Re-defining Endpoint Protection: Preventing Compromise in the Face of Advanced Attacks
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The document discusses the need for advanced endpoint protection in light of increasingly sophisticated threats, highlighting that traditional anti-malware solutions are no longer sufficient. It outlines the importance of adopting new tactics such as application control, advanced heuristics, and threat management strategies to enhance security. Additionally, it presents IBM's Trusteer Apex as a multi-layered defense solution designed to address these advanced threats effectively.
Re-defining Endpoint Protection: Preventing Compromise in the Face of Advanced Attacks
- 1. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 1© 2014 IBM Corporation Re-defining Endpoint Protection Mike Rothman, Securosis Andy Land, IBM
- 2. Re-defining Endpoint Protection Mike Rothman, President mrothman@securosis.com Twitter: @securityincite Advanced Endpoint and Server Protection: Tactics and Techniques
- 3. About Securosis • Independent analysts with backgrounds on both the user and vendor side. • Focused on deep technical and industry expertise. • We like pragmatic. • We are security guys – that’s all we do.
- 5. How customers view Endpoint Protection • Compliance is the main driver for endpoint protection • Whether it works or not is not the issue. • And to be clear, traditional anti-malware technology doesn’t work anymore. http://flic.kr/p/9kC2Q1
- 6. Milking the AV Cash Cow • Add incremental functions: • HIPS/Heuristics • “Crowd-sourcing” threats • File reputation • Endpoint hygiene
- 8. Prevention Next you try to stop an attack from being successful. This is where most of the effort in security has gone for the past decade, with mixed (okay, lousy) results. A number of new tactics and techniques are modestly increasing effectiveness, but the simple fact is that you cannot prevent every attack. It has become a question of reducing your attack surface as much as practical. If you can stop the simplistic attacks you can focus on more advanced ones.
- 9. Adversaries: Better and Better Advanced Malware Polymorphism Sophisticated targeting Professional Processes http://www.flickr.com/photos/dzingeek/4587871752/
- 10. The Negative Security Model http://www.despair.com/tradition.html
- 11. Traditional AV But detection of advanced attacks is still problematic if detection is restricted to matching files at runtime. You have no chance to detect zero-day or polymorphic malware attacks
- 12. You don’t know what malware is going to look like... But you DO know what software should and should not do. This calls for Advanced Heuristics
- 13. Advanced Heuristics Heuristics have evolved to recognize normal application behavior. This dramatically improves accuracy because rules are built and maintained at a specific application-level.
- 14. Look for what? • Executables/dependencies • Injected threads • Process creation • System file/configuration/registry changes • File system changes • OS level functions including print screen, network stack changes, key logging, etc. • Turning off protections • Account creation and privilege escalation http://flic.kr/p/6Yz7MB
- 15. Application Control • Define a set of authorized executables that can run on a device, and block everything else. • Flexible “trust” model to offer “grace” period to install s/w • Authorized publishers, trusted employees, etc. • Though more flexible trust models weaken security… http://flic.kr/p/97Kqk8
- 16. Application Control Use Cases • Servers • Fixed function devices • High value endpoints
- 17. Isolation Spin up a walled garden to run applications. If app is compromised (detected using advanced heuristics), the sandbox prevents the application from accessing core device features such as the file system and memory, and prevents the attacker from loading additional malware.
- 18. Old concept, New Packaging • Isolation is not new. VM’s in use by sophisticated users for years. • Isolation still needs to use some O/S level services, which provides attack surface. • VM (or isolation) aware malware stays dormant • Sophisticated sophisticated evasion techniques emerging: human interaction, timers, process hiding, etc…
- 19. Choosing Prevention • What kind of adversaries do you face? • Which applications are most frequently used? • How disruptive will employees allow the protection to be? • What percentage of devices have been replaced in the past year?
- 20. Understanding Effectiveness • Hype, religion and snake oil will be common as vendors look to establish their approach as “best.” • Comparative tests frequently gamed. Provide one data point. • Look for testing outliers and go on from there. http://flic.kr/p/7SrgR3
- 21. Summary • Advanced Protection requires a broader view of threat management • Innovation on endpoint/server prevention will accelerate • Shift investment from ineffective legacy prevention to more effective advanced prevention, detection and investigation. http://www.flickr.com/photos/74571262@N08/6710953053/
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- 23. Mike Rothman Securosis LLC mrothman@securosis.com http://securosis.com/blog Twitter: @securityincite
- 24. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 24© 2014 IBM Corporation Trusteer Apex
- 25. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 25 Are you fighting a losing battle? IBM Internal Use Only • Humans will always make mistakes • System and application vulnerabilities continue to emerge • Malware detection will always lag
- 26. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 26 Do you have the right weapons? IBM Confidential until May XY, 2014 Fragmented market with point products • Endpoint protection market is highly fragmented with many point solutions - e.g., Sandboxing, application control, whitelisting Major security control gaps • Existing products offer no controls for major attack vectors - e.g., Zero-day exploits, applicative Java attacks Challenging manageability and operations • Advanced threat solutions are difficult and costly to operate • Difficult to scale manual remediation processes to thousands of enterprise endpoints • High false positive rates • Whitelisting processes on endpoints non-manageable
- 27. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 27 Trusteer Apex Preemptive, low-impact defense for enterprise endpoints IBM Confidential until May XY, 2014 ADVANCED MULTI-LAYERED DEFENSE Comprehensive endpoint defense against advanced threats DYNAMIC INTELLIGENCE Advanced threat intelligence collected from tens of millions of endpoints LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT Low overhead on IT / security teams, transparent to end users Trusteer Apex
- 28. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 28 Apex multi-layered defense architecture IBM Confidential until May XY, 2014 KB to create icon Threat and Risk Reporting Vulnerability Mapping and Critical Event Reporting Advanced Threat Analysis and Turnkey Service Credential Protection Exploit Chain Disruption Cloud Based File Inspection Malicious Communication Prevention Lockdown for Java Global Threat Research and Intelligence Global threat intelligence delivered in near-real time from the cloud NEW NEW NEW • Alert and prevent phishing and reuse on non- corporate sites • Prevent infections via exploits • Zero-day defense by controlling exploit-chain choke point • Legacy protection against known viruses • Consolidates over 20 AV engines for maximal efficacy and operational simplicity • Block malware communication • Disrupt C&C control • Prevent data exfiltration • Prevent high-risk actions by malicious Java applications
- 29. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 29 No.ofTypes Attack Progression Data exfiltrationExploit Delivery of weaponized content Exploitation of app vulnerability Malware delivery Malware persistency Execution and malicious access to content Establish communication channels Data exfiltration Controlling exploit-chain chokepoints IBM Confidential until May XY, 2014 Pre-exploit 0011100101 1101000010 1111000110 0011001101 Strategic Chokepoint Strategic Chokepoint Strategic Chokepoint File Inspection Endpoint Vulnerability Reporting Credential Protection Destinations (C&C traffic detection) Endless Unpatched and zero-day vulnerabilities (patching) Many Weaponized content (IPS, sandbox) Endless Malicious files (antivirus, whitelisting) Endless Many Malicious behavior activities (HIPs) Exploit Chain Disruption Lockdown for Java Malicious Communication Blocking
- 30. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 30 Low operational impact Advanced threat analysis and turnkey service IBM Confidential until May XY, 2014 Eliminate the traditional security team approach (detect, notify, and manually resolve) Low-footprint threat prevention Exceptional turnkey service Low impact to IT security team Minimize impact by blocking only the most sensitive actions Centralized risk assessment service Directly update endpoint users
- 31. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 31 Dynamic intelligence Crowd-sourced expertise in threat research and dynamic intelligence Global Threat Research and Intelligence • Combines the renowned expertise of X-Force with Trusteer malware research • Catalog of 70K+ vulnerabilities,17B+ web pages, and data from 100M+ endpoints • Intelligence databases dynamically updated on a minute-by-minute basis Real-time sharing of Trusteer intelligence NEW Phishing Sites URL/Web Categories IP/Domain Reputation Exploit Triage Malware Tracking Zero-day Research IBM Confidential until May XY, 2014
- 32. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 32 Client example: Major heavy equipment manufacturer Protecting endpoints against advanced threats and malware IBM Confidential until May XY, 2014 Business challenge Protect 10,000 endpoints in multiple international locations Provide Remote Access to Suppliers, Contractors and Employees Prevent IP and Technology Data Theft IBM Security Solution: Trusteer Apex Trusteer Apex protects endpoints throughout the threat lifecycle by applying an integrated, multi- layered defense to prevent endpoint compromise for both managed and remote endpoints. Threats are continually analyzed and protections provided by Trusteer’s turnkey service. Discovered 32 threats and 100 suspicious activities within weeks of deployment despite other security products Advanced Threat Protection
- 33. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 33 Apex is essential to the IBM Threat Protection System IBM Confidential - NDA until May 5, 2014 Open Integrations Ready for IBM Security Intelligence Ecosystem Trusteer Apex Endpoint Exploit Chain Disruption IBM Security Network Protection XGS Smarter Prevention IBM Security QRadar Security Intelligence Security Intelligence IBM Emergency Response Services IBM Security QRadar Incident Forensics Continuous Response IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence New real-time sharing of Trusteer threat intelligence from 100M+ endpoints with X- Force Global Threat Intelligence 1 2 3 5 4 Java Lockdown Protection - granular control of untrusted code, cloud-based file inspection, and QRadar integration NEW Advanced Threat Quarantine integration from QRadar and third-party products, inclusion of Trusteer intelligence into XGS NEW Data Node appliance, new flow and event APIs, and QRadar Vulnerability Manager scanning improvements NEW Integrated forensics module with full packet search and visual reconstruction of relationships NEW NEWNEW Increased global coverage and expertise related to malware analysis and forensics NEW New functionality from partners including FireEye, TrendMicro, Damballa and other protection vendors
- 34. © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM Security 34 Introducing IBM Trusteer Apex Re-defining endpoint protection for the advanced threat landscape Trusteer Fast Facts: Acquired by IBM August 2013 Adds endpoint protection capabilities to the IBM Security Portfolio Unique Integrations Integrated into IBM Threat Protection System Advanced Threat Defense Leaders Analyzing and preventing APT’s for the last 8 years
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