Bitcoins are a commonly-used forex amongst cyber criminals for exchanging items and providers and receiving funds from ransomware. While cryptocurrency claims to advertise anonymity, the character of the blockchain’s public ledger implies that legal actions may be traced and correlated. This presentation will cowl a quick high-level overview of how transactions on the blockchain work and can concentrate on the right way to apply this information with a view to each manually and robotically map out transactions, affiliate bitcoin addresses, and determine potential cybercriminal-owned bitcoin wallets with the objective of offering context to the size and period of a marketing campaign impacting your enterprise. Examples will embody figuring out a Locky affiliate’s infrastructure, attributing the Shark/Atom ransomware, and figuring out “bitcoin exchanges” on the blockchain.
Kevin Perlow, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
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