This week on #the443podcast, we’re joined by Ryan Estes, a member of WatchGuard’s Zero-Trust Application Service classification team and resident ransomware expert, to discuss the wild month in ransomware news. We start the episode with a story about a fake ransom operator who scammed cybercriminals out of tens of thousands of dollars before discussing two major Ransomware-as-a-Service operators that have had a rough couple of weeks.

In a world of stealthy, fast-moving threats and ever-increasing log volumes, defenders need an edge that’s orders of magnitude faster, smarter, and more scalable than current approaches. Watch this video to see how to detect and stop the adversary Alpha Spider quickly with CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM. Seamlessly extend the capabilities of the world-leading CrowdStrike Falcon platform to all data sources while stopping breaches and slashing costs compared to siloed tools.

Now that everything is interconnected, work and IT environments have radically changed. Increasing unpredictability, opacity and complexity mean it’s time to see things differently–to regain control.

Proper planning and implementation of security into DevSecOps includes organizational alignment, more frequent testing of critical apps, and fostering a security culture with developer security training.

Training Video Series: Identity Manager - Upgrade 9.2 Synchroization Framework and Minor Enhancements.

Ohad Maislish discussed cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and the evolution of cloud technologies. Ohad shares his journey from a geek interested in infrastructure to founding M0, focusing on how cloud computing is becoming code with tools like Terraform and Pulumi. They discuss the challenges of platform engineering, the importance of infrastructure as code, and the move towards empowering developers with self-service cloud infrastructure. The dialogue also touches on the significance of open-source projects and the impact of Terraform's licensing changes, leading to the creation of OpenTofu.

How can federal agencies possibly comply with the HUNDREDS of complex specifications in the DISA STIG compliance checklists? Join Mike Lossmann and Federal Technical Solutions Engineer Sean Deveci for this week’s Demo Tuesday to learn how a network digital twin can streamline your federal network compliance and give you full confidence heading into an audit.

Nobody wants to hear a false alarm, but when issues fly under the radar silence also has consequences. Seeing through complexity, cloud security and connectivity eliminates blindspots. Great visibility proves itself with accurate alerts and rapid root cause analysis.

Bridge the gap and unlock your SASE’s full potential with visibility and automation to deliver a lightning-fast, digitally empowered workforce. Master and secure the user experience, to move the needle, not your vacation.

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we take a close look at weaponizing ASCII escape sequences with Fredrik (STÖK) Alexandersson from Truesec.