
A Brief History of Ransomware Evolution
There have been over 200 ransomware attacks that have made headlines in 2021 so far - to understand how we got here, let's look at how the ransomware threat has evolved over the years...
Malicious Life Podcast
In November of 2021, Cybereason released a special report, titled Organizations at Risk: Ransomware Attackers Don’t Take Holidays, focusing on the threat of ransomware attacks during weekends and holidays. Nate Nelson, our senior producer, talked with Ken Westin, Director of Security Strategy at Cybereason, about why attackers love holidays and weekends, and why ransomware attacks during these times are so effective and dangerous - check it out...
The Malicious Life Podcast by Cybereason examines the human and technical factors behind the scenes that make cybercrime what it is today. Malicious Life explores the people and the stories behind the cybersecurity industry and its evolution, with host Ran Levi interviewing hackers and other security industry experts about hacking culture and the cyber attacks that define today’s threat landscape. The show has a monthly audience of over 200,000 and growing.
All Posts by Malicious Life PodcastKen has been in the security field for over 15 years, working with companies to bolster their security posture through threat hunting, insider threat programs and vulnerability research. In the past, he has worked closely with law enforcement, helping to unveil organized crime groups. His work has been featured in Wired, Forbes, New York Times, Good Morning America and others, and he is regularly reached out to as an expert on cybersecurity, cybercrime and surveillance.
Born in Israel in 1975, Malicious Life Podcast host Ran studied Electrical Engineering at the Technion Institute of Technology, and worked as an electronics engineer and programmer for several High Tech companies in Israel.
In 2007, created the popular Israeli podcast Making History. He is author of three books (all in Hebrew): Perpetuum Mobile: About the history of Perpetual Motion Machines; The Little University of Science: A book about all of Science (well, the important bits, anyway) in bite-sized chunks; Battle of Minds: About the history of computer malware.
Malicious Life by Cybereason exposes the human and financial powers operating under the surface that make cybercrime what it is today. Malicious Life explores the people and the stories behind the cybersecurity industry and its evolution. Host Ran Levi interviews hackers and industry experts, discussing the hacking culture of the 1970s and 80s, the subsequent rise of viruses in the 1990s and today’s advanced cyber threats.
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All Posts by Malicious Life PodcastThere have been over 200 ransomware attacks that have made headlines in 2021 so far - to understand how we got here, let's look at how the ransomware threat has evolved over the years...
Ending ransomware is about minimizing the window of time between the moment when a ransomware attack infiltrates your environment and the moment when you’re able to detect it and respond to it...
There have been over 200 ransomware attacks that have made headlines in 2021 so far - to understand how we got here, let's look at how the ransomware threat has evolved over the years...
Ending ransomware is about minimizing the window of time between the moment when a ransomware attack infiltrates your environment and the moment when you’re able to detect it and respond to it...
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