The “Art” of The BEC - What Three Years of Fighting Has Taught Us

Presented at DerbyCon 9.0 Finish Line (2019), Sept. 7, 2019, 2 p.m. (45 minutes).

Ronnie Tokazowski / @iheartmalware, Senior Threat Researcher with Agari, has been fighting and trolling BEC scammers for over three years with the help lots of friends. Like, more than 600 of them, and many are feds, too! The industry has started to gain a deep understanding with all of the intricate parts of BEC, such as romance scams, lottery scams, real estate scams, account takeover, wire fraud, W2 fraud, IRS scams, gift card scams, and direct deposit scams, just to name a few. How are all of these related and what can you do to start protecting yourself? And as always, #NotAVendorPitch

Presenters:

• Ronnie Tokazowski
  Ronnie Tokazowski, aka iHeartMalware, is a Senior Threat Researcher with Agari who specializes in BEC intelligence. Ronnie also has experience reverse engineering APT malware and finds enjoyment by messing with threat actors.

Links:

• https://infocon.org/cons/DerbyCon/DerbyCon 9 2019/The Art of The BEC What Three Years of Fighting Has Taught Us Ronnie Tokazowski.mp4
• https://infocon.org/cons/DerbyCon/DerbyCon 9 2019/The Art of The BEC What Three Years of Fighting Has Taught Us Ronnie Tokazowski.eng.srt (subtitles)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0peoA0k8GY

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