The Rise and Fall of the Conti Ransomware Group
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For around two years the Conti ransomware group rampaged across the internet. They attacked hospitals, educational institutions, businesses, governments, and many more, raking in hundreds of millions of dollars in ransomware payments. Business was booming for the cybercriminals. At least it was until the Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Conti leadership quickly pledged their loyalty to Russia and then everything began to fall apart. This is the story of one of the most professional, prolific, and devastating organized cybercriminal groups in history. Speaker(s): Selena Larson – Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst and DISCARDED Podcast Co-host at Proofpoint - Twitter Berk Albayrak, Threat Intelligence Analyst within the PRODAFT Threat Intelligence team and expert on Wizard Spider - Twitter Conor Gallagher – Crime and Security Correspondent of the Irish Times - Twitter Allan Liska, Threat Intelligence Analyst at Recorded Future and author of Ransomware: Understand. Precent. Recover. - Twitter Juan Ignacio Nicolossi, the team leader for the Threat Intelligence Team at PRODAFT. Zoë Brammer, Cyber & Information Operations Associate at the Institute for Security and Technology - Ransomware Ecosystem Map Jake Moore, Global Cybersecurity Advisor for ESET. Artwork by Paulina Rosol-Barrass Additional Reading: Reports/Papers: PRODAFT - Conti Ransomware Group In-Depth Analysis PRODAFT - Wizard Spider In-Depth Analysis Google - Fog of War: How the Ukraine Conflict Transformed the Cyber Threat Landscape DISCARDED Podcast (Proofpoint) - a href="https://www.proofpoint.com/us/podcasts/discarded?page=2" rel="noopener noreferrer"...
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