T3 - Demystifying the Ransomware and IoT Threat, Christopher Elisan (@Tophs)

We have seen a rise in Ransomware attacks in the past year. While we are recovering from these attacks a new wave of DDoS attacks using IoT devices suddenly thrust into the limelight. In this talk, I will discuss all the stages of a ransomware attack. How it works and how a researcher can handle each of the stages with tried and true analysis techniques. I will then shed light on how IoT are used in DDoS attacks by discussing how the malware used in the latest IoT DDoS attack works and how it can be manipulated for future attacks. Then I will discuss how a combination of Ransomware and IoT attacks can be a bigger threat in years to come.

Christopher Elisan is a seasoned reverse engineer and malware researcher. He is currently the Principal Malware Scientist at RSA. He has a long history of digital threat and malware expertise, reversing, research and product development. He started his career at Trend Micro as one of the pioneers of TrendLabs. This is where he honed his skills in malware reversing. After Trend Micro, he built and established F-Secure's Asia R&D where he spearheaded multiple projects that include vulnerability discovery, web security, and mobile security. After F-Secure, he joined Damballa as their resident malware SME and reverse engineer. Aside from speaking at various conferences around the world, he frequently provides expert opinion about malware, botnets and APTs for leading industry and mainstream publications. Christopher Elisan is also a published author. He authored "Advanced Malware Analysis," "Malware, Rootkits and Botnets" and co-authored "Hacking Exposed: Malware and Rootkits." All books are published by McGraw-Hill