of blueprints from companies mostly based in Peru, said ESET, a computer security firm. It targeted software called AutoCAD, which is very widely used by industrial designers and architects. The stolen drawings were surreptitiously sent to email accounts provided by two Chinese internet firms, 163.com and qq.com
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Why are they doing it? • Mainly Financially driven (Data Theft)
• Politically driven (Russia/China/ME
• Intellectual Property Rights theft
• Follow the money !
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How is it combated ? J. Keith Mularski, Supervisory Special Agent, Cyber Division went deep undercover and infiltrated “DarkMarket”, an English speaking Cybercrime forum, under the alias “Master Splyntr”, eventually leading to 60 arrests worldwide
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How do we combat it ?
► ESET vs the Russians in a game of futuristic “tennis”
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ESET’s Virus Labs in Slovakia Tens of thousands of new “malware” samples daily
Employing top talent – So do the
malware producers !
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Possible consequences of inadequate protection • Can you put a value on down time ? Here's a cost analysis with the sample cost impact of
network downtime.
• Additional hidden costs can also result from lost revenue when no orders placed during downtime.
• If the network goes down once a year, the cost is high. If several times a year the cost can escalate quickly.
Cost Type No of Users
Cost per
hour
Downtime Cost in HR
Estimated Annual Cost 3 hours downtime per year
Average Personnel
500 £9 £4,500 £13,500
IT Technical Support
5 £40 £200 £600
Total Company 505 N/A £4,700 £14,100
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St. Bartholomews (Barts) Hospital, together with The Royal
London Hospital and The London Chest Hospital, form this
trust. They were collectively hit by the MyTob Worm which
took down all three hospitals networks over a two day