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Gone in 52 Seconds...and 42 Minutes: A Comparative Analysis of Ransomware Encryption Speed
Do you feel like every other cybersecurity news story mentioned ransomware in 2021? Does it feel like you can’t turn on a cybersecurity podcast and not hear the “R” word? We feel the same way, and as a cybersecurity vendor, we felt that we should also contribute to the noise. :-) But we did want to try and do something different.
CrowdStrike Named a Strong Performer in 2022 Forrester Wave for Cloud Workload Security
“In its current CWS offering, the vendor has great CSPM capabilities for Azure, including detecting overprivileged admins and enforcing storage least privilege and encryption, virtual machine, and network policy controls.” – The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Workload Security, Q1 2022 CrowdStrike is excited to announce we have been named a “Strong Performer” in The Forrester Wave:™ Cloud Workload Security, Q1 2022.
Falcon OverWatch Threat Hunting Contributes to Seamless Protection Against Novel BlackCat Attack
In an effort to stay ahead of improvements in automated detections and preventions, adversary groups continually look to new tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), and new tooling to progress their mission objectives. One group — known as BlackCat/ALPHV — has taken the sophisticated approach of developing their tooling from the ground up, using newer, more secure languages like Rust and highly customized configuration options per victim.
Create an ethics-by-design approach for data
Our VP for Data Ethics & Governance, Sophie Chase-Borthwick, was recently part of a panel – the PICCASO Special Interest Group. Sophie joined William Malcolm (Privacy Legal Director at Google), Radha Gohil (Data Ethics Strategy Lead at Shell), and Anne Woodley (Security Specialist at Microsoft) in untangling what data ethics actually means and how best to support it. Here we look at this in more detail.
The Business Value of Security Service Edge (SSE) and the SASE and Zero Trust Journey
I’m not big on acronyms or buzzwords. Like many executives, my eyes glaze over when I’m being prospected with an alphabet soup of technology terms I supposedly “need” to care about. So why, then, does the title of this article include Security Service Edge (SSE), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), and Zero Trust? Despite our justified disdain for acronyms, the ideas behind these terms hold genuine importance for business leaders.
An overview of our vulnerability assessment and pentesting process | Cyphere
This video will give you a broad overview of our vulnerability assessment and pentesting process. We'll talk about the different phases, how we prioritize vulnerabilities, and what workflows we use to make sure that your team is getting the most out of every engagement.#vapt #vulnerabilityassessment #pentesting
SANS 2022 Cloud Security Survey
The state of cloud security is evolving. Many organizations are implementing new and more advanced cloud security services that offer cloud-focused controls and capabilities, including services and tools that provide network connectivity and security for end users and office locations, security monitoring and policy controls, and identity services, among others.
[Webcast] Defending against nation-state actors
With the threat of Russian cyberattacks on the rise, it’s essential for defenders of critical infrastructure to pressure test their cyber defense capabilities. In this webcast, Corelight's Alex Kirk reviews the specific techniques, tactics, and procedures that defenders should monitor in order to identify and disrupt attacks in their environment. Alex has a long and storied career as a cybersecurity professional, including a recent volunteer engagement training Ukrainian cyberdefenders this past fall.
Rookie Of The Year - Lapsus$ Group
2022 saw several significant and historical cases in the ransomware industry, new players were introduced and some already have caused major damage to top-of-the-line organizations around the world. Although LAPSUS$ commenced its operations in December 2021, they have made its greatest impact in 2022, compromising major organizations such as NVIDIA, Vodafone, Samsung Microsoft, LG and Okta.
Trustwave's Action Response: The Lapsus$ Hacker Group Shows Us the Importance of Securing the Digital Supply Chain
Trustwave is actively tracking the threat of Lapsus$ for our clients. We encourage all organizations, especially those part of the digital supply chain, to remain vigilant and ensure that cyber best practices are implemented. We are actively investigating all unusual login behaviors for clients that use Okta. For more information on the Okta incident, please visit their blog. Trustwave does not use Okta. Actionable security recommendations for organizations can be found below.