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Advanced analytics can help detect insider threats rapidly

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While external cyber threats capture headlines, the rise of insider threats from within an organization is a growing concern. In 2023, the average cost of a data breach caused by an insider reached $4.90 million, 9.6% higher than the global average data breach cost of $4.45 million. To effectively combat this danger, integrating advanced analytics […]

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Microsoft unveils AI-powered Security Copilot analysis tool

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Microsoft has unveiled Security Copilot, an AI-powered analysis tool that aims to simplify, augment and accelerate security operations (SecOps) professionals’ work. Using Microsoft Security Copilot Security Copilot takes the form of a prompt bar … Continue reading Microsoft unveils AI-powered Security Copilot analysis tool→

Detecting the Undetected: The Risk to Your Info

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IBM’s Advanced Threat Detection and Response Team (ATDR) has seen an increase in the malware family known as information stealers in the wild over the past year. Info stealers are malware with the capability of scanning for and exfiltrating data and credentials from your device. When executed, they begin scanning for and copying various directories […]

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5 Golden Rules of Threat Hunting

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When a breach is uncovered, the operational cadence includes threat detection, quarantine and termination. While all stages can occur within the first hour of discovery, in some cases, that’s already too late. Security operations center (SOC) teams monitor and hunt new threats continuously. To ward off the most advanced threats, security teams proactively hunt for […]

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Attackers never let a critical vulnerability go to waste

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GreyNoise Intelligence unveiled its research report that dives deep into the most significant threat detection events of the past 12 months. “When it comes to cybersecurity, not all vulnerabilities are created equal, and many of the ones that garner me… Continue reading Attackers never let a critical vulnerability go to waste→

Google seeks to make Cobalt Strike useless to attackers

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Google Cloud’s intelligence research and applications team has created and released a collection of 165 YARA rules to help defenders flag Cobalt Strike components deployed by attackers. “Our intention is to move the tool back to the domain of leg… Continue reading Google seeks to make Cobalt Strike useless to attackers→

Top enterprise email threats and how to counter them

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A research from Tessian, the State of Email Security Report, found that enterprise email is now the No. 1 threat vector for cyberattacks. According to the report, 94% of organizations experienced a spear phishing or impersonation attack, and 92% suffer… Continue reading Top enterprise email threats and how to counter them→

What you should look for in an MDR relationship

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The managed IT services market is growing both in size and importance, as more organizations decide it makes fiscal and operational sense to outsource key functions. This is true even for critical security-oriented tasks, due to both environmental and … Continue reading What you should look for in an MDR relationship→

The challenges and advantages of building behavior-based threat detection

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In this video for Help Net Security, Scott Sutherland, Senior Director, Adversary Simulation and Infrastructure Testing, NetSPI, discusses how, in order to stay ahead of malicious actors, organizations must shift their gaze to detect attackers before s… Continue reading The challenges and advantages of building behavior-based threat detection→

MITRE ATT&CK and SIEM Rules: What Should Your Expectations Be?

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The MITRE ATT&CK threat framework is seemingly everywhere these days, and with good reason. It is an invaluable tool for understanding the various methods, or as MITRE refers to them Tactics and Techniques, employed by threat actors. It offers annotated and curated details about those methods, and it provides the capability to visualize this data […]

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