V!4GR4 BotNet: Cyber-Crime, Enlarged

Trafficking of counterfeit pharmaceuticals is a massive industry, and have been known for its persistent usage of different blackhat techniques in order to maintain its operation. A large part of those attempts are web application attacks, which are used in order to operate a huge network which generates substantial income to its operators. In this session we're going to introduce some of the main Methods of Operation for these groups, estimate the size of this operation, and why it matters. We will walk through real attack data, to see some of the latest attacks generated by these organizations, and discuss how organizations can be better protected against those attacks. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Ben has years of experience in hacking stuff, writing code, and in his past was a red team leader, and technical leader as a CTO and research manager. Ben is the group manager of Imperva's research group, consisting of elite security researchers and developers - researching Applications Securtiy, Network Security, Data Analytics & Machine Learning.