SonicWall announced its sponsorship and participation in RSA Conference 2021 (RSAC)
taking place virtually May 17-20. SonicWall Senior Strategist Brook Chelmo is
an exclusive conference speaker and will deliver a live session, "Discord,
Generation Z's Hacking University," Wednesday, May 19, at 1:30 p.m. PDT
(Session ID: HT-W14).
Chelmo will educate RSA Conference 2021 attendees on the use of Discord, a
gaming chat service, by Generation Z's next wave of cyberattackers. His session
will focus on helping attendees better understand how this international body
of coders is working behind the scenes to infiltrate organizations, or stopping
others from doing it, and how to prevent attacks emanating from Discord and
similar services.
"Gen Z hackers are younger, have access to more resources and are more
formidable than those who came before them," said Chelmo. "Social media
platforms like Discord and Telegram have become a hotbed for them to leverage
as they ramp up efforts to spread highly sophisticated ransomware and malware
with little to no chance of being caught."
An RSA Conference 2021 silver sponsor, SonicWall also will host virtual
briefing sessions delivered by SonicWall Vice President, Platform Architecture,
Dmitriy Ayrapetov. Ayrapetov's briefing will spotlight how organizations can
stop evasive malware with memory analysis, and Chelmo will take attendees
through threats detailed in the 2021 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report.
"Malware is a lucrative business in which cyber criminals expect a high return
for their time and effort in coordinating and launching a successful attack,
with a lot of effort being put into evasion of existing security tools" said
Ayrapetov. "Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection is a vital weapon to catch such
evasive attacks early in the malware campaign."
The RSA Conference 2021 Digital Expo will be open to registered attendees
Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. PDT, and Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. PDT. RSA
Conference 2021 keynote speakers include Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak,
executives from Johnson & Johnson, Google Cloud and SolarWinds.
Attendees of the RSA Conference 2021 Digital Expo can connect with SonicWall
reps, attend booth briefings, receive digital materials and talk to
cybersecurity experts. Live chats will be conducted and interested parties can
submit a meeting request to have questions addressed by SonicWall participants.
Presentations and briefings will be available on-demand for those unable to
attend during conference hours.