child soldiers of the modern age

Child soldiers of the modern age How to protect young hackers?Buherátor – Dr. Csaba Krasznay

Dr. Krasznay CsabaA katonai műszaki tudományok doktoraLeading IT Security Expert of 2011Regular speaker at conferences and

universitiesChairman of several professional

organizationsHeavily certifiedMain organizer of the Hacktivity conference

for yearsVoluntary teacher in the Safer Internet Project

of the International Children's Safety Service

Who are the child soldiers of the modern age?

The cost of cybercrime

Forrás: Norton Cybercrime Report 2012

Hacker profiles

Forrás: UNICRI, Hacker Profiling Project

Distribution by age

30%

29%20%

8%

7% 3% 3%

Életkor (470 válaszadó)

10-20 év21-25 év26-30 év31-34 év35-40 év41-45 év45+ év

Distribution by age

61%

30%

6% 2% 1%

Mikor kezdett hackelni? (171 válaszadó)

10-15 év16-20 év21-25 év26-30 év30+ év

Even a child can hack nowdays

BuherátorIT security expert

◦Ethical Hacking◦Vulnerability research◦Education

Blogger – http://buhera.blog.hu◦News◦Analysis◦Social bughunt

Could be different…

Target?

DEMO

(D)DoS?

Luckily, everything turned out right~100 bugreport for Hungarian

websites◦~10% critical infrastructure

Dozens of successful ethical hacking projects◦International and domestic

Software vulnerability reports◦(Tens of?) Millions of users

Digital MohácsImaginary scenario of a cyber attack

against Hungary from 2009 (Dr. László Kovács , Csaba Krasznay)

Based on the Digital Pearl Harbour scenario and the cyber attack against Estonia

ALL steps of the attack happened before – somewhere else

The scenario has been justified by reality since then…

Real dangersAnonymous is not something to be

afraid of◦No intelligence background;◦Limited monetary and human resources;◦No realistic strategic goals.

But it is frightening to imagine what the members of Anonymous could become with "appropriate" criminal or governmental background!

Education, Education, Education

THANK YOU!

Buherátor: buherator@gmail.com, buhera.blog.huCsaba Krasznay : csaba@krasznay.hu, www.krasznay.hu