Eleven years ago, in our presentation “Attacks from the inside…” at the Virus Bulletin 2010 Conference in Vancouver, we outlined and provided examples of a variety of possible scenarios for internal attacks. We concluded with a top nine problems of 'in-the-cloud services'. 11 years later, we were both surprised to find that our predictions and warnings seem to have been completely ignored, with all of them having materialized.

In this presentation, Eddy and Righard will “relive” their 2010 presentation, while illustrating with recent examples that their message and warnings are as current and relevant now as they were then. Nothing has changed, except that internal attacks now also come from the outside!

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the corporate world has changed, with “home working” meaning that inside and outside have become mixed. In a recent incident, eight of the top nine problems we identified 11 years ago were present, and all were foolishly ignored by professionals working from home. We considered naming this presentation “Attacks from the inside, by the outside…”, but as the lessons learned and advice given in 2010 by “Us Fools!” seem to to have been ignored, must we assume that no one cares and really thinks “Fool Us!”?

We genuinely hope that, this time, the message we bring, combined with recent real-life examples, is not in vain…

Got a question about this presentation? During the live broadcast post your question in the #q-and-a channel on Discord or, to get in touch with the speakers later, contact Righard by email: [email protected], Keybase: righardzw or Twitter: @RighardZw, and Eddy by email: [email protected], Twitter: @eddywillems or via his LinkedIn profile.