Jan 14, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability The cyber attacks targeting the energy sector in Denmark last year may not have had the involvement of the Russia-linked Sandworm hacking group, new findings from Forescout show. The intrusions, which targeted around 22 Danish energy organizations in May 2023, occurred in two distinct waves, one which exploited a security flaw … [Read more...] about New Findings Challenge Attribution in Denmark’s Energy Sector Cyberattacks
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Challenge Met: Adopting Intelligent Observability Pipelines
Over the last year or so, the unavoidable topic of overwhelming cost has emerged as the number one issue among today’s observability practitioners.Whether it is in conversations among end users, feedback from customers and prospects, industry chatter or the coverage of experts including Gartner, the issue of massive telemetry data volumes driving unsustainable observability … [Read more...] about Challenge Met: Adopting Intelligent Observability Pipelines
36% of CISOs see the shortage of skilled workers as their key cybersecurity challenge
Step 1: Linux FundamentalsLearn basic operational skills for the Linux command line.Step 2: Network Protocol AnalysisExplore network protocols to include DHCP, ARP, ICMP, LDAP, Kerberos, SMTP, and SSH.Step 3: Packet AnalysisExplore networking concepts and packet analysis tools including Wireshark, Stenographer, and Docket.Step 4: Intrusion Detection System (IDS) Log Analysis … [Read more...] about 36% of CISOs see the shortage of skilled workers as their key cybersecurity challenge
Enterprise Observability: The Prometheus Challenge
Metrics storage engines must be specially engineered to accommodate the quirks of metrics time-series data. Prometheus is probably the most popular metrics storage engine today, powering numerous services including our own Logz.io Infrastructure Monitoring. But Prometheus was not enough for Slack given their web-scale operation. They set out to design a new storage engine that … [Read more...] about Enterprise Observability: The Prometheus Challenge
New Mercedes-AMG F1 W13 E Rises to the Challenge
The year 2022 is a transformational one for F1. It’s hard to overstate just how much has changed to the regulations that govern this sport — the fact that those regulations have doubled in size should give a clue. Having just witnessed one of the most thrilling and close-fought seasons in 2021, it’s important to remind ourselves of the goal of these extensive changes: even … [Read more...] about New Mercedes-AMG F1 W13 E Rises to the Challenge
Take the Unhackable MFA Challenge
Today more than ever, it is critical to protect our family and friends, both online and off. This Unhackable MFA challenge is a simple pledge that anyone can make and can have a major impact on everyone’s online safety. Therefore, we are challenging every Cisco employee, cyber fan, security and IT Pro and Unhackable podcast listener to take a small step and contact someone … [Read more...] about Take the Unhackable MFA Challenge
90 days, 16 bugs, and an Azure Sphere Challenge
Cisco Talos reports 16 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Sphere’s sponsored research challenge. By Claudio Bozzato and Lilith [-_-]; and Dave McDaniel. On May 15, 2020, Microsoft kicked off the Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge, a three-month initiative aimed at finding bugs in Azure Sphere. Among the teams and individuals selected, Cisco Talos conducted a … [Read more...] about 90 days, 16 bugs, and an Azure Sphere Challenge
Why Cybercrime is Still a Business Challenge in a COVID World
The following is an article that was originally published in Intelligent CIO Magazine and is republished here with its consent. With cybercriminals intent on exploiting organizations to regain access to critical data stores, Scott Jarkoff, Director, Strategic Threat Advisory Group, APJ and EMEA, CrowdStrike, tells us ransomware is the technique of choice for cybercriminals … [Read more...] about Why Cybercrime is Still a Business Challenge in a COVID World
The Incident Response Challenge 2020 — Results and Solutions Announced
In April 2020, Cynet launched the world's first Incident Response Challenge to test and reward the skills of Incident Response professionals.The Challenge consisted of 25 incidents, in increasing difficulty, all inspired by real-life scenarios that required participants to go beyond the textbook solution and think outside of the box. Over 2,500 IR professionals competed to be … [Read more...] about The Incident Response Challenge 2020 — Results and Solutions Announced
Talos Targets Disinformation with Fake News Challenge Victory
Threat Research This post was authored by Sean Baird with contributions by Doug Sibley and Yuxi Pan Executive SummaryFor the past several months, the problem of “fake news” has been abuzz in news headlines, tweets, and social media posts across the web. With historical roots in information warfare and disinformation, “fake news” is a … [Read more...] about Talos Targets Disinformation with Fake News Challenge Victory