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Aug 2025
15m 33s

Breaking Down Chaos: Tactics and Origins...

Cisco Talos
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Hazel is joined by threat intelligence researcher James Nutland to discuss Cisco Talos’ latest findings on the newly emerged Chaos ransomware group. Based on real-world incident response engagements, James breaks down Chaos’ fast, multi-threaded encryption, their use of social engineering and remote access tools like Quick Assist, and the group’s likely conn ... Show More
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