Inside the Shadows Tracking RaaS Groups, Cyber Threats
John Dilgen
Recon Village @ DEF CON 33 · Day 1 · Recon Village
Ransomware-as-a-Service (**RaaS**) groups represent one of the most persistent and costly threats in the modern cybersecurity landscape. John Dilgen, a Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst at Reliquest, delivered a compelling talk at Recon Village, "Inside the Shadows: Tracking RaaS Groups, Cyber Threats," shedding light on the intricate world of these prolific cybercriminal enterprises. The presentation underscored the staggering financial impact of ransomware, estimated at **$124 billion annually** in the United States alone, and highlighted the critical need for organizations to understand the evolving tactics, techniques, and procedures (**TTPs**) of these adversaries.
AI review
Competent threat intel survey on RaaS groups with some genuine operational detail — the Black Basta TTP timeline and Scattered Spider kill chain are legitimately useful for defenders. But this is aggregation work, not original research, and it sits comfortably in the 'well-organized blog post' tier rather than the 'conference session that changes how you think' tier.