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Dave Matthews (Avast (Gen Digital), AU)
After getting his PhD in Mathematics, Dave spent the next 25 years consulting for the Australian Government, primarily working with Defence, Intelligence, and Law Enforcement, before moving to CrowdStrike and Gen Digital (which was formed from the merger of Avira, Avast, and NortonLifelock). He has continually worked in Incident Response and Forensics and has had the privilege of helping people during their worst days at work.
He has experience with all aspects of cybersecurity, ranging from attack and defence to incident response and security capability development. He is particularly passionate about digital forensics and incident response, helping people prevent and recover from attacks and breaking down barriers to sharing information.
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Overwhelmed with the myriad of Threat Actor names? Fancy Bear vs Forest Blizzard? Wicked Panda vs BRONZE ATLAS? What about malware families? CageyChameleon vs Cabbage RAT? Qakbot vs Pinkslipbot?In this talk, we release a free tool that enables mapping between different Threat Actor naming conventions and malware families. We demonstrate its use and show how it allows for easy offline search of threat actors and published research. It provides rapid access to Threat Actor and malware family information - undoubtedly helpful for your intelligence analysis, research and operational work.
Dave Matthews (Avast (Gen Digital), AU)
After getting his PhD in Mathematics, Dave spent the next 25 years consulting for the Australian Government, primarily working with Defence, Intelligence, and Law Enforcement, before moving to CrowdStrike and Gen Digital (which was formed from the merger of Avira, Avast, and NortonLifelock). He has continually worked in Incident Response and Forensics and has had the privilege of helping people during their worst days at work.
He has experience with all aspects of cybersecurity, ranging from attack and defence to incident response and security capability development. He is particularly passionate about digital forensics and incident response, helping people prevent and recover from attacks and breaking down barriers to sharing information.
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Overwhelmed with the myriad of Threat Actor names? Fancy Bear vs Forest Blizzard? Wicked Panda vs BRONZE ATLAS? What about malware families? CageyChameleon vs Cabbage RAT? Qakbot vs Pinkslipbot?In this talk, we release a free tool that enables mapping between different Threat Actor naming conventions and malware families. We demonstrate its use and show how it allows for easy offline search of threat actors and published research. It provides rapid access to Threat Actor and malware family information - undoubtedly helpful for your intelligence analysis, research and operational work.
