{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News","title":"Webcast: New Wave of Ransomware Attacks: How did this happen?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6415,"description":"This is a special joint webcast from the teams of Black Hills Information Security, Wild West Hackin’ Fest, and Active Countermeasures, presented by John Strand.  \n\n\n\nIn this webcast, we cover the recent wave of attacks we are seeing, and we cover some of the history that got us to where we are. \n\n\n\nConsider this to be part 2 of the previous webcast I did on the topic. Available now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wKAQB4Yp-k4?t=1669 \n\n\n\nYep, we are going to talk about management and how to change their attitude on security. Yes, we will be talking about compliance. Of course, we will be talking about some simple actions companies can take to be better prepared.  \n\n\n\nI think it is important for us to talk through the history and see how we got to where we are in the industry. We have done a lot of tests over the years. We have seen technical and political patterns in “hard” and “easy” targets. We will talk about those as well. \n\n\n\nWe may even talk about threat intelligence, just a little…\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are self-publishing free Infosec Zines called PROMPT#. \n\n\n\nPROMPT# will contain: \n\nInfosec articles \nChallenging puzzles \nComic book based on real-life hacking adventures \nColoring contests \nBonus Backdoors & Breaches Consultant Cards (print version only) \nOther stuffs \n\nYou can check out current and upcoming issues here: https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/prompt-zine/ ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WPYM9pq_SRUcywHv9tdgpsGLyLx04W2rDmzktvAcD4Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZTA1/ZWZhNDcxZGM4ZTFj/ZGJhMTMwNmYzMmJj/ZjBkNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}