BSides Iowa 2018: "Malware Distribution Trends – April 2018"

BSides Iowa 2018 - Track 2 Speaker: Brad Duncan Criminals distribute malware using both wide-scale methods and targeted attacks. In this presentation, Brad discusses malware distribution trends noted during his day-to-day research as of early early April 2018. He first discusses the prevalence of ransomware, then examines three distribution methods: email, social media, and the web. This presentation contains several up-to-date examples of malware distributed through email, and Brad also covers a recent rise in tech support scams through popup browser windows with phone numbers to criminals posing as Microsoft support personnel.