Ryan Otteson

Ryan Otteson

Researcher, Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU)

Ryan Otteson is a researcher with the Secureworks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) team who focuses primarily on BEC and ransomware threats. He has more than a decade of experience in tracking and reporting on various threat actors. Ryan is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has a master's degree in computer science from the University of Oxford.

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Endpoint Security
The Evolution of Business Email CompromiseThe Evolution of Business Email Compromise
byRyan Otteson
Nov 30, 2022
5 Min Read

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