Presentation
Threats Faced by Taiwan Telecom and their users
Telecom sector has been long as a major target of various cyber-attacks because of its position as an information flow center. As one of the world’s leading tech hubs, Taiwan’s telecom sector is especially facing a growing number of challenges, from cyberattacks and evolving regulatory pressures to the complex landscape shaped by global geopolitics. In today’s session, we will start by exploring the threat landscape of Taiwanese telecom sector. It includes a strategic overview of telecom industry, motivations to attract threat actors, technical dissect and corresponding attack vectors. We will provide real-world case studies of state sponsored attacks that showcase the implications of the ongoing threats. A significant part of our discussion will focus on the emerging concept of the ORB (Operation Relab Box) network, a botnet structure network composed of various compromised devices. ORB Network has been widely adopted by various state sponsored threat actors and can effectively hinder traceback by investigators. We will introduce the concept, mechanism, and use cases in various phases of cyber-attacks, to help audience master such kind of novel threats. By the end of our session, we hope to provide audiences with a clearer understanding of the current threats and the counter measure: a proactive cyber defense drive by cyber threat intelligence.
Charles Li
TeamT5
Charles Li is the Chief Analyst at TeamT5. He leads the TeamT5 analyst team in threat intelligence research. He has been studying cyber attacks and campaign tracking for more than 10 years. His research interests include vulnerability research, reverse engineering and APT attacks. He often publishes research and gives training courses at security conferences.
Scott Fisher
Team Cymru
Scott Fisher has worked at Team Cymru for 13 years in various leadership roles in Operations and Engineering. Currently he is a Senior Security Evangelist on the Community Outreach team, working with network operator community to better protect their networks. Prior to working at TC, Scott worked in the telecommunication space managing AAA/RADIUS, MMSC, SMSC, and gateway services.