CloudSec Philippines 2016

Almost a thousand IT professionals have gathered at Shangri-la BGC to take part to this years Cloudsec event with the theme "Take Control".

Photo by: F. Belarmino.

The Resource Speakers:

Meet a former OB Montessori student, Mr. Paul Hidalgo, now a Regional Solutions Architect at Trend Micro

A very informative event. CloudSec is a venue where technology and security evangelists gathered together to share insights and knowledge to everyone. Ransomware demo was presented and viewers were able to take a deep dive on how it can penetrate your computer and what it does. Several used cases were also discussed.

Quote of the Day

Take a look at this chart: (sorry for the picture quality)

Signs to look at to recognize a malicious phishing activity:

Some types of Ransomware: Have you been a victim?

What is Ransomware?

From http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/definition/ransomware, 

Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents or limits users from accessing their system, either by locking the system's screen or by locking the users' files unless a ransom is paid. More modern ransomware families, collectively categorized as crypto-ransomware, encrypt certain file types on infected systems and forces users to pay the ransom through certain online payment methods to get a decrypt key.

Delivery Channels

1. Through attachments usually from spammed emails.

2. Through visiting a malicious or compromised website 

3. It can also come as a payload either dropped or downloaded by other malware. 

4. Through downloading from malvertisements

Best Practices: 

• Always backup
• Strict Access Control
• Patch Regularly
• Educate all employees on signs of malicious attachs

The event is hosted by Trend Micro and a lot of exhibitors/sponsors participated. They were AWS, VMware, ION, CTLink, Netpoleon, DELL, Rightcloud, Eastern, Tenable, Nutanix, Schneider, Qualsys and MSI-ECS. Each booth has something to offer to the attendees, a lot of exciting games and give-aways. 

@ Dell booth

Thanks to Cloudsec 2016 organizers. A truly fruitful day to everyone, it's time to "Take Control". Looking forward to what Cloudsec 2017 has to offer!

#Cloudsec2016, #TakeControl