Law firms have unparalleled access to valuable information across all facets of the public and private sectors. For decades, criminals have demonstrated how to attack law firms with proven methods that lead to massive ransomware outages, public exposure and crippling reputational damage.
Recently Initial Access-as-a-Service brokers like Gootloader have become a growing cyber threat for law firms. For the past 15 months, the Gootloader Operator has been launching ongoing cyberattacks targeting legal professionals, working for both law firms and corporate legal departments, in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia. Between January and March 2023, eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU) shut down Gootloader attacks against 12 different organizations, seven of which were law firms.
Join us on Wednesday June 21, 2023 for a special Legal Industry Threat Summit as Joe Stewart, Principal Security Researcher, and Keegan Keplinger, Sr. Threat Intelligence Researcher, from eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU) share new research on the Gootloader malware operation, the current cyberattack campaigns targeting law firms being launched by the Gootloader Operator, and how they discovered a way to shut down the growing Gootloader infections.
The summit agenda will focus on:
- An overview of the Gootloader Initial Access-as-a-Service Operation
- An analysis of the Gootloader malware operation and the current cyberattack campaigns being launched against the legal industry
- Methods and threat indicators from eSentire’s TRU on how to defend your organization from the Gootloader Initial Access-as-a-Service Operation
We will also host a fireside discussion between security leaders from top legal firms Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP and Baker Botts so you can learn more about their perspectives on building cyber resilience in the legal industry and how to protect your organization from critical cyber threats.
At the end of the virtual event, we will be raffling off the below prize. You must attend the live virtual event to qualify for the raffle!
Featured Speakers
Andrea Markstrom
Chief Information Officer, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Christopher Meinders
Senior Manager, Information Security, Baker Botts
Keegan Keplinger
Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher, eSentire
Joe Stewart
Principal Security Researcher, eSentire