SLIDE 1
CAIS Sensor: Distributed Sensors Network in Brazilian NREN
LACSEC
LACNIC27
SLIDE 2 Regarding RNP
- Brazilian National Research
and Education Network (RNP).
- Created in 1989.
- Implementing the first Latin
American fiber network in 2005.
SLIDE 3 Regarding CAIS
- Coordination CSIRT of Brazilian
research and education network since 1997.
- CAIS works in detection, resolution and
prevention of network security incidents.
Security Vulnerability Management Security Incident Handling
CSIRT Development
Security Awareness
SLIDE 4 Rede Ipê, Brazilian academic network
- backbone. Built-in capacity of 347 Gbps
* dados de 2015
Interconnects 1.911 units of RNP's Customers (Universities, Federal Institutes, Research Organizations). Highly diversified environment, regarding networks, technologies and maturity of customers’ security teams. Difficulties for efficient detection.
Motivations to create a CAIS Sensor network
SLIDE 5
CAIS Sensor Requirements
SLIDE 6
What is the CAIS Sensor?
SLIDE 7
How does CAIS Sensor analyze traffic?
SLIDE 8 How does CAIS Sensor work?
Sensor (Suricata)
Master Server Engine (Suricata) Engine (Suricata) Engine (Suricata) + + Query
SLIDE 9 What does Master Server do?
management
- Sensor management
- Statistics of malicious
activities detected
- Information about sensor’s
“health”
administration Master
Engines(Suricata)
SLIDE 10 Regarding Engines(Suricata)
- Friendly user interface
- Plug and play
- Less technical knowledge required
- Low maintenance and support
- Send detections by email
- Send statistics and status data
- Update requests
Engines(Suricata)
SLIDE 11
The CAIS Sensor(Screenshots)
Main menu Quick access tasks Quick Information dashboard
SLIDE 12
The CAIS Sensor(Screenshots)
SLIDE 13 Engine(Screenshots) – Installation Menu
- Restart Services.
- Network interface configuration.
- Select network pickup interface.
- Use license configuration.
SLIDE 14
27 RNP Points of Presence 17 Customers 44 Sensors Installed
CAIS Sensor Implementation
SLIDE 15
Statistics – Average Analyzed Traffic
SLIDE 16
Statistics
91% 9% Incoming Outgoing
Malicious activity flow Most attacked ports
SLIDE 17
Statistics - Main types of malicious activity detected
DDoS Attempts(protocol xdmcp) 702.345 DDoS Attack (protocol NTP) 535.204 Malwares 236.985 DDoS Attack (protocol SNMP) 102.478
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Statistics – Types of detected events
SLIDE 19
Statistics - Botnets
nicaze.net Zeus XcodeGhost Feodo DealPly PCRat/Gh0st Palevo Bladabindi/njrat Beacon Kelihos
SLIDE 20 Next Steps
- Optimize reports
- Integrate with other sources (URLs blacklist,
IPs blacklist, others)
- Increase number of sensors in educational institutions
and RNP customers
- Finalize and expand the partnership model
SLIDE 21
Questions ?
SLIDE 22 Thanks!
RNP – Brazilian Educational and Research Network
CAIS – RNP Incident Security Response Team
Yuri Alexandro
Security Analyst yuri.ferreira@rnp.br
Rildo Souza
Security Analyst rildo.souza@rnp.br