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Security Hot Takes: Rackspace Breach

This course discusses the Rackspace ransomware attack by the suspected PLAY threat actor group.

Beginner
12m
(3)

Created by Aaron Rosenmund and Bri Frost

Last Updated Oct 31, 2023

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Security Hot Takes: Rackspace Breach

This course discusses the Rackspace ransomware attack by the suspected PLAY threat actor group.

Beginner
12m
(3)

Created by Aaron Rosenmund and Bri Frost

Last Updated Oct 31, 2023

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In this course, Security Hot Takes: Rackspace Breach, we will discuss the Rackspace ransomware attack. We will discuss the different vulnerabilities, steps, and work-arounds the attackers took to get into the network and their actions afterwards. We will also highlight their techniques and determine what organizations can do to integrate this intel and mitigate these actions.

Security Hot Takes: Rackspace Breach
Beginner
12m
(3)
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Aaron Rosenmund - Pluralsight course - Security Hot Takes: Rackspace Breach
Aaron Rosenmund
45 courses 4.4 author rating 986 ratings

Aaron M. Rosenmund is a cyber security operations subject matter expert, with a background in federal and business defensive and offensive cyber operations and system automation.

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Bri Frost - Pluralsight course - Security Hot Takes: Rackspace Breach
Bri Frost
9 courses 4.5 author rating 136 ratings

Bri works as the Director of Security and IT Operations Curriculum and Research at Pluralsight creating cybersecurity training content. With a wealth of knowledge as an author of Pluralsight training content, she infuses a "red-team" or attacker-focused mindset into her teachings to grasp security concepts and defense strategies effectively.

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