Cedric Pernet is a senior threat expert with a strong focus on cybercrime and cyberespionage. He currently works at Trend Micro. Prior to that position, he worked for several Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) where he did threat intelligence investigations, incident response, and computer forensics. He was also a Law Enforcement Officer working on Cybercrime in France. He is the author of a paperbook in French language on cyberespionage and an influential person in the cybersecurity community.
Education
Investigator specialized in cybercrime, certified judicial investigator, SANS GPEN, GCIH, GCFA
A threat actor has successfully compromised and modified a US business website’s checkout page in order to collect all the credit card data from unsuspecting customers. Read more about how to protect from this threat.
Ransomware is probably the type of cybercrime that has made headlines the most in 2021, and 2022 seems to follow that trend. Yet it is still evolving, and new ransomware seems more adaptive, resilient and more industrialized.
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A recently discovered set of malicious tools allows state-sponsored attackers to target critical infrastructures in the US. See what you should do to protect yourself from this new threat.
New research highlights IAM security issues that could be reduced or solved with proper measures. Learn how to effectively configure IAM for better cloud infrastructure security.
