Security News > 2022 > December > S3 Ep115: True crime stories – A day in the life of a cybercrime fighter [Audio + Text]

DUCK. Today's topic is: Incident response - A day in the life of a cyberthreat responder.

PETER. Typically, we're brought in either just after an attack or while one is still unfolding.

PETER. Even in the simplest ransomware attacks, there are normally a few people involved.

PETER. You have to try and find everything you can that the attacker did, so you can understand, "Did they set any backdoors up so they can get back in?".

DUCK. So let's say that you've had a series of attacks, or that there have been crooks in the network for days, weeks sometimes it's months, isn't it?

PETER. OK. DUCK. As an incident responder who generally is getting called in when somebody realises, "Oh dear, if only we've done it differently".

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