Another turbulent year for cybersecurity finds itself right at home alongside global economic headwinds and geopolitical tensions. This year has been defined by rampant affiliate activity, a seemingly endless stream of new vulnerabilities and exploits, and the widespread abuse of valid credentials. These circumstances have conspired to drive a 50% increase in interactive … [Read more...] about A Sneak Peek at the 2022 Falcon OverWatch Threat Hunting Report
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Falcon OverWatch Elite in Action: Tailored Threat Hunting Services
The threat presented by today’s adversaries is as pervasive as it is dangerous — eCrime and state-nexus actors alike are attempting to infiltrate companies and organizations of all sizes and across all verticals. While technology is a powerful tool for performing routine or repeatable analysis, the only way to effectively hunt and contain sophisticated and determined cyber … [Read more...] about Falcon OverWatch Elite in Action: Tailored Threat Hunting Services
OverWatch Uncovers Ongoing NIGHT SPIDER Zloader Campaign
Over recent months, the CrowdStrike Falcon OverWatch™ team has tracked an ongoing, widespread intrusion campaign leveraging bundled .msi installers to trick victims into downloading malicious payloads alongside legitimate software. These payloads and scripts were used to perform reconnaissance and ultimately download and execute NIGHT SPIDER’s Zloader trojan, as detailed in … [Read more...] about OverWatch Uncovers Ongoing NIGHT SPIDER Zloader Campaign
Falcon OverWatch Contributes to BlackCat Protection
In an effort to stay ahead of improvements in automated detections and preventions, adversary groups continually look to new tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), and new tooling to progress their mission objectives. One group — known as BlackCat/ALPHV — has taken the sophisticated approach of developing their tooling from the ground up, using newer, more secure languages … [Read more...] about Falcon OverWatch Contributes to BlackCat Protection
How Falcon OverWatch Detected SILENT CHOLLIMA’s Custom Tooling
CrowdStrike Falcon OverWatch™ recently released its annual threat hunting report, detailing the interactive intrusion activity observed by hunters over the course of the past year. The tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) an adversary uses serve as key indicators to threat hunters of who might be behind an intrusion. OverWatch threat hunters uncovered an intrusion against … [Read more...] about How Falcon OverWatch Detected SILENT CHOLLIMA’s Custom Tooling