174: Pacific Rim
MentionsSophos
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For six years, Sophos fought a secret cyber war against a state-backed hacking group targeting its firewalls. This forced Sophos to drastically change tactics to properly secure their firewalls. Was it ethical? Was it effective? They disrupted nine zero-day attacks, exposed who was hacking them, and forced the hackers to change tactics. But at what cost? You have to listen to one of the most audacious corporate cyber defenses ever conducted. Sponsors Support for this show comes from ThreatLocker® .
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- ConceptZero-dayA flaw attackers exploit before the vendor has a fix: defenders have had zero days to patch.
- DefenceZero trustA security model that checks every access request instead of trusting anything inside the network.
- AttackRansomwareMalware that encrypts an organisation's systems and demands payment, often after stealing data to leak.
- ConceptExploitCode or a technique that turns a software flaw into something an attacker can actually use.