Security is a data problem. One of the most touted benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is the speed at which they can analyze potentially millions of events and derive patterns out of terabytes of files. Computational technology has progressed to the point where computers can process data millions of times faster than a human could.
As organizations continue to rapidly adopt cloud services, they struggle to expand network detection and response (NDR) capabilities to their hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Network visibility is critical for security operations center (SOC) teams to secure their cloud environments and ensure they can elevate threat detection and incident investigation capabilities. However, traditional NDR solutions require management, configuration and often lack the security context needed.
According to a 2021 study by UpGuard, over 51% of analyzed Fortune 500 companies were unknowingly leaking sensitive metadata in public documents - data leaks that could be very useful in a reconnaissance campaign preceding a major data breach. Without timely detection solutions, all corporate (and personal) accounts impacted by data leaks are at a critical risk of compromise, which also places any associated private internal networks at a high risk of unauthorized access and sensitive data theft.
“Knowing what’s on your network is the first step for any organization to reduce risk.” -CISA Director, Jen Easterly. On October 3, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 23-01: Improving Asset Visibility and Vulnerability Detection on Federal Networks.
Welcome to the final episode in our blog series focused on Mobile Endpoint Security. The first two episodes detailed the protections necessary to secure data accessed by remote workers (Endpoint security and remote work) and best practices for combating the threat of ransomware 5 ways to prevent Ransomware attacks).
DCShadow is a feature in the open-source tool mimikatz. In another blog post, we cover without detection once they’ve obtained admin credentials. But DCShadow can also enable an attacker to elevate their privileges. How can a Domain Admin elevate their access even higher? By obtaining admin rights in other forests. Leveraging SID History, an attacker can add administrative SIDs to their user account and obtain admin level rights in other trusted domains and forests.
