Coffee Talk with SURGe!

Grab a cup of coffee and join Audra Streetman, Mick Baccio, and special guest Haylee Mills for another episode of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk discussed a ransomware attack that prompted Costa Rica to issue a state of emergency, a cardiologist in Venezuela accused of building ransomware tools, and an alert from CISA warning about cyber threats to MSPs.

This week Audra and Haylee competed in a 60 second charity challenge on "certs vs. degrees" in cybersecurity before taking a deep dive into Splunk Risk-Based Alerting.

Links:
Conti targets Costa Rica: https://apnews.com/article/technology-government-and-politics-caribbean-gangs-381efc2320abb5356dee7f356e55e608

Cardiologist with alleged ransomware ties: https://therecord.media/thanos-ransomware-builder-doj-charges-venezuelan-doctor/

CISA Alert on MSP Cyber Threats: https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-131a

Haylee's Blog on RBA:
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/risk-based-alerting-the-new-frontier-for-siem.html

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https://www.splunk.com/en_us/form/surge-alerts.html