For those looking to catch up on the current ransomware ecosystem, this podcast discussion with Greg Linares, Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst at Huntress, is worth a listen.
Linares shares insights into the modern ransomware landscape, including how crews increasingly operate like businesses and why groups such as Akira, Medusa, RansomHub, and Qilin continue to cause significant damage.
The discussion also touches on overlap between ransomware actors and nation-state activity, what “time to ransom” means operationally for defenders, and why techniques such as ClickFix and credential theft continue to succeed at scale.
It further examines the surge in abusing remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools, how “living-off-the-land” techniques allow operations to unfold without traditional malware, and the practical defenses smaller organizations can realistically prioritize.
You can listen online, Apple Podcasts, or other podcast directories and applications.
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