Intro No matter where I go or whom I talk to, Ransomware always comes up. The part that gets me is that people are still spitting out myths, are simply getting facts wrong, or are still thinking & acting as if it is 6-8 years ago. The Ransomware landscape has changed and some people are […]
Let’s face it, for those of us in the game, Red Team Engagements are fun. I have seen CISO types laugh at the way we bypassed their physical security by offering their guards candy and biltong(think jerky, only yummier) to distract them, to wide-eyed nervous laughter as I copied out 500k database records without anyone […]
This is an issue most of us face on a regular basis, either from a job-hunting standpoint or when looking for candidates for a team. Do certifications still hold value? Are skills more important? Over more than a decade, I have assisted numerous teams either skill up or get certified, both for personal growth and […]
You walk into the office on a Thursday morning thinking it is going to be a day like any other, when one of your colleagues comes running to you to tell you that a file server has been compromised with ransomware. As a Security Specialist & Malware researcher I see and hear this often. In […]
