Fighting Supply Chain Attacks and “Big Game” Ransomware
Date | Available On Demand |
Duration | 1 hour |
On Friday, July 2nd, just before a long U.S. holiday weekend, over 1,500 companies suffered a mass ransomware attack through an IT supply chain.
Ransomware authors had targeted managed service providers (MSPs), exploiting flaws in a popular software suite they use to manage all their customers’ networks. As massive as this attack was, it was not that first time businesses had suffered a targeted attack through an industry “digital supply chain.” Both supply chain attacks and targeted “big game” ransomware have become the most concerning cyber threat trends in North America.
Join Corey Nachreiner, CSO of WatchGuard and a 20-plus year information security veteran, as he discusses these trends, illustrating how previous targeted ransomware from 2018 and 2019 have developed into today’s mass ransomware incidents.
During the presentation, you’ll learn:
- About the largest mass ransomware attack seen so far
- The general trends around this and other “big game” ransomware attacks
- How Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) works
- How attackers exploit “Living off the Land” (LotL) and Fileless Malware techniques to evade security controls
- How remote work affects your attack surface
- Why authentication is the weakest link
- Most importantly, defense tips and security strategies that will both help you prevent the latest attack techniques, and survive cyber incidents when they happen
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Speaker Bio
Corey Nachreiner, Chief Security Officer, WatchGuard Technologies
Recognized as a thought leader in IT security, Corey Nachreiner spearheads WatchGuard’s technology vision and direction. Previously, he was the director of strategy and research at WatchGuard. Nachreiner has operated at the frontline of cyber security for 16 years, and for nearly a decade has been evaluating and making accurate predictions about information security trends. As an authority on network security and internationally quoted commentator, Nachreiner’s expertise and ability to dissect complex security topics make him a sought-after speaker at forums such as Gartner, Infosec and RSA. He is also a regular contributor to leading publications including CNET, Dark Reading, eWeek, Help Net Security, Information Week and Infosecurity, and delivers WatchGuard’s “Daily Security Byte” video on Facebook.