ThruGlassXfer: The TV people? Do you see them?

Presented at Kiwicon 8: It's always 1989 in Computer Security (2014), Dec. 12, 2014, 9:45 a.m. (30 minutes).

ThruGlassXfer (TGXf) is a new and exciting technique to steal files from a computer through the screen with just a phone. Any user that has screen and keyboard access to a shell (CLI, GUI or even a Web Management shell) in an enterprise IT environment has the ability to transfer arbitrary data, code and executables in and out of that environment without raising alarms, today. This includes staff, partners and suppliers, both on and off-shore. And implementation of best practice Data Center (Jump hosts), Perimeter / Remote Access (VPN, VDI, ..) and End Point Security (DLP, AV, ..) architectures have no effect on the outcome. In this session I will take you from first principles to a full exploitation framework. At the end of the session you'll learn how build on this unidirectional file transfer and augment the solution into a full duplex communications channel (a virtual serial link) and then a native PPP link, from a user controlled device, through the remote enterprise- controlled screen and keyboard, to the most sensitive infrastructure in the enterprise. This is an exciting and cross-discipline presentation that picks up the story in the DEC VT220 terminal era and will take you on a journey to exploiting modern enterprise security architectures. So join me, whatever your knowledge or skill-set and learn something interesting!


Presenters:

  • Ian "MCP" Latter
    With more than 20 years in IT and over 15 of those in Security, Ian has worked across the Aerospace, Education, Finance, Government, Health and Telecommunications industries, in a number of multidisciplinary roles from Support to Systems Administration, from Security Officer to Pen-Tester and from Architect to his current Governance role. If he had spare time, Ian would be programming on any of the dozens of hobby software and robotics projects that remain unfinished, including the Barbie Car that he promised his daughter (wiser friends have advised that I finish this project before she's old enough to ask for a real Corvette).

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