Identifying the human behaviour behind hacking

Lunchtime lecture by Andréanne Bergeron.
Thursday, October 31, 2024, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
In comodal: In room C-1017-13, Pavillon Lionel-Groulx and in Zoom.

Registration required for Zoom only

Face-to-face places are available without the need to register.

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Summary:

Studying the behaviour of cybercriminals is extremely complex. To achieve this, we set up vulnerable systems so that they could be targeted by hackers, enabling us to analyse their methods. Based on the 3.4 million lines of logs and videos generated by our monitoring tool, we were able to observe human behaviour through the automation of IT tools. We will reveal the periods of activity of the hackers, including their holidays and sleep times. We will also reveal some of the techniques they use. Understanding the behaviour of cybercriminals allows us to better defend ourselves against their attacks.

Biography :

Andréanne Bergeron

Director of cybersecurity research at GoSecure and associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the Université de Montréal.