Stratagem 1 "Deceiving the heavens to cross the sea"
(Using the the 36 stratagems for Social Engineering)
Abstract
There are new threats arising everyday. The problem is there has been a
vulnerability in the system that has
not been patched since the first computer was created Humans!
As the network perimeter hardens and the controls on the desktop tightens.
Hackers are going back to the
basics and getting through the firewall by going through the front door. They
are bypassing the IPS and IDS
simply by bypassing the receptionist.
We look at this topic with a different viewpoint. We look at the history of
social engineering from Amenhotep
3 to Sinon of Greece as well as how the culture of the country you're in
dictates the strategy to use. All
this shown in an offbeat way showing how 1st century strategies can still be
used to beak into 21st century
networks.
Jayson E. Street
Jayson is an author of the book "Dissecting the hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network"
http://f0rb1dd3n.com/ from Syngress. His consultation with the FBI and Secret
Service on attempted network breaches resulted in the capture and successful
prosecution of the criminals involved. In 2007 he consulted with the Secret
Service on the Wi-Fi security posture at the White House. He has also spoken
at DEFCON, BRUCON, UCON and at several other 'CONs and colleges on a variety
of Information Security subjects.
He also was the co-founder and speaker of ExcaliburCon held in Wuxi China.
He was an expert witness in two cases against the RIAA.
He is on the SANS GIAC Advisory Board as well as a mentor for
SANS. He is also a current member on the Board of Directors for the
Oklahoma "InfraGard". He is also Vice President for ISSA OKC. Jayson is
also a longtime member of the Netragard "SNOsoft" research team.
He is a highly carbonated speaker who has partaken of Pizza from Beijing to Brazil. He does not expect
anybody to still be reading this far but if they are please note he was chosen as one of Time's persons of the year for 2006.
