Webserver Botnets
Gadi Evron explores webserver botnets at DEF CON 15, examining web-security and practical defenses.
Summary
Architecture and Background
Gadi Evron: Webserver Botnets and Hosting Farms as Attack Platforms The thousands of servers in collation centers and hosting farms are irresistible targets for bot-herders in the market for an ideal attack platform. Learn how ISPs are .
Vulnerability Analysis
with varying success . detecting and responding to bot-herders.
Exploitation and Demonstrations
frequent attempts to take control. Gadi Evron works for the McLean, VA based vulnerability assessment solution vendor Beyond Security as Security Evangelist and is the chief editor of the security portal SecuriTeam.
Remediation and Defensive Strategies
He is a known leader in the world of Internet security operations, and especially in the realm of botnets and phishing as well as is the operations manager for the Zeroday Emergency Response Team (ZERT). He is a known expert on corporate security and espionage threats. Previously Gadi was the Israeli Government Internet Security Operations Manager (CISO) and the Israeli Government CERT Manager which he founded.
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