Pittsburgh, /7/2014. Cyber Vulnerabilities in the Intangible World

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1 Cyber Vulnerabilities in the Intangible World MACPA 2014 Government and Not for Profit Conference Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Robert Behler, Deputy Director and COO USAF Major General (ret.) April 25, 2014 Pittsburgh,

2 Pittsburgh, The DoD is in the software business The B-52 lived and died on the quality of its sheet metal. Today our aircraft will live or die on the quality of our software. Quote: Delivering Military Software Affordably, Defense AT&L, March-April

3 Increasing Complexity and Functionality Increase Attack Surface 9.9M SLOC Complexity 500K SLOC 2K Lines of Machine Code 0 SLOC Functionality Sourced from Washington Times and Atlantic Wire 5 Crown Jewels Vulnerabilities Critical infrastructures Insider threats Cloud/networked systems Insider threats Mobile devices Legacy system upgrades Complex software supply chain Emerging threats 6 3

4 Daunting Challenges Technology People Continuously emerging threat Making cyber resilience part of the business case 7 Cyber Attack Can Steal the Perception of Reality 8 4

5 2014 Super Bowl Wi-Fi Password Credentials Broadcast in Pre-Game Security Gaffe 9 Fake Netflix App Redirects Data to Attacker Targeted software supply chain for mobile devices New phones and tablets shipped with pre-installed fake Netflix app Phony app sends passwords and credit card information to Russia Phony Netflix apps were found on newly shipped mobile devices from four manufacturers (reported in March 2014) In the supply chain for new mobile devices, bundles of third-party applications are rarely run through anti-malware or privacy leak detection software. Security Analyst 10 5

6 Watering Hole Attack Uses VFW Website Used vulnerability in IE10 Served from VFW website during 2014 winter storm Pax and President s Day weekend Gave attacker access to site visitors important information In a watering hole strategy, an attacker plants malware on a website popular with targeted group. Possible object: targeting military service members to steal military intelligence. In addition to retirees, active military personnel use the VFW website. FireEye researchers 11 Make Cyber Resilience Part of the Business Case Astroinertial navigation system 12 6

7 The Ultimate Computer Technology Continuously emerging threat People Cyber resilience in the business case 13 Contact Information Robert Behler Deputy Director and COO Software Engineering Institute Telephone: Web U.S. Mail Software Engineering Institute Customer Relations 4500 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA USA Customer Relations Telephone: SEI Phone: SEI Fax:

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