Endpoint Security

Re-evaluating Ransomware, Without The HypeRe-evaluating Ransomware, Without The Hype

Engin Kirda, chief architect of LastLine, joins the Dark Reading News Desk at Black Hat Aug. 5 to explain why most ransomware isn't as scary as we think.

Sara Peters, Senior Editor

August 18, 2015

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Black Hat News 2015

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Sara Peters

Sara Peters

Senior Editor

Sara Peters is Senior Editor at Dark Reading and formerly the editor-in-chief of Enterprise Efficiency. Prior that she was senior editor for the Computer Security Institute, writing and speaking about virtualization, identity management, cybersecurity law, and a myriad of other topics. She authored the 2009 CSI Computer Crime and Security Survey and founded the CSI Working Group on Web Security Research Law -- a collaborative project that investigated the dichotomy between laws regulating software vulnerability disclosure and those regulating Web vulnerability disclosure.

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