Symantec's February 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence reported that there has been a significant increase in the number of collaborative attacks that make use of well-timed and carefully crafted targeted techniques.
Information security attacks are predicted to worsen and it is necessary for information security professionals to understand the latest threat methodologies. For example, since February, the attacks increased in number and multiple malware families were used aggressively to conduct simultaneous attacks via propagation techniques, signaling the likelihood of a common origin for these infected emails.
Interestingly, Symantec notes that the malicious code used in the different waves of attack also shared some common techniques.
One day would be dedicated to propagating mainly Zeus (aka. Zbot) variants, while another day was dedicated to distributing SpyEye variants. Not long ago, when SpyEye was installed, it sometimes contained a "Kill Zeus" capability. Interestingly, the two sides seem to have changed course. Towards the end of October 2010, the bot code developers of SpyEye and Zeus bots showed signs of a merger as reported by Brian Krebs. These attacks had multiplied further and were being propagated simultaneously with each malware family using its own polymorphic packer to further evade traditional antivirus detection.
EC-Council organizes information security conference that provides a platform for information security professionals to discuss and exchange ideas on information security training solutions. EC-Council's Information Security event, officially named "Hacker Halted" is also dubbed the Hacker Conference.
EC-Council provides information security course that covers a broad spectrum of information security solutions. With PCs no longer being the dominant form of computing, and threats targeting the smart phone and tablet markets increases annually, ethical hacking training would be a useful training program for Information security professional. EC-Council also provides penetration testing training course, which is the Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT).
EC-Council is the owner of the Hacker Halted conference and workshop series, which had been organized in international cities such as Miami, Myrtle Beach, Dubai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Mexico City, among others. Hacker Halted features renowned international speakers who are experts in the field of information security. The objective of Hacker Halted conference series is to raise international awareness towards increased education and ethics in information security.
The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) is a member-based organization that certifies individuals in various e-business and security skills. It is the owner and developer of the world famous Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) course, Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI) program, License Penetration Tester (LPT) program and various other programs offered in over 60 countries around the globe.
