Fortinet Featured at INTERPOL’s First Global Conference on Ransomware

What you'll learn

• Another group then either deploys or leverages existing botnets, or runs automated tools to discover devices with exposed vulnerabilities that can be compromised. These can be broad-brush activities, such as spam or automated scanners looking for a specific set of vulnerabilities, or a targeted system scouring the online resources of a specific victim.
• Another set of critical players are the professional negotiators who work directly with victims to settle on a settlement price and clarify instructions on how to make a payment.
• Digital money mules and launderers use sophisticated systems, including advanced cryptography, to transfer funds through a maze of connections so law enforcement cannot intercept or trace funds back to the cybercriminals.
• Other actions can include removing data tracks, promoting RaaS services online to potential users, and even financial planning services on how to use ill-gotten gains without being caught.

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