Saved by Ransomware! with Brent Huston

Join us for a fascinating story of an unusual ICS network incident Brent and his team worked recently. In it, he'll discuss how a successful compromise of an exposed server handed an attacker an opportunity to tamper with some critical infrastructure functions and how the victim was essentially saved by a ransomware infection. The talk will cover the attack scenario, the methodology of the attackers and some interesting IOCs and TTPs that were discovered during the incident analysis. Come and learn how, in this particular case, ransomware saved the day! 

Speaker: Brent Huston, Security Evangelist and CEO of MicroSolved

Brent is an entrepreneur, inventor & futurist with a focus on crime, fraud & industrial espionage. Interested in the impacts of technology across these activities. He has a great reputation as a security & criminal researcher with a history of innovative approaches, responsible disclosure, rational  control development & substantial findings. World-class experience with ICS/SCADA, utility & critical networks including segmentation, pen-testing, protocol/process weaknesses & incident response. Deep knowledge of fuzzing, honeypots & attacker deception/tampering. To date, he has brought more than a dozen technology products to market and he holds two US patents. He currently serves as an advisor, mentor and investor in multiple technology companies around the world.