CPE Cyber Attack Lab

Big-Game Ransomware Attack Simulation

Wed, February 16 | 12:00 PM ET

Join us to see exactly how a big-game ransomware attack works and how to defend against it in our attack-and-respond simulation!

Ransomware gangs dwell in networks for months, stealing data and leaving backdoors before they start dropping ransom notes.

We'll teach you how big-game ransomware gangs operate and showcase common tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that will help you prepare for an attack.

Then we'll run a step-by-step attack simulation and show you how our IR team would respond using the Varonis alerts that trigger at each and every phase.

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Here's an overview of how the attack works:

Trick a user into opening an infected Word document
Perform network recon using reverse DNS lookups
Kerberoast a service account that has admin privileges
Find and exfiltrate sensitive files using HTTP POST commands
Deploy the ransomware payload to encrypt file

Ian Levy Senior Security Analyst, Varonis

Ian Levy is a Senior Security Analyst on the Incident Response and Security Architecture teams where every day they help organizations detect and respond to cyber threats. Having worked in the retail sector and being a network-focused engineer for many years, Ian works to help organizations proactively reduce their risk posture and aids in protecting mission-critical systems while safeguarding sensitive data. Ian graduated from Pennsylvania State University and majored in Information Sciences with a minor in Security and Risk Assessment.

"Having Varonis is a continually eye-opening -- and sometimes alarming -- experience. A few months ago, a non-HR user opened up an HR folder that contained sensitive employee salary information. With Varonis, I was able to track down the user and review exactly what they had accessed and changed."

Infrastructure Manager, US Federal Credit Union

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