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Tony G and Jonas Walker provide an inside look at how ransomware negations occur between a victim and an attacker. Learn how a travel management company negotiated a $10 million ransom to a $4.5 million payout and got tips from the attackers to help them understand how they were attacked. References
Chris Louie (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/) blogger and security professional from zScaler speaks to us on today's podcast about all things security. Join Tony G and Dr. Chaos on our latest episode as we discuss ransomware, the US Presidential Elections, and all things security. Listen on you
Written by: Kayla Matthews journalist & writer kaylaematthews@gmail.comhttps://productivitybytes.comThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a few areas of improvement in the business world. As the world's systems try to adapt to changing needs, their shortcomings become increasingly evident.
Original article appears at https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/how-threat-researchers-leverage-darknet-to-stay-ahead-of-cyber-threatsThe famous painting “Swans Reflecting Elephants” creates a double image and is an ideal metaphor of what we know about the Internet and the hidden layer ben
originally posted at https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/into-the-rabbit-hole-offensive-dns-tunneling-rootkits We see numerous evasion techniques that attackers use to bypass egress filtering solutions and establish command and control (C&C) within organizations. These targeted organizati
The financial sector takes cybersecurity seriously, and almost no one takes it more seriously than Chris Konrad, World Wide Technology Director of Global Financial Security.Join us as he discusses what makes the financial sector different, what products they are using to protect their environment, a
Industrial cybersecurity specialist James Cabe from CyberX, discusses ICS attacks, OT vs IT, and working for a startup that just got acquired by Microsoft.From missile defense to IoT, we discuss how CyberX works on networks, modern ICS threats, and how ICS attacks are depicted in Hollywood movies. C
Researchers Aamir Lakhani and Anthony Giandomenico discuss the EKANS ransomware and why it was an effective and targetted attack.Listen on your favorite podcast app or on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/drchaos-podcast/ekans-green-eggs-and-ham
Aamir Lakhani and Tony G discuss the latest findings of the 2020 Verizon Data Breach report. From ransomware to passwords dumpers. What does it mean how you should shape your cybersecurity policy? Join us on the latest episode of Dr. Chaos Podcast to find out.Listen on SoundCloud by clicking on this
No company wants to think about what it'll do in a crisis, but sometimes they're unavoidable. Whether it's an advanced cyberattack of a situation like COVID-19 that led to an unexpected rise in cybercrime, cybersecurity emergencies happen. If you do find yourself in such a crisis, how do you respond
Dive into this conversation on OT security as Derek Manky and Aamir Lakhani discuss highlights from our recent FortiGuardLabs threat intelligence briefs and the origins of OT-targeted attacks, starting from the beginning with the Stuxnet virus.
Written by Srikant (Sri) RamachandranIn the last article titled Who are you communicating with?, I talked about the importance of gaining visibility into traffic patterns across the enterprise to detect suspicious patterns. In this article, I present the argument for the vital importance of cybersec