Endpoint Security Evasion

Endpoint Security Evasion

JASON SHUPP, SENIOR SYSTEMS

ENGINEER

INVINCEA, INC.

Meet the Presenter

Jason Shupp is a Senior Systems Engineer at Invincea, Inc. located in Fairfax, Virginia. Jason is a cyber-security expert with 14 years’ experience in the industry. His career started in the United States Marine Corps as a Tactical Network Specialist. Since that time, he has worked for various companies including Symantec, ArcSight and HP. Jason enjoys spending time with his family, sports and most outdoor activities.

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Agenda

1. Endpoint Security Evasion

2. Current Endpoint Security Challenges

3. Invincea FreeSpace™ – How it Works

4. Endpoint Security Portrayed in “Real Life”

5. Demonstration

Endpoint Security Evasion

Endpoint Security Evasion

• Hundreds of thousands of variants daily

– It only takes one…

• There is no safe – no barriers

– Failed detection = compromise

• Malware running with elevated privileges

– Stop running processes

– Stop/disable services

• Install more malware!

• Tampering protection

• It sounds all so easy

– And you’re right, it is…

Current Endpoint Security

Challenges

Antivirus Software

• Created in the late 1980’s

• Prevent, detect and remove malicious software

• Detection methodology

1. Signature – known bad file

2. Heuristic – characteristics of known bad

3. Behavioral – actions at run-time

• Protection built solely upon “known” threats

• 450K new variants per day

– (McAfee Labs Threats Report: November 2014)

• Have you read the media?

Other Solutions

• Whitelisting Solutions

– Trust Java.exe – right?

– CNN.com is not compromised today

• Network Based Endpoint Security

– HUH?

– Not at work – secure your computer and turn it off

• Continuous Monitoring Solutions

– SIEM’s have been doing this for years

– There is a needle in that haystack

• Usability, scalability, resource consumption, false positives, etc.

Invincea FreeSpace™

How it Works

Invincea FreeSpace™

Endpoint Innovation

Protect the UserEnterprise Endpoint Application & Data Collection

Application Requirements:

<90 MB RAM, 150 MB free disk

space, Intel/AMD x-86 chipset

Supported Operating Systems:

Windows XP,

Windows 7 32 and 64-bit

Windows 8.1

Invincea Management Server • Threat Data Server Module

• Optional integration to other

technologies

• Config Management Module• Track deployments

• Manage groups

• Maintain audit trail

• Schedule software updates

• Reporting

• Multiple deployment options • Virtual appliance

• Physical appliance

(1u rack-mounted)

• Cloud hosted

Invincea FreeSpace™• Endpoint application

• Priced per seat

• Subscription license

Protection options:

• Browsers (IE, Firefox,

Chrome)

• PDF

• Office Suite

• PPT

• XLS

• DOC

- Leverages detection

- Automatic termination of suspect activity

Detection

- Automatically created on user login

- Isolated environment to run applications

How it Works

Containment

- No signatures

- Patented behavioral-based detection

Prevention

- Collection upon detection

- File system, process, registry, network…

Intelligence

Endpoint Security in Real Life

Real Life Security - Your Home

Real Life Security - Your Home

Real Life Security - Your Home

Real Life Security - Your Home

Recap

• Front Door = Vulnerable Applications

– Entry point to the Endpoint

• Vulnerable Applications

– Web browsers, Office applications, PDF, Media

players, ZIP

• We’re all running them!

• And the bad guys know it!

• These applications are all vulnerable

– Have been breached

– Will continue to be breached

• So how is Invincea any different?

Invincea Difference

• Traditional security applications are installed side by side

to the vulnerable applications

– They can be broken, disabled or simply not working

• Invincea forces vulnerable applications inside the

product

– Container is the first layer of security

• Breaching the vulnerable application is no longer a

breach

• There will always be vulnerabilities

• Vulnerabilities leading to compromise is thwarted

Demonstration

Demonstration

• Environment

– Virtual Machine - Windows Defender & No Invincea

– Production Laptop - Invincea only

• Demonstration

– Open 2 separate Weaponized Word documents

• Download & execute malware

• Disable Windows Defender

– Download & execute malware

Questions?

Webinar Recording : http://www.invincea.com/2015/01/endpoint-security-evasion/

Demo Request: http://www.invincea.com/get-protected/enterprise-request-form

Invincea Research Edition: www.invincea.com/research-edition

Cynomix: www.cynomix.org

Thank you!

Invincea @Invincea

Jason Shupp

@JasonShuppLearn more about Invincea’s solutions or visit our website at www.invincea.com

Contact us at 1-855-511-5967