Though 2024 may be behind us, many of the security threats and vulnerabilities that organizations faced last year remain. The CrowdStrike Professional Services Red Team tracks them all in its efforts to defend organizations against adversaries. The three most common exploitation paths we encountered were: Unsecured Credentials: Weak or exposed credentials remain one … [Read more...] about Top 3 Trends in Red Team Exploitation Paths
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Top Threat Tactics and How to Address Them
Each quarter, Cisco Talos Incident Response publishes a summarized record of the notable trends from the cases they work. The attacks, techniques, and methodology that Talos observes helps to shape and inform many of the protections that Cisco’s customers use on a regular basis. Part of their work in this area helps promote Talos’ principle of see once, block … [Read more...] about Top Threat Tactics and How to Address Them
Elastic Security among top solutions in AV-Comparatives Business Test
Delivering exceptional performance and protection in rigorous evaluationsElastic Security has achieved remarkable results in the recent AV-Comparatives Business Security Test. This independent assessment underscores our commitment to providing world-class malware protection.Why the AV-Comparatives Business Security Test mattersAV-Comparatives is a highly respected organization … [Read more...] about Elastic Security among top solutions in AV-Comparatives Business Test
Top 5 IT challenges leaders are facing in 2024 (and solutions to them)
Amid budget constraints, labor shortages, and the need to do “more with less,” CIOs and IT leaders are facing common IT problems that transcend industries. From poor data accessibility to changing customer expectations, IT leaders are turning to generative AI (GenAI) as an answer to their problems. Continuous investments in GenAI promise companies new ways to solve key … [Read more...] about Top 5 IT challenges leaders are facing in 2024 (and solutions to them)
THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools, and Practices (Nov 04
Nov 11, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News ⚠️ Imagine this: the very tools you trust to protect you online—your two-factor authentication, your car's tech system, even your security software—turned into silent allies for hackers. Sounds like a scene from a thriller, right? Yet, in 2024, this isn't fiction; it's the new cyber reality. Today's attackers have … [Read more...] about THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools, and Practices (Nov 04
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM Top 10 FAQs
CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM enhances security operations by integrating data, AI, workflow automation and threat intelligence into a single platform with a unified console and a lightweight endpoint agent. We continue to innovate in next-gen SIEM to power SOC operations, most recently with a series of product updates announced at Fal.Con 2024. But we’re not stopping … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM Top 10 FAQs
Last Week’s Top Threats and Trends (September 23-29)
Sep 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Weekly Recap Hold onto your hats, folks, because the cybersecurity world is anything but quiet! Last week, we dodged a bullet when we discovered vulnerabilities in CUPS that could've opened the door to remote attacks. Google's switch to Rust is paying off big time, slashing memory-related vulnerabilities in Android. But it wasn't … [Read more...] about Last Week’s Top Threats and Trends (September 23-29)
Last Week’s Top Threats and Trends (September 16-22)
Sep 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Cyber Threat Hold on tight, folks, because last week's cybersecurity landscape was a rollercoaster! We witnessed everything from North Korean hackers dangling "dream jobs" to expose a new malware, to a surprising twist in the Apple vs. NSO Group saga. Even the seemingly mundane world of domain names and cloud configurations had its … [Read more...] about Last Week’s Top Threats and Trends (September 16-22)
User Protection Suite Secures Against Talos Top Ransomware Attack Trends
In Cisco Talos’ first episode of Talos Threat Perspective (TTP) episode, two Talos Threat Intelligence experts, Nick Biasini and James Nutland, discuss new research on the most prominent ransomware groups. They also pick three key topics and trends to focus on: initial access, differences among the groups, and the vulnerabilities they most heavily target. In their research, … [Read more...] about User Protection Suite Secures Against Talos Top Ransomware Attack Trends
China-Linked Hackers Target Myanmar’s Top Ministries with Backdoor Blitz
Jan 30, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Espionage The China-based threat actor known as Mustang Panda is suspected to have targeted Myanmar's Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs as part of twin campaigns designed to deploy backdoors and remote access trojans. The findings come from CSIRT-CTI, which said the activities took place in November 2023 and January 2024 after … [Read more...] about China-Linked Hackers Target Myanmar’s Top Ministries with Backdoor Blitz