Faculty DirectoryJibran Ilyas
Adjunct Lecturer
Contact
2145 Sheridan RoadTech
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
Email Jibran Ilyas
Website
Departments
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education
M.S. in MSIT, Business / IT, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
B.A. in Network Security, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Research Interests
My research interests include hunting Memory (RAM) for Cyber Threat Actors to speed up Enterprise Incident Response. The goal of the research is to quickly scan thousands of end points and servers to detect unauthorized activity via behavioral profile of the cyber criminals and provide a timely response to minimize the leak of critical data.
Selected Publications
Co-Author of Malware Freakshow (BlackHat Whitepaper)
Co-Author of Trustwave’s Global Security Reports from 2011 to 2013
Lead Researcher on Visa Data Security Alert on Memory Dumper Malware
Researcher on Evolution of POS Malware
Lectures and Presentations
How to address a Data Breach, 2023 (American Council of Life Insurers)
Ransomware Kill Chain, 2023 (Thotcon)
Ransomware 101: Get Smart Understanding Real Attacks, 2023 (RSA Conference) *
* Awarded “Top Rated Session based on voting by RSA Conference attendees)
Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack, 2022 (Mandiant mWise Conference)
Survivor – Ransomware Edition, 2021 (FireEye Cyber Defense Summit)
Recapture of Glory: The Return of Persistent Threat Actors, 2020 (RSA Conference)
State of Emergency- Ransomware in Municipalities and Counties, 2019 (Webinar)
Role of Cyber Risk in National Security Approvals, 2019 (Practicing Law Institute Seminar)
Defense against Whaling, Phishing and other Email Threats, 2018 (Webinar)
Anatomy of Ransomware and Cryptominer attacks, 2018 (Department of Homeland Security's ATTE conference)
10 ways to prevent breaches and minimize impact, 2017 (Article in Computer Weekly)
How would you respond to a breach, 2017 (Webinar)
Art of a Cyber Attack, 2017 (Palo Alto's Ignite Conference)
Speaker at Techweek Chicago, 2015, "Dos and Don'ts of Cyber Security"
Speaker at Department of Homeland Security's ATTE Conference, 2015, “POS Malware”
Speaker at University of Chicago, 2013, "Anatomy of a Data Breach, a view from the Trenches"
Speaker at CAMPIT Enterprise Risk/ Security Management 2013 (Malware Risk Assessment)
Speaker at HITEC Hospitality Technology Show 2013 (Security Hospitality PII)
Speaker at Cyber Secure Pakistan 2013 (Forensics Case Files)
Co-Author of Trustwave's Global Security Reports from 2011 to 2013
Presenter at Chase/MasterCard Merchant Seminar 2012 (Trustwave Global Security Report)
Co-presented at Microsoft's Digital Crimes Consortium 2011 (POS Forensic Investigations)
Trainer at United States Secret Service (Incident Response and Digital Forensics, 2011)
Presented at HITEC World Largest Hospitality Technology Show 2011 (Hospitality Attacks and Malware)
Speaker at Sec Tor and DEFCON 2011 (Malware Freakshow 3)
Speaker at SOURCE Barcelona 2010 (BlackHats don't always win)
Speaker at BlackHat, SecTor and DEFCON 2010 (Malware Freakshow 2)
Speaker at DEFCON 2009 (Malware Freakshow)
Speaker at DEFCON Skytalks 2019 (RAM Forensics)