Don't turn your back on Ransomware!

Presented at May Contain Hackers (MCH2022), July 23, 2022, 6 p.m. (30 minutes)

Ransomware is making a comeback and attacking us all! Learn and sharpen your blades in order to defend against this multi headed monster! There’s a lot to learn from every ransomware attack. By demounting every bit of the attack and looking at every stage there’s much to gain for setting up proper detection and other defence techniques

Remember those times when a popup appeared on your screen with the message to immediately transfer an amount of bitcoins to retrieve your files? Ransomware is still a serious threat to a lot of people and organisations and nowadays using more and more advanced techniques to target you and steal your data. This talk will tell us what Ransomware actually is, who’s writing the code and making money out of it, it shows us a bit of the Ransomware history and what types were out there, to better understand what we’re dealing with. And explain all of the ransomware attack stages and what you can do in terms of detection and defence inside your security operations.


Presenters:

  • Erik Heskes
    Security Consultant with a technical background. Handled security topics like: SIEM/SOC, Purple teaming, pentesting and compliance. Mostly within financial institutions. Next to my dayjob as a consultant I am also a musician and I like to ride my motorcycle from time to time. Certifications: Splunk admin certified, CEH, CISSP, FCNSP, VCP, CCNP, MCSE

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