Threat Landscape Briefing – February 2024

In this month’s briefing we explore:

  • Emerging Pressure Tactics in Ransomware Attacks (01:00)
  • Wrench Time for Cybersecurity: When Power Tools Go Rogue (03:55)
    • A recent report revealed a critical vulnerability in a “smart nutrunner” widely used in automotive production lines.
    • See Info-Tech’s Secure IT/OT Convergence
  • Flaws Discovered in Quantum-Safe CRYSTALS-Kyber Algorithm (07:42)
  • Security Researchers Discover 26 Billion Leaked User Records (10:19)
    • On January 22, 2024, security researcher Bob Dyachenko exposed a data dump containing 26 billion records – a repository that has since been dubbed the “mother of all breaches” (MOAB).
    • See Info-Tech’s Passwordless Authentication research

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Featured Speakers

Michel Hebert

Principal Research Director, Security & Privacy
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Fred Chagnon

Principal Research Director
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Carlos Rivera

Principal Research Advisor, Security & Privacy
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Jonathan Nelson

Principal Advisory Director
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