Beyond Encryption: Exploring the Tactics Ransomware Operators Use During Negotiation & their Impact

SANS Ransomware Summit 2023

Beyond Encryption: Exploring the Tactics Ransomware Operators Use During Negotiation and their Impact

Speakers:
Bryce Webster-Jacobsen, Director of Intelligence Operations, GroupSense
Sean Jones, Senior Intelligence Analyst, GroupSense

Ransomware is one of the most destructive and lucrative forms of cyber crime. While encryption is the hallmark of ransomware, negotiation is the critical phase of the attack where attackers interact with the victim and negotiate a ransom payment. In this talk, GroupSense experts Bryce Webster-Jacobsen and Sean Jones …

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