In today’s episode, we welcome Philip Galea, an esteemed expert in immutability and backups at Hornetscurity. With ransomware being one of the most pervasive issues in the industry today, immutability emerges as a powerful weapon against ransomware gangs.  

The term immutability is thrown around a lot in the cybersecurity community, but what does it mean, and why do ransomware gangs hate it?  This episode provides a fascinating insight into immutability and its vital role in the fight against ransomware. 

Timestamps:

4:25 – What is immutability?

9:34 – How ransomware drove the need for immutability

12:30 – Ransomware creation via ChatGPT

18:12 – Are there benefits and use cases for immutability outside of backup?

21:30 – How does immutability really work?

24:57 – What’s to stop a rogue admin from “Tinkering” with immutable storage?

Episode resources:

EP01: We used ChatGPT to Create Ransomware

MITRE ATT&CK DK

Hornetsecurity VM Backup