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Reservation Confirmed: Threat Actors Visiting the Hospitality World

Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 3:47 p.m.

In this episode, Joe Wise, Threat Researcher at Proofpoint, joins the show to discuss his and Selena\u2019s research into a small e-crime actor, TA558 and its targeting against the hospitality and travel e-crime sector since at least 2018.
Join us as we discuss:
Classifying threat actors and how it relates to s\u2019mores
Understanding e-crime vs. APT actors
Why hospitality and travel e-crimes are still successful
TA558\u2019s TTPs and how their consistencies have aided in Proofpoint\u2019s attribution of their activity over the years
Joe shares his theories on why TA558 uses so many different malware types


Check out these resources we mentioned:
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/reservations-requested-ta558-targets-hospitality-and-travel\xa0
https://embed.sounder.fm/play/299042 \xa0


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