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Ransomware Battleground

Syya Yasotornrat

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Ransomware, CyberSecurity & Information Security Hackers, State Actors, OH MY! Ransomware Battleground hosts, Syya Yasotornrat and Poul Frederiksen investigate the highly topical attacks that Ransomware and its ilk are ravaging organizations big and small today. If you are a business or IT leader, you can enjoy a digestible conversation to stay on top of the attacks that your organization is always under potential threat. It can get technical, but we're here to put it into laymen's terms and ...
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The Ransomware Files

Jeremy Kirk, Executive Editor, Information Security Media Group

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The Ransomware Files podcast tells the harrowing stories of technology experts who have fought back against ransomware, which is one of the greatest crime waves the internet has ever seen. It features in-the-trenches stories about how organisations recovered and frank human reflections from those who have faced file-encrypting malware, a potent weapon used by high-tech criminals.
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After 13 episodes and one guest episode, The Ransomware Files project has come to a close. I want to thank everyone who participated and supported it. I wish this project had come to an end because ransomware was no longer a problem. Unfortunately, that's not the case. It remains one of the internet's greatest crime waves. I hope some of the main m…
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What if you were hired for an office job but ended up negotiating with cybercriminals? There aren’t many rules around the cybercrime known as ransomware, but this is a story about one rule that was definitely broken. By the end it, the path to the truth lead to a place on the other side of the world. It was a place that no one expected and disturbi…
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Dain Drake was CEO of United Structures of America, a steel fabrication facility outside of Houston. In June 2019, Dain found himself standing outside an adult boutique in Houston at 10 AM on a Sunday morning. It was closed. He called the owner and pleaded for him to come and open the shop. He needed something inside, which might just save his busi…
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The Ransomware Files is pleased to host a special guest episode from our friends at Hacked. In mid-April, there was a ransomware attack. It wasn’t against a small business. It wasn’t directed at a large company or even a large city. It was against a country: Costa Rica. The Conti ransomware gang struck more than two dozen government bodies in Costa…
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Is a practicing cardiologist living in Venezuela also a ransomware mastermind? If U.S. prosecutors are to be believed, Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez is a cybercriminal polymath. He’s on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for cybercrime, but people who know him say the accusations cannot be true. Zagala is charged in federal court in New York with developing …
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The FBI’s Most Wanted list for cybercrime has a recent entry: Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez. He is a 55-year-old cardiologist living in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela. He has a bald head and an earnest smile. In one photo, he wears a doctor’s white overcoat with a stethoscope around his neck. What is this man doing on that list? U.S. prosecutors allege Za…
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Ransomware struck global currency exchange and remittance company Travelex on New Year's Eve 2019. Security Architect Don Gibson was DJing at a friend’s place when the first alerts came in. That night kicked off turbulent period for Don that lasted throughout the rest of the year. His name became publicly linked with the Travelex incident, and the …
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If software has a dangerous and easy-to-exploit security vulnerability, should its maker tell customers to shut it down until it’s fixed? It’s a tough call, but one that Dutch company Hoppenbrouwers says the software vendor Kaseya should have undertaken last year to prevent a massive supply-chain attack executed by the REvil ransomware gang. The ga…
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Rockford Public Schools in Illinois was infected with the Ryuk ransomware just days after the school year started in September 2019. They had one thought for the suspected Russia-based cybercriminal group at the root of the attack: "Screw them." The attack encrypted upwards of six million files, wrecked applications and locked up servers. But the d…
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The REvil ransomware gang's attack against the US software company Kaseya in 2021 is not only amongst the largest ransomware attacks of all time, but it's also one of the most intriguing. It involves the use of zero-day software vulnerabilities known only to a handful of people, a race between attackers trying to snare ransom payments and defenders…
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In 2019, 23 cities across Texas were infected with the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware in one of the largest ransomware attacks that has ever occurred in the US. The cities recovered with remarkable speed due to the state's diligent preparation. But a small managed service provider called TSM Consulting, which the ransomware actors exploited in a suppl…
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What if destructive malware disguised as ransomware nearly sank not just one company but many? Shipping giant Maersk was one of dozens of organisations crippled by the NotPetya malware in June 2017. Gavin Ashton and Bharat Halai worked in identity and access management at Maersk. They share how the company's technology team tirelessly brought the c…
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Cybersecurity experts are increasingly worried about attacks and ransomware directed at the 70,000 water and wastewater facilities in the United States. In November 2020, the Hampton Roads Sanitation District, which serves 1.7 million people in eastern Virginia, was infected with the Ryuk ransomware. Fortunately, its operational technology systems …
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Matthews is an Australian company that specializes in intelligent identification, labelling and inspection systems used by the food and beverage industry. In early 2020, it faced a "double extortion" attempt from ransomware actors. But Matthews fought back, recovered its data and saved its business. Matthews is one of hundreds of organizations in A…
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Ski Kacoroski is a systems administrator with the Northshore School District in Bothell, Washington, which has 23,000 students. In 2019, the district was infected by Emotet and Trickbot, two notorious types of malware. Access to the district's systems was auctioned off twice by cybercriminals, and the district's system were eventually infected in S…
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No one likes to be told that their baby is ugly. Magnify that sentiment with a multi-billion dollar corporation with a reputation at stake. THIS is the challenge that ethical hackers face when they are able to breach environments and report it to these businesses. Are they received well? Sometimes yes, and mostly, no. No one is taking anything or c…
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We know Ransomware attacks have blown up in recent years and targets are as diverse as the type of attacks. We've discussed the challenges for businesses, small and enterprise, but what about for the public at large? Who is at risk? What percentage of the population is security savvy to know what to look for in attacks or attempts? This week's Rans…
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What is it about mainstream entertainment that makes the general population suddenly pay attention? Ransomware has grown exponentially in the last year and though it feels like attacks are daily occurrences, the majority of folks haven't changed behaviors, enacted additional security measures or seem to notice the impact that the headline attacks a…
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Red team and blue team play an important role in defending against advanced cyber attacks that threaten business communications. In this special episode of Ransomware Battleground, we talk through the flow in incident response per cyber kill chain. Ransomware Kill Switch™ can be used by the incident response to control/contain the blast radius in r…
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Where does time go when the heat of summer turns up and families can enjoy a little vacation time? Well hopefully ransomware attacks aren't tied to soaring temperatures because it's looking like over 120% increase in attacks from 2020. No one is immune and it's up to educating the broader population to understand that ANYTHING can be suspect. Even …
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Kaseya Ltd. is a Miami-based company that provides software to help other businesses manage their networks. The hackers targeted Kaseya’s virtual systems/server administrator (VSA), a type of software that large companies and technology-service providers use to manage and send out software updates to systems on computer networks. The hacks are caus…
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In 2021, the global eSports market was valued at just over 1.08 billion U.S. dollars.(Source) Online games and specifically the Massive Multiplayer (MMO) games, experience multiple attacks from hackers, platform competition that try to block players’ access to the gaming platforms, as well as cheating players that can attack other players slowing t…
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In 2021, the global eSports market was valued at just over 1.08 billion U.S. dollars.(Source) Online games and specifically the Massive Multiplayer (MMO) games, experience multiple attacks from hackers, platform competition that try to block players’ access to the gaming platforms, as well as cheating players that can attack other players slowing t…
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Online games and specifically the Massive Multiplayer (MMO) games, experience multiple attacks from hackers, platform competition that try to block players’ access to the gaming platforms, as well as cheating players that can attack other players slowing their connection, while gaining a competitive advantage. These attacks can take the entire game…
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Tesla, Cloudflare, Halifax Health, and Equinox are among the victims involved in a breach of more than 150,000 Verdaka's security cameras by a group of hackers known as Advanced Persistent Threat 69420 Arson Cats. The hackers used a "super admin account," which allowed them to peer into the cameras of all of Verdaka's customers. The group found the…
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In this episode of Ransomware Battleground, we will be talking about Ransom DDoS attacks. Unlike a ransomware attack, a DDoS Ransom attack does not encrypt a company's systems; it mainly aims to stress and halt them offline. It also does not require the attacker to gain access to a business's internal systems before it can be carried out. So, how w…
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Big Game Hunting, the targeted large-scale ransomware campaign, is now regarded as the primary cyber threat to organizations across all sectors including financial, healthcare, and government in 2021. Leaking stolen data in an effort to pressure victims into paying is part of a broader trend across the BGH ecosystem. In the recent headlines, the ra…
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On Feb 9th. 2021 - the nightmare scenario that the security community has warned for years, one that could kill thousands by targeting the critical infrastructure that we all rely on. In this case, the hacker gained access to a computer at the Florida water facility used for running remote control software TeamViewer, according to Reuters, and jack…
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In this ransomware battleground, we are looking into double-extortion attacks. What are they? And how do they get triggered? Hackers first extract large amounts of sensitive data prior to encrypting a victim’s databases. Then they threaten to publish the data unless the victim pays ransom demands. This puts extra pressure on organizations to pay up…
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Ransomware Intelligence Observations and Behavior Prediction for 2021 The exponential growth of ransomware creates a constant threat to end-users and corporate ITs. Regardless of your business size, industry, or location, preventing ransomware is a critical task to your organization, both from a financial perspective and for your brand reputation. …
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Ransomware has evolved beyond the commodity, widespread attacks intended to infect a single endpoint to include more advanced techniques, such as fileless malware and data exfiltration. One of the biggest drivers behind ransomware’s continued success is the adoption of the Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) distribution model. These new strains of rans…
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Sensational SolarWinds breach brought our attention to supply chain management and network management service (nms). Now, in 2021, what do we know now that we did not? In this episode, Adam Pennington, Principal Cybersecurity Engineer at MITRE, will give us the technical contexts on why Zero Trust Security is the critical piece in the puzzle and re…
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While the SolarWinds supply chain attack remains largely unknown, gathering the resources you need to understand, react, and respond is critical. For your team to remain secure and confident through the ongoing SolarWinds network performance and diagnostics, we are hosting a podcast discussion with Cybersecurity expert Dr. Chase Cunningham to discu…
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The Solarwinds Supply Chain Cyberattacks have huge implications on the level of sophistication, coordination and source of funding. In this episode of Ransomware Battleground, we will go over the root causes why Infecting the legitimate software updates of a widely used vendor can be an effective way to covertly inject malware into a large number o…
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Ryuk, aka. "Demon of Death" is wreaking havoc and ushering operators to go "big game hunting" and have previously targeted large organizations, including shipping giant Pitney Bowes and the U.S. Coast Guard. UHS has 400 hospitals and healthcare facilities in the U.S. and the U.K., and serves millions of patients each year. In this session, you will…
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Welcome to the Ransomware Battleground! It's not a surprise that as we have become increasingly dependent on the convenience of technology, the potential of getting hacked increases exponentially. We like our conveniences and we want gratification immediately. But what are the implications of opening our personal and professional lives? What do bad…
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Ransomware cyberattacks are a big business, so big in fact, some research anticipates a business is attacked by a cybercriminal every 11 seconds and damage costs from these attacks will hit around $20 billion by 2021. With so many ransomware attack incidents happening, let's hear Syya and Ritesh Agrawal, CEO of Airgap, chat on this very timely topi…
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