| Title |
Why Black Hats Always Win |
| Type |
Paper
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| Tags |
exploiting
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| Abstract |
From the origins of hacking and black hat hackers a new industry called penetration testing has evolved. Penetration testing is intended to emulate a real attacker in order to uncover what vulnerabilities an organization may have that could put them at risk so they can be fixed. This has led to the term "White Hat Hacker" being used to describe those who perform these tests. However the goals of a White Hat differ greatly from the goals of a Black Hat, as do the mindsets. This presentation will describe these differences as well as some of the things black hats have to consider that white hats may not even be aware of. This paper will explain why black hats have the advantage over white hats and why the penetration industry has to change. The take away from this presentation is that current common penetration methodologies are ineffective in demonstrating the actual risk and threats that exist and hopefully provide some insight into how real attacks actually work from the point of view of a black hat.
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| Authors |
Val Smith
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| Submitted |
May 23, 2010 |
| Rating |
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| Correlation |
| Linked to |
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| Event |
Black Hat DC 2010
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| Resource |
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| Download |
| Source |
Blackhat-DC-2010-valsmith-chris-blackhats-win-wp.pdf |
| Size |
494.8 KB |
| MD5 |
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| SHA1 |
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