Google reveals new cloud security features at RSA 2020
Tech Republic Security
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Google's reCAPTCHA Enterprise and Web Risk API get a general release; Chronicle Security gets boosts from new threat detection and timelining features.
ESET Threat Report Q4 2020
We Live Security
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
A view of the Q4 2020 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts. The post ESET Threat Report Q4 2020 appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.
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Why is Threat Detection Hard?
Anton on Security
OCTOBER 7, 2020
While creating a recent presentation, I needed a slide on “threat detection is hard.” And it got me thinking, why is threat detection so hard for so many organizations today? This means we are “celebrating” ~35 years of cyber threat detection. This does make detection even harder. Action items?
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q1 2025
Anton on Security
APRIL 25, 2025
Detection Engineering is Painfuland It Shouldnt Be (Part1) NEW Antons Alert Fatigue: TheStudy Revisiting the Visibility Triad for 2020 (update for 2025 is comingsoon) Beware: Clown-grade SOCs StillAbound Why is Threat Detection Hard? How to Make Threat Detection Better? officially!) Use Cloud Securely?
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Real-Time Threat Detection in the Cloud
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
2020 was a tipping point; the first year where we saw more cloud asset breaches and incidents than on-premises ones. We know bad actors are out there; if you’re operating in the cloud, how are you detecting threats? The post Real-Time Threat Detection in the Cloud appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Financial Cyberthreats in 2020
SecureList
MARCH 31, 2021
2020 was challenging for everyone: companies, regulators, individuals. As a result, 2020 was extremely eventful in terms of digital threats, in particular those faced by financial institutions. In 2020, the group tried its hand at the big extortion game with the VHD ransomware family. Key findings. to 13.21%.
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Which is the Threat landscape for the ICS sector in 2020?
Security Affairs
MARCH 22, 2021
The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. In H2 2020, 39.3%
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Datto acquires BitDam to boost its cyber threat detection business
CyberSecurity Insiders
MARCH 10, 2021
BitDam offers Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) solution that enables customers to protect their IT infrastructure against malware, phishing and ransomware. In November 2020, SolarWinds, an IT software company was hit by a data breach where hackers infiltrated its database through vulnerability in Orion Software.
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q4 2021
Anton on Security
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Skills, Not Tiers” “Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound”” “Revisiting the Visibility Triad for 2020” Top 5 posts with the most Medium fans : “Security Correlation Then and Now: A Sad Truth About SIEM” “Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound” “Can We Have “Detection as Code”?” “Why Why Is Threat Detection Hard?” “A
Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q3.5 2020
Anton on Security
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Top 3 most popular posts of all times: “Security Correlation Then and Now: A Sad Truth About SIEM” “Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound” “Can We Have “Detection as Code”?” Security operations / detection & response: “Can We Have “Detection as Code”?” “Top Why is Threat Detection Hard?”
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Ransomware en masse on the wane: top threats inside web-phishing in H1 2020
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Singapore, 09/18/2020 — Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, evidenced the transformation of the threat portfolio over the first half of 2020. The post Ransomware en masse on the wane: top threats inside web-phishing in H1 2020 appeared first on Security Affairs.
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q3 2021
Anton on Security
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Skills, Not Tiers” “Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound”” “New Paper: “Future of the SOC: Forces shaping modern security operations”” Top 5 posts with the most Medium fans : “Security Correlation Then and Now: A Sad Truth About SIEM” “Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound” “Can We Have “Detection as Code”?” “Why
Most common cyberattack techniques on Windows networks for 2020
CSO Magazine
APRIL 21, 2021
Red Canary recently unveiled its 2021 Threat Detection Report. Included in the report is a mapping of many of the top cyberattack techniques to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The findings presented by Red Canary researchers underscore the need to fully understand your network. Take the time to monitor what is normal in your firm.
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2020 Hindsight – Top 10 Highlights from McAfee
McAfee
DECEMBER 4, 2020
2020 has been a tumultuous and unpredictable year, where we restructured our lives and redefined how we work and interact with each other. Although 2020 has undoubtedly been a year of trials and tribulations, I wanted to share some of McAfee’s top highlights. Ahead of the 2020 U.S. To support today’s U.S. Learn more here.
Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q1 2022
Anton on Security
MARCH 3, 2022
Skills, Not Tiers” “Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound”” “New Paper: “Future of the SOC: Forces shaping modern security operations” Top 5 posts with the most Medium fans : “Security Correlation Then and Now: A Sad Truth About SIEM” “Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound” “Can We Have “Detection as Code”?” “Why Right of SIEM? Get It Right!”
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q2 2023
Anton on Security
MAY 15, 2023
Why Is Threat Detection Hard?” New Paper: “Future of the SOC: SOC People — Skills, Not Tiers”” “Revisiting the Visibility Triad for 2020” “ New Paper: “Future of the SOC: Forces shaping modern security operations” ” “ Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound ” “Why is Threat Detection Hard?” “A
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q3 2024
Anton on Security
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Can We Have “Detection as Code”? Revisiting the Visibility Triad for 2020 (update for 2024 is coming soon BTW!) Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound Detection Engineering is Painful — and It Shouldn’t Be (Part 1) [now a 10 post series, not yet finished…] Why is Threat Detection Hard? Use Cloud Securely?
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q3 2023
Anton on Security
AUGUST 9, 2023
Top 6 most popular posts of all times (these ended up being the same as last quarter, and a few quarters before) : “Security Correlation Then and Now: A Sad Truth About SIEM” “Can We Have “Detection as Code”?” “New Why Is Threat Detection Hard?” What Does This Even Mean?!” “How Is Your Fate In the Cloud?”
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UnityMiner targets unpatched QNAP NAS in cryptocurrency mining campaign
Security Affairs
MARCH 8, 2021
via the unauthorized remote command execution vulnerability (CVE-2020-2506 & CVE-2020-2507). Threat actors are exploiting two unauthorized remote command execution vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2020-2506 & CVE-2020-2507, in the Helpdesk app that have been fixed by the vendor in October 2020.
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ASyncRat surpasses Dridex, TrickBot and Emotet to become dominant email threat
Malwarebytes
JUNE 9, 2022
The “Covid bounce” The 2022 Threat Review detailed the remarkable rebound in detection numbers for malware, adware and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) in 2021. Detections of all three went down during 2020, as pandemic restrictions created a huge increase in the number of people working from home.
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Attack dwell times drop, ransomware TTPs evolve, China ramps up espionage activity
CSO Magazine
APRIL 19, 2022
While significant progress is being made by global organizations in relation to threat detection and response, adversaries continue to surface, innovate, and adapt to target environments with diverse cyberattacks including new extortion and ransomware tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
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Why Your Security Data Lake Project Will … Well, Actually …
Anton on Security
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Just as I did when I revisited my 2015 SOC nuclear triad blog in 2020 , I wanted to check if my opinions, views and positions from that time are still correct (spoiler: not exactly…) As a reminder, the post stated that most organizations building DIY security data lakes would not succeed in these glamorous endeavors.
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Recent Cyber Attacks: Trends, Tactics, and Countermeasures
Hacker's King
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The SolarWinds attack in 2020 is a prime example of cybercriminals infiltrating a software company and compromising its products, allowing them to access hundreds of organizations, including government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Regular testing and updating of the plan ensures that organizations can respond quickly and effectively.
Is Your Security Stack and Legacy Tech Keeping Pace With Your Business?
CyberSecurity Insiders
JANUARY 17, 2022
Knowing When to Move Threat Detection, Investigation and Response (TDIR) to the Cloud. What’s preventing organizations from allocating more funds to technologies that will make it easier to define, implement and operate effective threat detection, investigation and response (TDIR) programs? By Tyler Farrar, CISO, Exabeam.
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Millions of Email based Cyber Attacks missed by organizations
CyberSecurity Insiders
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
So, on an average around 512 organizations were found to be hitting the networks of organizations out of which 14% of threats were already found to be incubating inside. Security researchers say that threats like phishing, scamming, extortion and business email compromise were found to be hitting the businesses on a serious note in 2020.
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SolarWinds recovered from the last year’s massive Cyber Attack
CyberSecurity Insiders
OCTOBER 24, 2021
SolarWinds, a software maker having 300,000 clients around the globe, was hit by a massive cyber attack in early 2020. And its staff detected it in November, after a security company named FireEye triggered a warning that the firm’s computer systems were operating under the control of hackers funded by a foreign nation from many days.
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Anton on Security
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Why Is Threat Detection Hard?” A SOC Tried To Detect Threats in the Cloud … You Won’t Believe What Happened Next” ”Top 10 SIEM Log Sources in Real Life?” Who Does What In Cloud Threat Detection?” “A What Does This Even Mean?!” “Who
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How to Build an Integrated Security Posture Using XDR
Cisco Security
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Digital attacks grew in both volume and sophistication in 2020. As reported by PR Newswire , the number of complaints received by the FBI’s Cyber Division numbered as many as 4,000 a day during the first half of 2020—400% more than it was in the first few months of that year. The solution: extended threat detection and response (XDR).
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Exploring the dynamic landscape of cybersecurity threats
Security Boulevard
AUGUST 9, 2024
In 2020, SQL injection-related CVEs were at 466. Similarly, XSS has seen an impressive climb, with CVEs jumping from 2,203 in 2020 to 5,179 in 2023, marking a substantial 135.08% rise. As we delve deeper, we encounter CSRF, which saw its CVEs grow from 416 in 2020 to an astounding 1,398 in 2023, marking an increase of 236.05%.
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Cloud Security Company SecureWorx acquired by EY Australia
CyberSecurity Insiders
AUGUST 2, 2021
The well-experienced group of security professionals works on the security posture and obligations of their customer and draft a solution that meets all kinds of IT compliance obligations- as per the guidelines proposed in Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2020.
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Microsoft spotted multiple malspam campaigns using malware-laced ISO and IMG files
Security Affairs
MAY 4, 2020
Microsoft warns of threat actors targeting organizations with malware-laced ISO and IMG files aimed at delivering a remote access trojan. Microsoft advanced machine learning threat detection models detected multiple malspam campaigns distributing malware-laced ISO.
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Google asks users to be aware of Phishing Attacks on Google Drive
CyberSecurity Insiders
JUNE 21, 2021
Threat detection firm Avanan was the first to notify the users about the phishing campaign taking place worldwide and said that the phishing emails might also be loaded with links that when clicked could inject the device with malware. In the year 2019, Trend Micro detected over 61.2
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q2 2021
Security Boulevard
JUNE 21, 2021
Can We Have “Detection as Code”?”. Why Is Threat Detection Hard?”. Security operations / detection & response: “Security Correlation Then and Now: A Sad Truth About SIEM”. “Can Can We Have “Detection as Code”?”. Revisiting the Visibility Triad for 2020”. Why is Threat Detection Hard?”. “A
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Leveraging Managed Threat Hunting
Security Boulevard
MARCH 22, 2021
The cybersecurity landscape changed drastically on two fronts in 2020: volume and supply chain complexities. Attack surfaces expanded and softened as employees migrated off well-protected corporate networks and logged on from home.
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q1 2022
Security Boulevard
MARCH 3, 2022
Can We Have “Detection as Code”?”. Why Is Threat Detection Hard?”. “A A SOC Tried To Detect Threats in the Cloud … You Won’t Believe What Happened Next”. Episode 27 “The Mysteries of Detection Engineering: Revealed!”. Episode 17 “Modern Threat Detection at Google”. Left of SIEM? Right of SIEM?
Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q2 2021
Anton on Security
JUNE 21, 2021
Skills, Not Tiers” Top 5 posts with the most Medium fans : “Security Correlation Then and Now: A Sad Truth About SIEM” “Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound” “Can We Have “Detection as Code”?” “Why Why Is Threat Detection Hard?” “New New Paper: “Future of the SOC: SOC People?—?Skills, Skills, Not Tiers” Now, posts by topic.
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PowerShell Is Source of More Than a Third of Critical Security Threats
eSecurity Planet
MAY 17, 2021
PowerShell was the source of more than a third of critical threats detected on endpoints in the second half of 2020, according to a Cisco research study released at the RSA Conference today.
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GUEST ESSAY: A primer on best practices for automating supply chain cybersecurity
The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The 2020 SolarWinds cybersecurity incident — which industry experts call the supply chain attack of the decade — was an incredibly high-profile breach affecting massive corporations. Data breaches exposed over 37 billion records in 2020 alone — a 141% jump from 2019. Simply put, cyberattacks are on the rise. Comprehensive Integration.
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Botnet operators target multiple zero-day flaws in LILIN DVRs
Security Affairs
MARCH 23, 2020
. “Starting from August 30, 2019, 360Netlab Threat Detection System has flagged multiple attack groups using LILIN DVR 0-day vulnerabilities to spread Chalubo [ 1] , FBot [ 2] , Moobot [ 3] botnets.” ” reads the advisory published by Netlab.
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Decoupled SIEM: Brilliant or Stupid?
Anton on Security
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The second part of the answer would be to outline the type of an organization that would very much prefer the decoupled SIEM where the best collection and modern storage somehow harmoniously work with the best threat detection and response content. (B)
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q1 2021
Anton on Security
MARCH 29, 2021
Security operations / detection & response: “Security Correlation Then and Now: A Sad Truth About SIEM” “Beware: Clown-grade SOCs Still Abound” “Can We Have “Detection as Code”?” “New Skills, Not Tiers”” “Why is Threat Detection Hard?” New Paper: “Future of the SOC: SOC People?—?Skills,
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The Changing Face of Data Security in Australia and New Zealand
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
The traditional focus on security has been on breach prevention and threat detection but these can only go so far. According to Domo CEO Josh James’ recent blog post “By 2020, there will be 40x more bytes of data than there are stars in the observable universe.”. Data, data and more data!
Cisco Secure Email: A Proven and Consistent Leader
Cisco Security
MARCH 5, 2021
And according to the Radicati Secure Email Gateway Market Guide 2020, that’s where Cisco Secure Email stands out above the rest. Cisco Secure Email provides comprehensive protection for on-premises or cloud-based email by stopping phishing, spoofing, business email compromise, malware and other common cyber threats.
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When to Move TDIR to the Cloud
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
In the face of these new challenges, businesses have evolved; many have changed radically since the beginning of 2020. Unfortunately, so were digital adversaries and cyberattackers. Early in the pandemic, some shifted. The post When to Move TDIR to the Cloud appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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