The CrowdStrike® Falcon OverWatch™ elite threat hunting team has released a new report, The 2019 OverWatch Mid-Year Report: Observations from the Front Lines of Threat Hunting. This is the second year for this report, which is once again filled with compelling stories that provide insight into today’s threat landscape, the trends you should be aware of, and the tactics, … [Read more...] about Threat Hunting Report Finds Increase in eCrime
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Threat Hunting: How to Gain the Most Value
Sean Mason, Director of Cisco Incident Response Services andJeff Bollinger, Investigations Manager, Cisco Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) As security practitioners who continuously look for adversarial malice, one of the questions we are asked frequently is: What’s around the corner? Threat actors evolve over time, so how do we know not only what they’re doing now, but … [Read more...] about Threat Hunting: How to Gain the Most Value
The Value of Threat Hunting
It can happen to the best of us. You can have robust security software deployed in your environment, and yet a threat slips through. Often it happens at a weak point that you hadn’t considered critical or just overlooked entirely. It can be a humbling experience and something that many security professionals, while loath to admit, have faced. What follows is a cautionary tale, … [Read more...] about The Value of Threat Hunting
With Cisco Threat Response, The Best Things in Threat Hunting are Free
For those of us in security operations, it could be easy to feel discouraged. After all, it’s an unfair fight. The bad actors seem to have unlimited time and budget. And we certainly don’t! But here’s some good news: one of the most valuable tools available in threat hunting is free. Just like the golden oldie tune (or the Janet/Luther pop classic) says, the best things in life … [Read more...] about With Cisco Threat Response, The Best Things in Threat Hunting are Free