The Most Surprising Thing About Crypto Miners and Ransomware

Guest: 

• Charles DeBeck, Cyber Threat Intel Expert @ Google Cloud

Topics:

• What is unique about Google Cloud approach to threat intelligence? Is it the sensor coverage? Size of the team? Other things?

• Why is Threat Horizons report unique among the threat reports released by other organizations?

• Based on your research, what are the realistic threats to cloud environments today?

• What threats are prevalent and what threats are most damaging?

• Where do you see things in 2023? What should companies look for? 

• What’s one thing that surprised you when preparing the report? What do you think will surprise audiences?

• What is the most counter-intuitive hardening and operational advice can we glean from this Threat Horizons report? 

• What's most important to know when it comes to understanding OT and cloud?

Resources:

• Google Threat Horizons Reports One, Two, Three, Four, Five

• “Demystifying ‘shared Fate’ - A New Approach To Understand Cybersecurity”

• Corey Quinn on cloud billing alerts