It’s 11:59PM on a Sunday evening, and your phone starts alerting you to a new threat that is being actively exploited. You can easily anticipate that the next message you will receive is from someone in your C-Suite, asking the obvious question, “Are we protected against this?” As security practitioners, we have all been there. What a way to start the week! Of course, we need … [Read more...] about Accurate and Reliable Threat Detection for your Security Program
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Hackers Now Hiding ObliqueRAT Payload in Images to Evade Detection
Cybercriminals are now deploying remote access Trojans (RATs) under the guise of seemingly innocuous images hosted on infected websites, once again highlighting how threat actors quickly change tactics when their attack methods are discovered and exposed publicly. New research released by Cisco Talos reveals a new malware campaign targeting organizations in South Asia that … [Read more...] about Hackers Now Hiding ObliqueRAT Payload in Images to Evade Detection
Intel Adds Hardware-Enabled Ransomware Detection to 11th Gen vPro Chips
Intel and Cybereason have partnered to build anti-ransomware defenses into the chipmaker's newly announced 11th generation Core vPro business-class processors. The hardware-based security enhancements are baked into Intel's vPro platform via its Hardware Shield and Threat Detection Technology (TDT), enabling profiling and detection of ransomware and other threats that have an … [Read more...] about Intel Adds Hardware-Enabled Ransomware Detection to 11th Gen vPro Chips
FireEye Breach Detection Guidance – Cisco Blogs
Cisco Blogs / Security / Threat Research / FireEye Breach Detection Guidance Cyber security firm FireEye recently disclosed an incident that was reported to have resulted in the inadvertent disclosure of various internally developed offensive security tools (OSTs) that were used across FireEye red-team engagements. Some of these tools appear to be based on … [Read more...] about FireEye Breach Detection Guidance – Cisco Blogs
A Handy Guide for Choosing a Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Service
Every company needs help with cybersecurity. No CISO ever said, "I have everything I need and am fully confident that our organization is fully protected against breaches." This is especially true for small and mid-sized enterprises that don't have the luxury of enormous cybersecurity budgets and a deep bench of cybersecurity experts. To address this issue, especially for small … [Read more...] about A Handy Guide for Choosing a Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Service
Introducing Stealthwatch product updates for enhanced network detection and response
We are very excited to announce new features of Cisco Stealthwatch! With release 7.3.0, we are announcing significant enhancements for the Stealthwatch Administrator and the Security Analyst to detect and respond to threats faster and manage the tool more efficiently. Automated Response updates Release 7.3, introduces automated response capabilities to Stealthwatch, giving you … [Read more...] about Introducing Stealthwatch product updates for enhanced network detection and response
The Next Level of Prevention, Detection and Response [New Guide]
One new security technology we keep hearing about is Extended Detection and Response (XDR).This new technology merges multiple prevention and detection technologies on a single platform to better understand threat signals so that you don't need to purchase, integrate, and manage various control and integration technologies. Think of XDR as prepackaged EDR, NTA, UEBA (and … [Read more...] about The Next Level of Prevention, Detection and Response [New Guide]
Microsoft Launches Free Linux Forensics and Rootkit Malware Detection Service
Microsoft has announced a new free-to-use initiative aimed at uncovering forensic evidence of sabotage on Linux systems, including rootkits and intrusive malware that may otherwise go undetected.The cloud offering, dubbed Project Freta, is a snapshot-based memory forensic mechanism that aims to provide automated full-system volatile memory inspection of virtual machine (VM) … [Read more...] about Microsoft Launches Free Linux Forensics and Rootkit Malware Detection Service
Managed Threat Detection and Response Made Easy
Lately, we can't help noticing an endless cycle where the more enterprises invest in threat prevention; the more hackers adapt and continue to penetrate enterprises.To make things worse, detecting these penetrations still takes too long with an average dwell time that exceeds 100 (!) days. To keep the enterprise protected, IT needs to figure out a way to break this endless … [Read more...] about Managed Threat Detection and Response Made Easy
VirusTotal Adds Cynet’s Artificial Intelligence-Based Malware Detection
VirusTotal, the famous multi-antivirus scanning service owned by Google, recently announced new threat detection capabilities it added with the help of an Israeli cybersecurity firm.VirusTotal provides a free online service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs to detect malware and automatically shares them with the security community. With the onslaught of new malware types … [Read more...] about VirusTotal Adds Cynet’s Artificial Intelligence-Based Malware Detection