Ransomware is becoming one of the biggest cybersecurity threats companies face today. As hackers located anywhere in the world can potentially pose multi-billion-dollar threats, organizations need to be aware of the dangers of security vulnerabilities and take a proactive stance to protect their systems.
In today's episode, we sit down with Kurtis Minder, the CEO & Co-Founder of Groupsense and a ransomware expert, to talk about the dangers of those types of attacks and what companies can do to mitigate the risks.
Outline:
- [1:17] - Introduction of Guest Expert
- [5:12] - How Groupsense helps clients with ransomware attacks
- [7:06] - What is threat actor profiling and how it works
- [8:49] - The dark net as seen by a cyber threat specialist
- [11:45] - How ransomware attacks impact organizations
- [16:42] - How can companies prevent ransomware attacks
- [19:47] - The prevalence of digital risk protection
- [22:38] - The dangers of TikTok for US citizens
- [24:13] - Impersonation as the biggest ransomware culprit
- [25:25] - Protecting elections with technology
- [31:10] - What Kurtis does outside of work
Important Quotes:
- “Most of these actors are operating in an organization that is very structured; it's like a job.”
- “The deep web is not bad; it's just a form of access.”
- “Being a victim of these kinds of attacks is legitimately traumatic.”
- “80+ percent of these attacks are coming out of Russia.”
- “Most of these are opportunistic, so the bad guys are not picking you, you just happen to be easy.”
- “They don't have to break into networks. They don't have to be physically present anywhere. “
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