Corelight Sensors detect the ChaChi RAT

By Paul Dokas, Keith Jones, Anthony Kasza, Yacin Nadji, & Vern Paxson – Corelight Labs Team Recently Blackberry analyzed a new GoLang Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named “ChaChi.” This sample was interesting in that it tunnels information over DNS as … Continue reading Corelight Sensors detect the ChaChi RAT

What Is a Security Operations Center (SOC)?

Data breaches are costing organizations millions of dollars on average. In its 2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report, IBM found that a data breach cost the average organization $3.86 million. This price tag was even greater for organizations located in the… Continue reading What Is a Security Operations Center (SOC)?

World’s first 100G Zeek sensor

By Sarah Banks, Senior Director of Product Management, Corelight As we finished rolling out Corelight’s v21 software release, which saw the delivery of the world’s first 100G, 1U Zeek sensor, I was reminded of when I’d first read the “100G Intrusion De… Continue reading World’s first 100G Zeek sensor

Introducing the C2 Collection and RDP inferences

By Vince Stoffer, Senior Director, Product Management, Corelight We’re excited to announce that the Command and Control (C2) Collection is now available with today’s launch of version 21 of the Corelight software. One of the most important ways that de… Continue reading Introducing the C2 Collection and RDP inferences

C2 detections, RDP insights and NDR at 100G

By John Gamble, Director of Product Marketing, Corelight Today I am excited to announce Corelight’s v21 release, which delivers dozens of powerful C2 detections, extends analyst visibility around RDP connections, and helps organizations scale network d… Continue reading C2 detections, RDP insights and NDR at 100G

How do you know?

By Charles Strauss, Senior Brand Copywriter, Corelight Can you be sure attackers aren’t hiding in your encrypted traffic? Can your investigators go back 18 months ago to find what they need? Do your DNS queries all have responses, and are they what you… Continue reading How do you know?

Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging

The DoNot APT threat group is leveraging the legitimate Google Firebase Cloud Messaging server as a command-and-control (C2) communication mechanism. Continue reading Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging

Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging

The DoNot APT threat group is leveraging the legitimate Google Firebase Cloud Messaging server as a command-and-control (C2) communication mechanism. Continue reading Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging

Russian Espionage Group Updates Custom Malware Suite

Turla has outfitted a trio of backdoors with new C2 tricks and increased interop, as seen in an attack on a European government. Continue reading Russian Espionage Group Updates Custom Malware Suite