A Shared Playbook: New Sophos Research Finds Ransomware Groups Working Together - John Shier

In this Black Hat 2023 interview, CRA’s Bill Brenner and Sophos’ John Shier discuss the company’s latest research on the Royal ransomware gang. Though Royal is a notoriously closed off group that doesn’t openly solicit affiliates from underground forums, granular similarities in the forensics of the attacks suggest all three groups are sharing either affiliates or highly specific technical details of their activities.

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bh23-2

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