Presented at
Kiwicon 7: Cyberfriends (2013),
Nov. 9, 2013, 5:45 p.m.
(30 minutes)
Every day, technology quietly fails us. The causes of these failures can have serious ramifications. One could MitM large userbases - intercept email, web, voice and more - without detection or disruption. Or all of it could stop working, a universal Denial of Service.
Technological defenses to protect against such attacks can be bypassed, and by doing so allow attackers to undermine core Internet infrastructure. These attacks have been discussed before, but the depth of the issue is greater than previously thought. Let me tell you just how out-of-this-world this problem is, and why it's important for network operators to step up to protect their users.
Presenters:
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Nick 'vt' Freeman
vt (no, not Vertical Tab), otherwise known as Nick Freeman, works at Security-Assessment.com in (mostly) Auckland. When not hacking to bring home the smokiest of bacons, he enjoys hanging out with his cat, playing Mortal Kombat and working on one of SA's most cherished research projects, dubbed 'cheeseburger assessment'.
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