Darktrace

MARCH 22, 2023

Amadey Info-stealer malware was detected across over 30 customers between August and December 2022, spanning various regions and industry verticals. This blog highlights the resurgence of Malware as a Service (MaaS) and the leveraging of existing N-Day vulnerabilities in SmokeLoader campaigns to launch Amadey on customers’ networks.

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Palo Alto Networks

MAY 21, 2024

It would be nice to imagine our SOC analysts as the apex predators of the IT jungle, stalking the network perimeter and tracking the scent of trespassing attackers. Upgrade your SOC and analysts, so they can hunt down the threats lurking in your network. Threat hunting is the systematic pursuit of hidden threats within your network.

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AlienVault

JULY 9, 2019

So, what is malware analysis and why should I care? With the commercialization of cybercrime, malware variations continue to increase at an alarming rate, and this is putting many a defender on their back foot. This has made the cost of maintaining a malware analysis program generally out of reach for the average organization.

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AlienVault

JULY 9, 2019

So, what is malware analysis and why should I care? With the commercialization of cybercrime, malware variations continue to increase at an alarming rate, and this is putting many a defender on their back foot. This has made the cost of maintaining a malware analysis program generally out of reach for the average organization.

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Palo Alto Networks

MARCH 6, 2020

Join us on March 17 for our “ Leverage Your Firewall to Expose Attackers Hiding in Your Network ” webinar to learn more about how to use Network Traffic Analysis, including a live attack demo. . For the most accurate threat detection, enterprises should integrate good data across different sources: cloud, network and endpoint.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The lesson here for companies is that attackers don’t need to discover new threats or sophisticated methods of penetrating your networks. Initial access Initial access consists of various techniques attackers use to gain access to your network. Every out-of-place event needs to be investigated.

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Symantec

MARCH 8, 2022

In the first of a two-part series of blogs, we will delve deeper into Daxin, examining the driver initialization, networking, key exchange, and backdoor functionality of the malware.

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The Parallax

APRIL 17, 2019

As founder and lead scientist of Climate Feedback , a site through which a network of scientists share assessments of media coverage related to climate change, one of Vincent’s most recent victories was in getting the conservative news site The Western Journal in February to pull a column espousing unsupported claims. “The

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Tenable

AUGUST 4, 2022

Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021. International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. While malware is used for a variety of purposes, the government agencies point out that ransomware is a primary use case. Background. Description.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

But projects get abandoned and picked up by others who plant backdoors or malware, or, as seen recently since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a rise in “protestware,” in which open source software developers alter their code to wipe the contents of Russian computers in protest of the Kremlin’s incursion.

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Palo Alto Networks

JULY 20, 2021

It’s the first network threat detection system delivered as a native Google Cloud service, built with the industry-leading security technologies of Palo Alto Networks. Erasing Network Security Blindspots Simplifies Compliance. Every VPC Gets Native, High-Performance Network Threat Detection.

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Palo Alto Networks

APRIL 19, 2024

On April 10, 2024 Palo Alto Networks Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) learned of a suspicious exfiltration attempt at a customer site from Volexity's Steven Adair. Volexity and Unit 42 Threat Brief have more information about the type of malware seen in these attacks and indicators of threat activity.

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AlienVault

JULY 31, 2018

These tools give us good visibility of what’s happening on endpoints by logging multiple types of events, which we can forward to a SIEM or other correlation system for analysis. The dropper spreads through email phishing and downloads the malware using a malicious Office macro. Let's start! File samples: [link].

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DataRobot

JULY 20, 2021

Cyber and malware analysts have a critical role in detecting and mitigating cyberattacks. In this post, we show you how to build a malware detection model using the largest known dataset, SOREL-20M (Sophos/ReversingLabs-20 Million). Malware Use Case. They are collected from static and dynamic malware analysis (e.g.,

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Palo Alto Networks

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

On March 17, we’ll host a webinar called “ Leverage Your Firewall to Expose Attackers Hiding in Your Network ” to share tips on how you can use your firewall for network traffic analysis. Network traffic analysis (NTA) – sometimes called network detection and response – is one such tool that provides that visibility.

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Tenable

APRIL 25, 2024

The campaign involves a reported state-sponsored actor who has been targeting vulnerable network devices including Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA). Is any malware associated with ArcaneDoor? ArcaneDoor is the name given to an espionage-focused campaign disclosed by researchers at Cisco Talos on April 24.

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Kaseya

APRIL 14, 2023

It’s Friday evening, and just as you are about to leave work, you receive a flood of tickets concerning slow network issues. A network monitoring tool could have prevented this scenario. Read on to learn the why and how of network performance monitoring and its impact on business productivity, profitability and reputation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This analysis isn’t just a statistical exercise but a crucial necessity in our interconnected world, where the security of our digital infrastructure is intertwined with our physical safety and economic stability. Deploying network monitoring tools can provide real-time visibility into the network’s activities.

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Palo Alto Networks

MAY 12, 2023

Here are some of ChatGPT’s capabilities: natural language generation, answering questions, sentiment analysis, translation, content creation and so on. The researchers presented several case studies to illustrate the various methods scammers use to entice users into downloading malware or sharing sensitive information.

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Palo Alto Networks

MAY 19, 2021

An all-encompassing Zero Trust approach to network security is critical for safeguarding productivity in the new reality of remote, mobile and hybrid work. Treating every connection the same is the foundation of Zero Trust Network Security. Zero Trust – Why It Matters for Productivity. Secure Access for the Right Users.

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AlienVault

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In part 1 of this blog series, we analyzed malware behaviour, and, in part 2 , we learned how to detect persistence tricks used in malware attacks. Imagine your company is being targeted by one of the latest threats and you want to detect the activity the malware is performing. Conclusion.

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CTOvision

JULY 29, 2014

Three Questions on Automated Malware Removal with Bob Gourley, Cognitio Corp and CTOVision. While there’s still an emphasis – and related spending – on malware detection, most incident response teams are actually overwhelmed by vast number of security alerts they receive. Another day, another data breach. Bob Gourley: That’s simple.

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Kaseya

MAY 11, 2023

However, due to poor network management, most people encountered a “Server Not Found” message instead of free dips. Network performance management prevents situations like these from surfacing and leaving your employees or customers without access to your service. What is network performance management?

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Tenable

APRIL 12, 2024

Segment your network into smaller zones to limit the possibility of lateral movement. Here's New Data ” (Hired) “ The 15 most in-demand tech jobs for 2024 — and how to hire for them ” (CIO) 5 - CISA’s new malware analysis tool now generally available Need suspicious files analyzed? You can now submit them to the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

SolarWinds was a terrifying example of what can go wrong with the integrity of software build systems: Russian intelligence services hijacked the software build system for SolarWinds software, surreptitiously adding a backdoor to a piece of software and hitching a ride into the computer networks of thousands of customers. They don’t.

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Kentik

MARCH 15, 2023

As networks become distributed and virtualized, the points at which they can be made vulnerable, or their threat surface , expands dramatically. This is compounded by recent trends of remote work, where network operators need to wrestle with the fact that employees often access the network via work sites with far less governance.

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Unsurprisingly, there’s more to phishing than email: Email phishing: Attackers send emails with attachments that inject malware in the system when opened or malicious links that take the victim to a site where they’re tricked into revealing sensitive data. Don’t log in to WiFi networks you don’t trust. Double check.

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Palo Alto Networks

AUGUST 10, 2020

Forrester has named Palo Alto Networks a Leader in its Forrester Wave : Enterprise Firewalls, Q3 2020 report. Today, the efficacy of our Next-Generation Firewalls is evident in the trust placed in Palo Alto Networks by 70,000 customers in more than 150 countries. . The 70+ innovative new capabilities in PAN-OS 10.0

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

The video below explores DDP Protected Workspace and uniquely addresses healthcare regulations related to malware prevention. The three key points covered in the video are: Attackers, even the low skilled ones, can pass any traditional AV scanners at will – trivial for those infiltrating networks. There is a new battleground.

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AlienVault

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In the first part of this series, we saw how you can use Osquery to analyze and extract valuable information about malware’s behavior. In this post, we are going to see another common technique that malware uses persistence. The malware will be executed every time the user logs on. Here is an example of OilRig malware.

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CIO

MARCH 19, 2024

And so, just as malware countermeasures evolved from standalone antivirus measures to cybersecurity as a whole industry, we can expect a similar trajectory for deepfake countermeasures as the war on reality heats up. It’s what neural networks do. Thinking fast is where all the excitement is in AI.

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Palo Alto Networks

MAY 30, 2024

New Local Cloud Infrastructure Delivers Innovative, Best-in-Class Cybersecurity Platforms As a trusted provider of cybersecurity services to customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Palo Alto Networks is committed to delivering and innovating the best technology and services to protect and enable the nation’s digital future.

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

1, 2021, Gartner named Palo Alto Networks a Leader for the tenth consecutive time in its Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls for 2021. We feel that our tenth recognition as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls gives us an opportunity to celebrate the transformative innovations of the last ten years.

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Kaseya

MAY 22, 2024

Network traffic Network traffic monitors the data sent and received by the server over the network. High network traffic can indicate potential issues, such as bandwidth saturation or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Why is monitoring network traffic important for servers?

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Lacework

JANUARY 24, 2024

In 2022, the Lacework Labs team discovered a new, large-scale threat called AndroxGh0st, a Python malware being used to exploit AWS keys. More alarmingly, this malware has been used by hackers to build a botnet, which is a network of compromised computers, to then be used for additional credential theft and launching further cyberattacks.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Identification Businesses need fast and accurate analysis of all their content. Easily accessible, less secure data is vulnerable to hackers and malware, which, if breached, can have catastrophic consequences for an organization.

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Moreover, the expansion of the corporate network has complicated the network security stack, forcing organizations to manage and operate a number of point products and tools. Sprawling corporate networks across multiple locations, connect and support dispersed users working from diverse locations around the globe.

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