Garmin [002]
Posted on Thursday, Aug 15, 2024
Show Notes
Episode 2 covers the 2020 ransomware attack against technology giant, Garmin. In this episode, Chester kept track of his sources and provided the following links as additional reading and source materials used in this episode:
https://www.wired.com/story/garmin-ransomware-hack-warning/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/garmin-outage-caused-by-confirmed-wastedlocker-ransomware-attack/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/evil-corp-blocked-from-deploying-ransomware-on-30-major-us-firms/
https://news.sky.com/story/garmin-obtains-decryption-key-after-ransomware-attack-12036761
https://www.wired.com/story/garmin-outage-ransomware-attack-workouts-aviation/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21353842/garmin-ransomware-attack-wearables-wastedlocker-evil-corp
https://web.archive.org/web/20200819201313/https://areteir.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ransomware-WastedLocker-1.pdf
https://x.com/Arete_Advisors/status/1286653508771614721?prefetchTimestamp=1723669546016\
Hosts
Chester Wisniewski (He/Him)
Chester Wisniewski is an old hat to information security having practiced the art professionally for more than 25 years. Starting out with a 300 baud modem in the 80s he became obsessed with exploring the world’s phone networks (phreaking?) which inevitably led to bulletin boards and early internet access in the mid-80s. The trust inherent in the system seemed absurd and this inspired Chester to pursue how we might build systems less prone to abuse. The rest is history.
Ben Verschaeren (He/Him)
Ben has been in Information Technology for two decades starting at the age of 14. Recently described by a senor executive as an “Adult Dennis the Menace”, Ben’s always up for a bit of cyber mayhem. Having worked across, Managed Services Providers, two of Australia’s largest Enterprises and an almost decade at a Security Vendor. Ben’s experience spans Wintel System Administration, Network Administration, Penetration Testing, and Software Development.