Hi Anthony, AD> The PWN2KILL Contest aims at performing a comparative evaluation of AD> commercial AD> antivirus software against actual threats. AD> An actual threat can be defined as any threat that is operationnally AD> viable.
The challenge is rather large and the goals not really clear, based of above, "pwn" includes dropping custom malware and checking whether it is detected. Installing a rootkit is counted as pwned? You do not include the hardware details of the machine for instance if there are cpu vitalization features supported? Apparently proactive detection rules can simply be ignored based on the assumption a grandma will click yes anyways.(below) I am not sure thought a grandma really provides the incentive to create custom code in real life ;) Will this really will prove anything, from my experience all an every anti-virus software can be pwned (as per your definition) with custom unknown code. What is left are the Windows7 ACLs which you need to bypass also, these can be more of a problem then "bypassing" AV. I am with Sergio, what is there to gain for somebody that spends x weeks on targets ? Apart from having their name displayed on your website, that might not be enough for anybody ;) Regards, Thierry AD> As an AD> example, warnings like ``an application is attempting to become AD> resident. AD> Do you allow it?'' has no meaning for a grandmother using a AD> computer. AD> She is free to allow it! AD> 2.- Each participant will come with his (malware) code(s) to test AD> against AD> the antivirus software. He can perform any action that a normal AD> user can AD> do (including rebooting the computer, closing a session, using USB AD> devices...). In case of ``proactive'' warning from the operating AD> system AD> or from any application, the user is free to follow them or not. AD> Any user AD> has not to be an expert in computers in order to evaluate and AD> interpret AD> technical warnings that sometimes refers to normal behaviours. As an AD> example, warnings like ``an application is attempting to become AD> resident. AD> Do you allow it?'' has no meaning for a grandmother using a AD> computer. AD> She is free to allow it! AD> 3.- In order to make a comparative and fair testing, any code must be AD> tested AD> against ALL antivirus selected for the challenge. The test will AD> consist AD> in two step~: first the code(s) will be scanned (on demand analysis) AD> then used as intended (on-access analysis). AD> 4.- Any participant will have first to announce what effect/attack he AD> intends AD> to perform. The board will decide whether this attack is AD> admissible or AD> not. An admissible attack is an attack which affect availability, AD> integrity and/or confidentiality of the system and/or the data (data AD> system, user data...). AD> 5.- Any participant will have to write a short technical summary of his AD> attack(s) which will be published on the iAWACS website. He will AD> have to AD> present his attack(s) during the contest debriefing. A copy of AD> its code AD> will be given to the organizers of the challenge. AD> For fairness purposes, no participants working for any AV company or any AD> company sharing common interest with AV companies, will be allowed to AD> participate. Any participant will thus have to sign an assessment form AD> confirming he is not working for such companies. AD> AD> The organizers of iAWACS 2010 and of the PWN2KILL challenge have AD> selected the AD> following antivirus software: AD> -- Avast AD> -- AVG AD> -- Avira AD> -- BitDefender AD> -- DrWeb AD> -- FSecure AD> -- GData AD> -- Kasperky AD> -- McAfee AD> -- Microsoft AV AD> -- NOD 32 AD> -- Norton Symantec AD> -- Trend Micro AD> AD> Only commercial licences will be tested -- in other words they will be AD> anonymously bought in public stores/website (no demo or free version). AD> The antivirus will be updated right before the beginning of the challenge. AD> The organizers will publish a technical summary of the results once AD> validated AD> by the contest board. No communication will be done directly towards the AV AD> vendors. Only a technical communication and press conference will be AD> organized AD> during the iAWACS event. A technical summary will be available on the AD> iAWACS AD> website. The complete data and codes collected will be communicated only AD> to the AD> French CERT-A for analysis and feedbacks. No code will be neither AD> published nor AD> distributed. AD> Any participant is free to communicate later on about his test/code/attack AD> performed during the contest. In this case, iAWACS organizers are not AD> responsible for that communication. AD> _______________________________________________ AD> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. AD> Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html AD> Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ -- http://blog.zoller.lu Thierry Zoller _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/