Ransomware As A Service (RaaS): Evolution, Implications and Countermeasures

SANS Asia Pacific DFIR Summit 2023
Ransomware As A Service (RaaS): Evolution, Implications and Countermeasures
Speaker: Terence Lau

Ransomware, once a threat limited to expert cyber criminals, has been democratized through the advent of Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) business models, exacerbating the already significant challenge of cyber threat mitigation. This paper proposes to investigate the escalating phenomenon of RaaS, its evolution, impact on the cybersecurity landscape, and effective countermeasures. RaaS has undergone an alarming transformation over the past years, …

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