Jonathan Gonzalez
Jonathan Gonzalez graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a major in Cybersecurity and Information Systems and a minor in Digital Forensics in 2020. During his collegiate career he worked in Application Security, Security Operations and Vulnerability Management before doing Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) at Crowdstrike. He is now an Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Synchrony Financial, where he works to build and test enterprise defenses for key stakeholders. Currently, he is a graduate student studying Global Security Studies at Johns Hopkins University, deepening his understanding of the intersection between cybersecurity and global security. Outside of his professional and academic pursuits, Jonathan enjoys lifting weights, traveling, engaging with the Warhammer 40k universe, and reading military history.
Session
Infostealers are central to today’s cybercrime economy, enabling large-scale credential theft and driving an ecosystem of illicit trade. This talk examines the infostealer lifecycle, the mass resale of stolen data through automated platforms, and how their accessibility sustains a growing criminal market. It also explores the economic structures that enable this malware-as-a-service model and its implications for defenders attempting to cease it's utilizations by adversaries.