Did you know cybercriminals can turn off electricity in an entire town just by a click of a button?
In this episode of Unlocked 403, Becks is joined by Robert Lipovsky, Principal Threat Intelligence researcher at ESET, to discuss Threat Intelligence, what a malware researcher does, and how to become one.
Make sure to watch the whole episode to find out what a frustrated cybercriminal puts in their code.
Chapters:
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0:00 - Intro.
1:39 - What is a malware researcher?
3:10 - 80% of attacks happen because of human error.
4:02 - What is Threat Intelligence?
6:27 - How do researchers gather the data?
7:19 - We are getting 500,000 malware samples per day.
8:17 - How are the malware samples analyzed?
10:38 - Does ESET have better researchers?
11:25 - What’s the difference between a software and a hardware threat?
12:22 - Our greatest cyber discovery.
16:20 - How “Industroyer” was stopped?
16:39 - “Industroyer 2”.
18:03 - Is the protection getting better?
19:30 - Nobody´s safe.
19:54 - What does it take to become a researcher?
22:27 - You need to think like the attackers.
23:48 - Easter eggs from cybercriminals.
24:29 - What’s the most thrilling thing about being a researcher?
26:20 - What’s the difference between researchers and cybercriminals?
27:44 - Who are the first targets of cybercriminals?
28:30 - Outro.
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