PodChats for FutureCISO: Combating the rise of infostealers

CXOInsights by CXOCIETY · Dec 18, 2022 · 12m

Ransomware remains one of the more dreaded cyberthreats of the decade. But for a ransomware attack to be initiative, the attacker must first have your credentials. One such enabler of ransomware operations are infostealers.

According to Secureworks Counter Threat Unit researchers, on a single day in June 2022, over two million credentials obtained by infostealers were available for sale on just one underground marketplace. Check Point estimates that up to 21% of malware worldwide is made up of infostealers.

In today’s PodChats for FutureCISO, we are joined by Alex Tilley, head of intelligence…