Gurvais Grigg, Chainalysis public sector CTO, and Kim Grauer, director of research at Chainalysis, review the ransomware landscape. Show Highlights: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">their backgrounds and roles at Chainalysis</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how a ransomware attack works</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what types of businesses are usually targeted in ransomware attacks</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why ransomware as a service (RAAS) is a booming business</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Kim and Gurvais believe the hacking group REvil is becoming more sophisticated</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what characteristic of REvil hints that the group could be affiliated with Russia</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how the RAAS business model works</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how ransomware payments can be tracked</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why ransomware reporting has a data problem</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Bitcoin is the preferred method of payment amongst ransomware attackers</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what two factors makes BTC preferable to privacy coins</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how ransomware groups teach victims to transfer BTC</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how ransomware groups cash out of their BTC</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how counter-terrorism tactics can help fight ransomware attacks</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how the Department of Justice may have partially recovered part of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware payment</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what tools and strategies governments can and will use to battle ransomware</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsors! <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2">https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2</a>  Tezos: <a href= "https://tezos.com/discover?utm_source=laura-shin&utm_medium=podcast-sponsorship-unconfirmed&utm_campaign=tezos-campaign&utm_content=hero"> https://tezos.com/discover?utm_source=laura-shin&utm_medium=podcast-sponsorship-unconfirmed&utm_campaign=tezos-campaign&utm_content=hero</a>  Conjure: <a href= "https://conjure.finance/">https://conjure.finance</a>    Episode Links   People Kim Grauer - Director of Research at Chainalysis <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-grauer-a9501144">https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-grauer-a9501144</a></li> </ul> Gurvais Grigg - Global Public Sector Chief Technology Officer at Chainalysis <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gurvais-grigg-b1027a153/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gurvais-grigg-b1027a153/</a> </li> </ul>   Chainalsysis Ransomware Data <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://go.chainalysis.com/rs/503-FAP-074/images/Ransomware-2021-update.pdf"> https://go.chainalysis.com/rs/503-FAP-074/images/Ransomware-2021-update.pdf</a>  </li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://go.chainalysis.com/rs/503-FAP-074/images/Chainalysis-Crypto-Crime-2021.pdf"> https://go.chainalysis.com/rs/503-FAP-074/images/Chainalysis-Crypto-Crime-2021.pdf</a>  </li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/applying-counterterrorism-strategies-to-ransomware"> https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/applying-counterterrorism-strategies-to-ransomware</a>  </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/eastern-europe-cryptocurrency-market-2020"> https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/eastern-europe-cryptocurrency-market-2020</a> </li> </ul>   Ransomware Attacks <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Kaseya</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://decrypt.co/75246/what-the-revil-ransomware-attack-means-for-crypto"> https://decrypt.co/75246/what-the-revil-ransomware-attack-means-for-crypto</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-03/ransomware-attack-us-revil/100265656"> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-03/ransomware-attack-us-revil/100265656</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Colonial Pipeline</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://ciphertrace.com/ransomware-seizure-blockchain-analytics-helps-us-authorities-seize-over-2-million-in-darkside-ransom-paid-by-colonial-pipeline/"> https://ciphertrace.com/ransomware-seizure-blockchain-analytics-helps-us-authorities-seize-over-2-million-in-darkside-ransom-paid-by-colonial-pipeline/</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.elliptic.co/blog/us-authorities-seize-darkside"> https://www.elliptic.co/blog/us-authorities-seize-darkside</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">JBS Holdings</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.wsj.com/articles/jbs-paid-11-million-to-resolve-ransomware-attack-11623280781?st=107gdhjo8ixhdav&reflink=article_copyURL_share"> https://www.wsj.com/articles/jbs-paid-11-million-to-resolve-ransomware-attack</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> Other <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Chainalysis </li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/chainalysis">https://twitter.com/chainalysis</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Website: <a href= "https://www.chainalysis.com/">https://www.chainalysis.com/</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Who is REvil? </li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://fortune.com/2021/07/07/what-is-revil-ransomware-attack-kaseya/"> https://fortune.com/2021/07/07/what-is-revil-ransomware-attack-kaseya/</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/revil-threat-actors/"> https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/revil-threat-actors/</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Combating ransomware: <a href= "https://securityandtechnology.org/ransomwaretaskforce/report/"> https://securityandtechnology.org/ransomwaretaskforce/report/</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Why Gurvais joined Chainalysis: <a href= "https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/gurvais-grigg-chainalysis"> https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/gurvais-grigg-chainalysis</a> </li> </ul>

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