The Ransomware Threat: Tracking the Digital Footprints

Presented at BSidesSF 2016, Feb. 29, 2016, 1 p.m. (55 minutes).

The continuing evolution of ransomware is a constant threat to businesses of all types. Taking a stroll through the timeline of ransomware from it's infancy to current variants, this session will walk through the methodologies for prevention, containment, and detection... both inside the system and by following the digital footprints to hunt it in the wild.

Presenters:

• Kevin Bottomley - Security Analyst - OpenDNS
  Kevin Bottomley is a Security Analyst on the OpenDNS Research team. Throughout the course of the day, Kevin undertakes roles from creating Security Threat Reports for existing and potential clients, working closely with the Customer Support Team, finding new threats and attacks, and devising tactics to track down and identify nefarious actors and malicious domains. Kevin earned an Associate in Science degree from City College of San Francisco in Computer Networking and Information Security, and has earned various certificates along the way. Past talking events include BSidesSF 2015, BSidesLA 2015, NASA Ames Security Week, and BSidesNYC 2016.

Links:

• https://bsidessf2016.sched.com/event/6616/the-ransomware-threat-tracking-the-digital-footprints

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