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Common internet threats

● Trolls

● Wargs

● Goblins

● Orcs

● Bad wizards

● Necromancers

● Gollumzesses

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“But they were trolls. Obviously trolls...

“... not to mention their language, which was not drawing-room fashion at all, at all.”

J. R. R. Tolkien

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Classifying internet threats usefully

● External, direct attacks

– often technical in nature

– we don’t initiate them

– we can block them when they do but not stop themhappening altogether

● Behaviours that can hurt us

– The internet equivalents of going out wearing expensive jewellery or accepting lifts from strangers, or simply not bothering to lock the back door...

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External, direct attacks1. “I’m going to shoot you; it’s nothing personal.”

● Fraudsters and thieves:

– Want your personal details and thence your money

– Want to get other people’s personal details and thence their money

– Want your personal details to defraud banks and on-line retailers

– Attacks may not always be directly over the internet

– Medium level of technical competence - the skill is in the deception

– It’s a numbers game - low success percentage, but HUGE volume of attacks

– It’s modern, organised, international crime,

– Data and techniques are valuable, and traded on the “dark” net

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External, direct attacks2. “You’re nothing, I own you!”

● Hijackers:

– Want to take over your equipment

– Will to use your home as a base to attack others

– Are VERY technically competent

– NO TYPES OF DEVICE ARE SAFE.

– Mistakenly thought of as just ‘viruses’

– Degree of penetration can be staggering (Stuxnet, web cams etc.)

– Attacks usually automated (initially)

– If they succeed, other types of attack follow, both towards you, and from your devices towards others

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External, direct attacks:3. ”You fascinate me, but not in a good way.”

● Stalkers, paedophiles, bullies and trolls:

– It’s always personal

– Will gain (or already have) personal details, to attack with

– Can be obsessive loners, sociopaths or psychopaths...... but can also be part of your social group!

– Are often technically competent, may hunt in packs or be part of a cooperative (information or skills sharing)

– Incidents may straddle the boundaries between cyber- and real space

– Organised crime will be involved, if it sees “commercial” opportunities

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ignore

be

vigilant

How bad are the external risks?What should I pay attention to?

Damage

Likelihood

Fraud + theft

StalkersPaedophiles

Bullies

Trolls

Hijacking

Caution: all this varies with age, interests, social group, and personal notoriety!

Radicalization

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Dangerous LiaisonsBehaviours that can hurt us

● Disclosing personal information

– Where you live,

– What you do,

– What you like,

– Your birthday(!)

– Your family details and images (“curse you, Facebook!”)

● Disclosing information to suppliers

– You are rarely forced to transact on-line

– Do you have full supplier details & do they check out?

– Why are you making this transaction on-line?

– What reputation do they have? Don’t trust eBay or app store feedback!

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Dangerous LiaisonsBehaviours that can hurt us

● Making "friends" across the internet

– Who are they, really?

– What’s the context in which you know them?

– Why do you think you can trust them (be brutal!)

● Being too inquisitive (children and young adults):

– Temptations: hacking, pornography, radical philosophies

● Expecting something for nothing

● Being repetitive:

– Passwords and user names, mixing social and commercial identities

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Special issues for young families

● managing children’s time on-line

● parental supervision versus children’s self-discipline

● naivete and innocence versus life experience

● mobile devices and 3G/4G internet

● intense peer pressure

● intense commercial pressures

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“In talking to dragons it is wise not to reveal your real name... nor anything about you.”

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”

Wisdom from J. R. R. Tolkien:

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NetGenie: A tale of two boxes

● British-owned company

● Identity-based security

● Very fast

● Very secure

● Very expensive

● Similar technology

● Plastic box

● £89*

*via the NetGenie purchase scheme

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NetGenie: What’s special about it

● Very easy to use (lots of alternatives aren’t)

● Very secure

– Comprehensive protection

– Threat information updated automatically

– Covers all internet devices in the home

● Very flexible: manage access

– by child,

– by age,

– by activity

– by time of day

● Hated by teenagers!

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NetGenie: Why are we selling it?

● Good home security helps everyone

● It actually does what it should and what’s needed

● It boosts our reputation

● We think it’s the right thing to do

● Cyberoam presently doesn’t have a retail channel in the UK.

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NetGenie: Our Purchase Scheme

● Schools or PTAs (or other organisations) take individual orders from familes and group them together.

● We accept orders from schools in ‘bulk’ (5 units or more).

● Parents get a discount,Schools/PTAs get ‘cashback’ based on quantity sold.

● Cashback as a fundraiser, or used for more discount to parents.

● UK helpline, support site and three years’ free security updates.

● Costs roughly the same as a Penguin in a lunchbox!

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NetGenie: What we need now

● To talk to the right people!

– Parent-Teacher Association committee members

– School staff who own safeguarding responsibility

– Other organisations who might adopt the scheme:

● NHW groups● Nursery schools, Kindergartens & playgroups● Churches, Mosques, etc.● Community groups - Scouts & Guide Troops

● Ideas from you!

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A couple of resources

● https://www.getsafeonline.org/

– Masses of very good on-line safety advice

– Densely-packed, lots of technical detail

● http://bristolitcompany.com/netgenie

– NetGenie and Purchase Scheme details, and this presentation (in Downloads)