NOTE: In this series of posts, we revisit recent presentations delivered at MU.SCL and provide additional context around the slide decks shared here. While a written post cannot fully reproduce the depth, examples, and discussion of a live session, it should help readers better understand the topic, the key messages, and the practical points behind the slides.
Ransomware is no longer just malware. It is now a criminal business model, supported by developers, affiliates, brokers, negotiators, laundering services, help desks, data leak sites and a clear operating process. That was the main message behind our recent MU.SCL presentation, "Ransomware 2026: Inside the Criminal Enterprise", which looked at how the ransomware economy works, why victims still pay, and what organisations can do to reduce both the risk and the impact of an attack.
The first point to understand is scale. Chainalysis estimates that ransomware p...
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Your Digital Ghost and why it matters
NOTE: In this series of posts, we revisit recent presentations delivered at MU.SCL and provide additional context around the slide decks shared here. While a written post cannot fully reproduce the depth, examples, and discussion of a live session, it should help readers better understand the topic, the key messages, and the practical points behind the slides.
Most organisations still think of a cyber attack as something that starts when an attacker touches their systems. A phishing email arrives, a VPN login fails, a scanner appears in the firewall logs, or an endpoint alert is triggered. At that point, security teams start investigating and everyone agrees that something has begun.
But in many cases, the attack started earlier.
Not in a way that generated logs or triggered an alert, but in the attacker's preparation. Before the first malicious packet reaches the perimeter, the attacker may already know...
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Most organisations still think of a cyber attack as something that starts when an attacker touches their systems. A phishing email arrives, a VPN login fails, a scanner appears in the firewall logs, or an endpoint alert is triggered. At that point, security teams start investigating and everyone agrees that something has begun.
But in many cases, the attack started earlier.
Not in a way that generated logs or triggered an alert, but in the attacker's preparation. Before the first malicious packet reaches the perimeter, the attacker may already know...
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MAURITIUS SECURITY CLUB IS BACK - MU.SCL Season 3!
After many years, we are finally back!
We are happy to confirm our new meeting for the Mauritius Cyber Security Club: MU.SCL.
This FREE to attend meeting will take place at the Flying Dodo Brewing Company in Bagatelle. In there conference room upstairs.
In this new event, the following two talks will be presented:
- Talk1 - 2025 LESSONS FOR 2026 (Sylvain Martinez - ELYSIUMSECURITY): The first talk will provide an overview of the main security stories (horrors) or 2025 and what we can learn about them to make 2026 more secured.
- Talk2 - AI, ENABLER OR THREAT? (Sylvain Martinez - ELYSIUMSECURITY): The second talk will look at the latest news related to Artificial Intelligence, how it is used to enhance security protections but also used to facilitate more sofisticated attacks. We will also touch on what it may means for our future security jobs/roles!
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Programming and Cyber Security
The Mauritius Python User Group kindly asked me to do a presentation on programming and Cyber Security.
In this presentation, I provide an overview of why knowing programming can make you a better cyber security professional, a look at the most popular languages and some pitfalls to avoid.
You can find the slides to this presentation on slideshare here.
And there was also a video recording available on Youtube.
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NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DRILL 2019
ELYSIUMSECURITY was asked to participate in the 2019 Mauritius National Cyber Drill
where we presented on Incident Response in front of Mauritian organisations that are critical to the operation of the country.
We took this opportunity to introduce the core concepts of the NIST SP 800-61 Incident Response framework.
We also provided a high level view of the ELYSIUMSECURITY Incident Response framework, which is a practical implementation of the NIST SP 800-61 Incident Response frameworkand the FIRST CSIRT services Framework
The updated presentation slides are available in our DOWNLOAD section...
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THE MAURITIUS SECURITY CLUB IS BACK!
We are delighted to announce the second season of the Mauritius Security Club (MU.SCL) is now on!
It has been a busy year for us in 2018, and 2019 looks open for some great opportunities.
Please join on the Wednesday 27th of February from 18:30 (6.30pm for those english out there!).
We will start with a talk revisiting how you traditionally use IDS into something more offensive when conducting Penetration Testing or Red Team exercises.
This will be followed by a discussion where it is your chance to shape the content of the MU.SCL for 2019! You can register here: EVENTBRITE REGISTRATION
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New Download section with Presentations
A new section has been added to the Download page where you can now find a link to all the public presentations ELYSIUMSECURITY has been giving.
Those presentations cover a wide range of Cyber Security topics and we hope you find them useful.
They are classified as public and you are welcome to re-use them or part of their content, we just ask if you could please reference the source of this material if you do so.
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FREE Cyber Security Event - 3rd Episode!
Special guest announced for the next MU.SCL event!
Dr Kaleem Usmani from CERT MU will be presenting on Incident Handling.
You can register now HERE !
This FREE to attend meeting will take place on the Thursday 26th of April 2018, from 6pm to 8pm, at the Flying Dodo Brewing Company in Bagatelle, Mauritius.
We are working on a streaming option for those of you who cannot physically attend.
The first talk will present how information shared on social media platforms can easily be obtained and used against you. We will also take a look at recent world events and how this data can be aggregated and why this is dangerous.
The second talk will discuss incident handling in t...
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MU.SCL - Second Meeting for the Mauritius Cyber Security Club
Following the success of last month event, ELYSIUMSECURITY is happy to confirm the second meeting for the Mauritius Cyber Security Club: MU.SCL
This FREE to attend meeting will take place at the Flying Dodo Brewing Company in Bagatelle.
In this second edition, the following two talks will be presented:
The first talk will provide a high level overview of important Cyber Security regulations, standards and best practices relevant to most industries nowadays. At the end of the presentation, attendees should be able to take away key information and follow-up with any questions/worries/debate they may have on the subject.
The second talk will be more technical and focus on how everyone can install an Intrusion Detection System in their home using Open Source software. This talk will hig...
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MU.SCL - The Birth of a Cyber Security Club in Mauritius
ElysiumSecurity is proud to announce the creation of a Cyber Security Club in Mauritius: MU.SCLE
This Club has been created to help Mauritian IT Professionals to share information and learn about Cyber Security through an Open Platform and the creation of a Cyber Security Community.
It is a free monthly event open to everyone , usually two talks of 45 minutes each with a mix of technical and non technical talks. Attendees will be able to ask questions, learn and apply practical knowledge as well as do some professional networking.
The first event will take place on the 15th of February 2018, at 18:00 at the Flying Dodo in Bagatelle.
Please REGISTER HERE so we can have an idea on how many people to expect.
We hope to see you there, for what should be a fun, friendly and casual event whe...
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