Explore real-world case studies of advanced cyber intrusions in this 47-minute conference talk from RSA Conference. Delve into demos and mitigation strategies for high-profile hacks, including the Democratic National Committee breach, as presented by Dmitri Alperovitch, Co-Founder and CTO of CrowdStrike. Gain insights into the tradecraft of state-sponsored threat actors like Bears, Pandas, and Kittens. Learn about initial infection tactics using malicious LNK files and macro documents, privilege escalation techniques involving UACME and kernel exploits, credential theft methods, persistence mechanisms through WMI event subscriptions and service DLLs, and exfiltration strategies employing disguised RAR files. Understand the power of cyber threat intelligence and discover effective countermeasures to protect against sophisticated cyber attacks.