2026-05-16 –, Track 1
Do hackers take holidays? Join me as I discuss a real DFIR incident where a employees brand new device is compromised via SEO poisoning, and find out how Christmas saved a company from a full-scale ransomware attack!
My name is Samantha Varley and I graduated with a first class honours in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics at Edinburgh Napier in 2022. During that time was COVID so I did most of my degree from home, while also driving buses in West Lothian part time. I now work as a CSIRT Analyst at Orange Cyberdefense where I have been since I graduated. In my almost 4 years at OCD I have been exposed to a wide variety of attackers and silliness. I love cats, I have two rescues who regularly interrupt my work calls! I love to play games and build Lego in my spare time, as well as the occasional spin on my mountain bike (MTB).