Isn’t ransomware hosted in Transylvania?

(...but really). Is ransomware the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Which side of the "to pay, or not to pay" argument do we land on? What does the future of ransomware look like? How do enterprises and users avoid this malicious software that locks down their critical business data? 

These and other questions (that are less ridiculous than the podcast title), will be discussed by Kelsey Clark (host and marketing person), Corey Ham (penetration tester), Tom Kopchak (doer of stuff and things), and Marc Fears (SOC team and first time podcaster!). This is Episode .09: The "Isn't ransomware hosted in Transylvania?" Episode. Listen if you dare...

Articles of reference: 

• A Short History & Evolution of Ransomware
• Ransomware is now the biggest cybersecurity threat
• LA Hospital Hit By Ransomware Pays Hackers $17,000: Is It The Right Choice?
• FBI Reaffirms Stance Not to Pay Ransomware Attackers
• Canary in the ransomware mine
• Cisco Talos Blog - Ransomware: Past, Present, and Future
• Cryptoworms: The future of ransomware hell

Other shenanigans:

• Pittsburgh Splunk> User Group | Hurricane Labs
• "Splunkbuilders Association: Making Splunk ES Into Your Dream Home" blog post by Chris Crane
• "YARA: Incident Response Host Prioritization" blog post by Trevor Bammel
• "Gathering LDAP Identity Data with Splunk Cloud" blog post by Ryan O'Connor