Anton on Security

JULY 20, 2022

Let’s continue our fun conversation on threat detection in the cloud that we started in “Who Does What In Cloud Threat Detection?” and “How to Think about Threat Detection in the Cloud” and continued somewhat in “Detection as Code? No, Detection as COOKING!” and “Does the World Need Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)?” or even goodness in detection.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Ransomware an ongoing threat to industry as crime gangs organise Malware-based cyber-attacks are the most prominent threat to industry, Europol says. A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks. Ransomware reminders were plentiful lately.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 21, 2022

The Anomali Threat Research team analyzed the findings from the commissioned Harris Poll of 800 cybersecurity decision makers to provide insights on how to overcome obstacles and improve detection and response capabilities to stop not only breaches, but also attackers. 39 percent of those impacted paid a ransom. days), individual hackers (3.5

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 1, 2021

It offers a unique environment and is increasingly becoming a logical target for all manner of threat actors, from criminal syndicates to sophisticated state sponsored attackers and hacktivists simply because they hold sensitive client information, handle significant funds, and act as intermediaries in commercial and business transactions.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2018

Also with the increase in cloud, mobile, and IoT devices, a whole new generation of attack surfaces are vulnerable to hackers. Also with the increase in cloud, mobile, and IoT devices, a whole new generation of attack surfaces are vulnerable to hackers. The biggest driver of digital transformation is cloud computing.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 18, 2021

With the move to remote work came an increase in malware and social engineering attacks that exploited general communications like emails. This year’s report states, “Phishing and ransomware attacks increased by 11% and 6% respectively, with instances of Misrepresentation increasing by 15 times compared to last year.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2022

This rampant software insecurity proves devastating to the 60% of small businesses that close within six months of being hit by a cyber-attack. Requirement phase security steps: Since the application is largely an abstract concept during this phase, implementing some generic threat modeling may be helpful. Requirements Phase.

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McAfee

JANUARY 23, 2020

Known as one of the world’s largest security conferences, RSA attracts around 42,000 attendees, including 700 speakers, and hosts more than 550 sessions. This year’s RSA Conference theme is the “ Human Element.” This year’s RSA Conference theme is the “ Human Element.” We are the Human Element within cybersecurity. Join McAfee at RSA 2020.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 14, 2021

Some big time ransomware operators have recently declared they will retire from their malicious ways and stop launching ransomware attacks against the world. Or are they just trying to fade into the background until the current fervor around ransomware attacks subside? It is likely that the attack on the D.C.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 20, 2022

Let’s continue our fun conversation on threat detection in the cloud that we started in “Who Does What In Cloud Threat Detection?” and “How to Think about Threat Detection in the Cloud” and continued somewhat in “Detection as Code? No, Detection as COOKING!” and “Does the World Need Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)?”. and growing?—?telemetry

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

Thursday marked a rare day where law enforcement agencies around the world hit back in the war against ransomware attackers. Europol authorities said Emotet’s malware-for-hire business model and its prominent place in the ransomware ecosystem made it a high-priority target for law enforcement.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2021

While the shortage of qualified cyber security professionals continues to grow exponentially and ransomware attacks grab international headlines, many mid-career IT professionals with cyber security job experience are evaluating their options. You are in a rapidly growing, evolving, and challenging field.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Among them were: attacks against critical infrastructure, increasing regulation, the need for empathy from security pros, and – naturally – AI. The man tasked with protecting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure outlined Russian attacks against the nation’s digital systems in grim detail.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 12, 2021

In this week’s blog post, we’ll explain more about MITRE ATT&CK and how organizations can use the framework to support their security log analytics initiatives, enhance threat defenses and protect their infrastructure and data from cyber adversaries. What is the MITRE ATT&CK Framework? Some metadata related to the technique.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 14, 2021

Some big time ransomware operators have recently declared they will retire from their malicious ways and stop launching ransomware attacks against the world. Or are they just trying to fade into the background until the current fervor around ransomware attacks subside? It is likely that the attack on the D.C.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Related: How the Middle East has advanced mobile security regulations Over the past couple of decades, meaningful initiatives to improve online privacy and security, for both companies and consumers, incrementally gained traction in the tech sector and among key regulatory agencies across Europe, the Middle East and North America.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 5, 2021

The author claims the program, dubbed Povlsomware, is designed to be an educational tool for testing anti-virus protections; however, it’s possible that cybercriminals could adopt and modify the code in order to launch their own attacks, warns Trend Micro, which detailed the ransomware in a new company blog post this week.

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NopSec

APRIL 29, 2015

This blog post is the first of a series documenting the journey into Machine Learning Algorithms NopSec is undertaking as part of Unified VRM data analytics capabilities. Obviously we remove grammar and recurring English words and keep words that are common in vulnerability descriptive language.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2019

This technique, include part of the payload into a Word Label object or cells, allows to hide and embed more code directly into the attack vector, lowering the chances of detection. Experts analyzed an Office document containing a payload that is able to bypass Microsoft AppLocker and Anti-Malware Scan Interface (AMSI), Introduction.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This blog was written by Wayne Anderson, previous Enterprise Security Architect at McAfee. At the RSA Conference this year, McAfee’s own Raj Samani shared the advent of the franchise model in crypto crime. Q3: How great is the threat to companies of “crypto crime”?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2024

GhostSec is a financially motivated threat actor that is also involved in hacktivism-related operations. The new program is made up of three categories of services for the affiliates: paid, free, and another for the individuals without a program who only want to sell or publish data on their blog (PYV service).”

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NopSec

APRIL 7, 2019

In our l ast week’s blog post , we outlined the first part of that webinar, without going into the three specific applications and the challenges. For each of the three specific problems, we will describe the problem and the motivation behind it, possible ML approaches, and what the results have been so far. How big is the problem?

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Coupled with the fact a new attack happens every 39 seconds , the need for more preventative, proactive tactics should be quite clear — it’s past time businesses progress from cybersecurity to cyber resilience. Threat modeling represents a crucial pillar of this transition. What is Threat Modeling?

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

People are the new perimeter and a prime target for attackers. Some even go beyond compliance or training and move towards building a security culture that motivates and empowers users to keep their organizations safe. In fact, according to the Verizon DBIR 2022 Report , 82% of breaches involve the human element.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

This paper is intended to bring an overview and some technical detail of the most critical attack chain along with addressing unique challenges faced by the medical industry. For a brief overview please see our summary blog here. Project Motivation. Critical Attack Scenario Details. Final Attack Chain. Conclusion.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Cracks in the RaaS model. Co-authored with Intel471 and McAfee Enterprise Advanced Threat Research (ATR) would also like to thank Coveware for its contribution. Executive Summary. McAfee Enterprise ATR believes, with high confidence, that the Groove gang is associated with the Babuk gang, either as a former affiliate or subgroup.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 5, 2022

At this point I feel like I have a decent enough grasp to start publishing some models and blog posts on the subject. In simple terms, machine learning comprises various methods to algorithmically build a model based on a dataset. This post from Joost Jansen was also an inspiration for this subject area. Machine Learning 101.

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

The pandemic has further increased opportunities for cyber attackers as employees access company resources from myriad devices/networks not managed by the corporate IT team. Furthermore, the ransomware-as-a-service model makes the barrier to entry for launching ransomware very low. But how exactly does it work? While the U.S.

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SecureList

JUNE 20, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the results of a vulnerability research study focused on a popular model of smart pet feeder. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the results of a vulnerability research study focused on a popular model of smart pet feeder.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The headlines are disturbing: Breach of patient records ; Surgeries and appointments cancelled due to IT outage ; and even, Death attributed to ransomware attack on hospital. This inventory will vary based on your business model and function. This inventory will vary based on your business model and function. Scheduling?

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 6, 2021

There’s been no shortage of security headlines for us to reflect on, many of which are detailed on our Talos Threat Intelligence blog. Prior to 2021, supply chain attacks were assumed to exclusively be a tool for sophisticated state-sponsored threat actors only. The impact of the attack was wider than might be first imagined.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

All of these events have had a major effect on cyber threats, which continues to see malicious attackers giving network defenders plenty to think about. All of these events have had a major effect on cyber threats, which continues to see malicious attackers giving network defenders plenty to think about.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Following a recent Incident Response, McAfee Enterprise‘s Advanced Threat Research (ATR) team worked with its Professional Services IR team to support a case that initially started as a malware incident but ultimately turned out to be a long-term cyber-attack. McAfee customers are protected from the malware/tools described in this blog.

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McAfee

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Attackers have a plan, with clear objectives and outcomes in mind. Clearly this was a motivated and patient adversary. Try to think like a stealthy attacker and predict what sources of telemetry will be necessary to detect suspicious usage of legitimate applications and trusted software solutions. Do you have one?

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

Targeted attacks. Further analysis revealed that the attackers had modified a single component in the firmware in a way that allowed them to intercept the original execution flow of the machine’s boot sequence and introduce a sophisticated infection chain. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. Mobile statistics.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 24, 2023

For many of us, the MITRE ATT&CK matrix has presented the conceptual model of how adversary tradecraft works. You have Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), and these account for the motives, actions, and methods used by adversaries in accomplishing their malicious objectives. This, too, was a faulty assumption. Let’s begin!

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BH Consulting

JULY 13, 2023

Commenting for Siliconrepublic.com, BH Consulting CEO Brian Honan said Ireland’s position within Europe as a technology hub increases its risk of being targeted by “highly organised” and sophisticated criminals that are “motivated purely by greed” and “ruthless in the execution of their goals”.

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