“The third thing, and this is where CISA has done such a remarkable job over the last year or so, is working with partners in industry and government – state and local government continues to be a top target as well as schools and in the healthcare industry – giving them the tricks of the trade rather and just basic tools to improve,” he said. That was one of the interesting activities of last year – whether it was the US government or other partners – getting inside some of the communities and sowing doubt and distrust and so you see these groups break up because they just can’t work together anymore. “You also have to actually go after the ability of the criminals themselves to conduct their activities, so on the front end, you disrupt their command and control infrastructure, disrupt their ability to work with other affiliates, you have them doubt themselves. “We have seen movement in improving or disrupting the activities, which I’m really excited to see continue, the FBI and the Department of Justice and Treasury targeting the cryptocurrency community.targeting some of those mixers and some of those exchanges disrupt the ability of the criminals to make money. “You’re seeing it spread throughout the world because it pays – there’s a profit motive here and until we disrupt at least two if not all three legs of that stool, we’re going to continue to see it happen,” said Krebs. First, he said, the attack surface and installed base is highly vulnerable second, attackers have figured out how to monetise vulnerabilities, generally through the crypto ecosystem and third, there is an historic safe haven – that is to say, Russia – from where they can operate with impunity. Krebs, who recently joined Rubrik in an advisory capacity as chair of its CISO Advisory Board to address global security and confront the ransomware crisis, explained these supports.
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