Cyber threat intelligence is an effective weapon in the ongoing battle to protect digital assets and infrastructure - especially when combined with AI. But AI is only as good as the data feeding it. Access to unique, underground sources is key. Threat Intelligence offers tremendous value to people and companies. At the same time, its ability to address organizations' … [Read more...] about The Right Way to Enhance CTI with AI (Hint: It’s the Data)
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Identifying Data Exfiltration with Machine Learning
Jun 22, 2023The Hacker NewsNetwork Security / Machine Learning Why Data Exfiltration Detection is Paramount? The world is witnessing an exponential rise in ransomware and data theft employed to extort companies. At the same time, the industry faces numerous critical vulnerabilities in database software and company websites. This evolution paints a dire picture of data … [Read more...] about Identifying Data Exfiltration with Machine Learning
Data Exfiltration for MOVEit Transfer Exploit
Summary Points Organizations around the globe continue to experience the fallout of the MOVEit Transfer exploit CVE-2023-34362 CrowdStrike incident responders have identified evidence of mass file exfiltration from the MOVEit application, as a result of the webshell activity on compromised MOVEit systems Data exfiltration activity can be identified by analyzing the MOVEit … [Read more...] about Data Exfiltration for MOVEit Transfer Exploit
Elasticsearch and data architecture: 4 essential tools for improved analysis and storage
Organizations are becoming increasingly more reliant on data to make effective, evidence-based decisions to drive business outcomes. Whether this be assessing market conditions and improving customer experience, ensuring application uptime, or securing an organization, data from multiple sources — including consumers and internal systems — is critical to day-to-day … [Read more...] about Elasticsearch and data architecture: 4 essential tools for improved analysis and storage
New Golang-based Skuld Malware Stealing Discord and Browser Data from Windows PCs
Jun 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware A new Golang-based information stealer called Skuld has compromised Windows systems across Europe, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. "This new malware strain tries to steal sensitive information from its victims," Trellix researcher Ernesto Fernández Provecho said in a Tuesday analysis. "To accomplish this task, it searches for … [Read more...] about New Golang-based Skuld Malware Stealing Discord and Browser Data from Windows PCs
The Importance of Managing Your Data Security Posture
Data security is reinventing itself. As new data security posture management solutions come to market, organizations are increasingly recognizing the opportunity to provide evidence-based security that proves how their data is being protected. But what exactly is data security posture, and how do you manage it? Data security posture management (DSPM) became mainstream … [Read more...] about The Importance of Managing Your Data Security Posture
Elastic Security 8.8: Powerful endpoint response, alert triage, and data accuracy to bring more efficiency to security
As the volume and complexity of cyber threats continue to increase, security analysts face mounting pressure to protect their organizations from attack with maximum efficiency. Elastic Security 8.8 introduces features designed to help analysts digest, prioritize, and quickly respond to security incidents. These features include the following:The improved alert triage … [Read more...] about Elastic Security 8.8: Powerful endpoint response, alert triage, and data accuracy to bring more efficiency to security
Unleash the power of Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose and Elastic for enhanced observability
As more organizations leverage the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform and services to drive operational efficiency and bring products to market, managing logs becomes a critical component of maintaining visibility and safeguarding multi-account AWS environments. Traditionally, logs are stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and then shipped to an external … [Read more...] about Unleash the power of Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose and Elastic for enhanced observability
Are Your APIs Leaking Sensitive Data?
It's no secret that data leaks have become a major concern for both citizens and institutions across the globe. They can cause serious damage to an organization's reputation, induce considerable financial losses, and even have serious legal repercussions. From the infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal to the Equifax data breach, there have been some pretty high-profile leaks … [Read more...] about Are Your APIs Leaking Sensitive Data?
How to use Elasticsearch and Time Series Data Streams for observability metrics
With integrations, we give our users an out of the box experience to integrate with their infrastructure and services. If you are using our integrations, eventually you will automatically get all the benefits of TSDS for your metrics assuming you are on version 8.7 or newer.Currently we are working through the list of our integration packages, add the dimensions, metric type … [Read more...] about How to use Elasticsearch and Time Series Data Streams for observability metrics