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The real truth behind ransomware and most other malware

This presentation will give you the real story behind ransomware.

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Is ransomware something new or is it old? 


Eddy Willems will give you an overview of how pc’s or other devices from companies and home users can be infected. What are the real problems? Why does it seems to be so hard to protect you against this? Do you need to pay the ransom or not? Are old protection measures still usable against these threats?


Topics include even malware on mobiles and tablets. Included in the webinar are tips to battle this and most other malware. What will the future bring us?


Your view on ransomware and other malware will never be the same after this lecture.

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Eddy Willems is a worldwide known cyber security expert from Belgium. 


He is a board member of 3 security industry organizations, EICAR, AVAR and LSEC, and is independent Security Evangelist at WAVCi, his own company.  


Since 1989, he is Belgian’s internationally most quoted cyber security expert. He became a founding member of EICAR in 1991, one of the world’s first security IT organizations. 


Eddy has been working for over 3 decades as cyber security expert for several security companies like G DATA, Kaspersky and Westcon. He is also COO of CSA (Clean Software Alliance) since 2024. 


In 2013 he published his first book ‘Cyberdanger’ in English, German and Dutch. He is also co-author of the recent Dutch SF cyberthriller ‘Het Virus’ (English version coming soon). 


Eddy is a known inspiring speaker and is giving lectures and presentations (including TEDx) worldwide for a very diverse audience from children to experts.

Eddy Willems

Cyber Security Guru | Inspiring Speaker | Author #Cyberdanger | Security Researcher | Director | Security Evangelist at G DATA CyberDefense

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