Christopher Budd

Director, Sophos X-Ops

Budd is the director of threat research for Sophos X-Ops - Sophos' advanced threat response joint task force founded two years ago. Leading the X-Ops comms and analysis group of X-Ops, he works to bring together insights from the company's six different security domains to produce industry-leading threat intelligence.

How Ransomware Groups Weaponize Stolen Data

Christopher Budd • September 2, 2024

Lowest-Rung Attackers Challenging Ransomware-as-a-Service

Christopher Budd • April 18, 2024

Since June 2023, 19 junk gun ransomware variants have been discovered on the dark web. These cheap, independently produced and crudely constructed variants offer an attractive way for newer cybercriminals to get started in the ransomware world and are mostly effective against SMBs.