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Max Heinemeyer

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Max Heinemeyer is the director of threat hunting at Darktrace. He is a cybersecurity expert with over a decade of experience in the field, specializing in a wide range of areas such as penetration testing, red-teaming, SIEM and SOC consulting and hunting Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups. At Darktrace, Max oversees global threat hunting efforts, working with strategic customers to investigate and respond to cyber-threats.

Hacks & Attacks

I’m sorry, we’re closed: Why most ransomware attacks happen out of hours

Darktrace regularly observes an increase in cyberattacks, including ransomware, carried out during holidays, weekends and outside of working hours. It is clear that such “off-peak” attacks allow easy exploitation of standard organizational practices and human…

Threats & Vulnerabilities

Minimizing the REvil impact delivered via Kaseya servers

As the USA prepared for a holiday weekend ahead of the Fourth of July, the ransomware group REvil was leveraging a vulnerability in Kaseya software to attack managed service providers (MSPs) and their downstream customers.…