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Horizon3.ai introduces Rapid Response to prioritize and verify vulnerability remediation
Horizon3.ai has introduced Rapid Response, a capability that helps organizations assess exposure to newly disclosed threats, prioritize remediation, and verify that vulnerabilities have been addressed. Security teams are inundated with vulnerability disclosures, threat intelligence feeds, exploit chatter, and vendor advisories, all demanding immediate attention. While tens of thousands of new vulnerabilities are disclosed each year,…
AI, Global Security News
How to defend at machine speed: A post-LLM era playbook
AI-era attacks now move at machine speed, forcing defenders to rethink validation and response.
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AI Is Changing How Consultants Get Paid—and Much More, BCG’s CEO Says
Christopher Schweizer points to higher revenues and head count in response to predictions that the technology is killing his industry.
AI, Europe, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
ExtraHop, Ignition Bring Agentic SOC Push to North America
ExtraHop, a modern network detection and response (NDR) provider, has expanded its partnership with Ignition, operating under Exclusive Networks, in North America. Providing the ‘definitive’ intelligence layer for SOCs According to ExtraHop, the expanded partnership with Exclusive Networks will make its NDR platform “more accessible than ever,” giving organizations real-time network traffic insights to strengthen…
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CERT-In Mandates 12-Hour Patching for Internet-Facing Flaws Amid AI-Assisted Attacks
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued new guidelines requiring organizations to patch critical security vulnerabilities in internet-exposed systems within 12 hours of being flagged where “feasible” to safeguard against potential threats stemming from threat actors’ abuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and large language models (LLMs) to automate vulnerability
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The Alert Firehose Finally Meets Its Match
Ask a cybersecurity pro about Network Detection and Response (NDR) and you might still hear “Noisy,” “Too much data.” But ask the teams running NDR that includes agentic AI capabilities and you’ll hear they’re actually using it to catch threats earlier, triage faster, and chase fewer false positives. The old complaint lingers in part because…
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CIRT insights: How to help prevent unauthorized account removals from AWS Organizations
The AWS Customer Incident Response Team works with customers to help them recover from active security incidents. As part of this work, the team often uncovers new or trending tactics used by various threat actors that take advantage of specific customer configurations and designs. Understanding these tactics can help inform your architecture decisions, improve your…
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Q&A: AI Ushers in a New Era in MSP Service Efficiency
The managed services industry is under increasing pressure to scale operations, improve response times, and maintain profitability without continuously adding headcount. For many MSPs, the challenge lies in the operational burden that is created by workflows that still depend heavily on human coordination at nearly every stage of the service desk process. According to Mark…
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Cofense adds AI-powered campaign detection to stop phishing attacks
Cofense has announced new advancements to its Phishing Defense Platform aimed at improving detection and response to AI-powered phishing attacks. The updates include AI-driven phishing detection, enhanced triage automation, and AI-assisted training campaign creation designed to strengthen protection across the phishing lifecycle. Phishing threats are no longer one-off emails. Attackers launch coordinated, polymorphic campaigns that…
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State-sponsored actors, better known as the friends you don’t want
Incident Response teams must increasingly be prepared to respond to threats coming from nation-state attackers
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73 Seconds to Breach, 24 Hours to Patch: The Case for Autonomous Validation
Attackers can compromise systems in minutes while patching and response still take hours or days. Picus Security breaks down why autonomous validation is becoming critical for modern defense strategies. […]
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ThreatDown Expands Into Identity Security With ITDR Platform
ThreatDown on Tuesday announced the launch of its new Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) platform, designed to help organizations detect and respond to attacks targeting user identities and credentials after authentication. The California-based cybersecurity vendor said the product is built to monitor suspicious identity activity across hybrid environments, including Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and…
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Zimperium Mobile App Response Agent helps security teams counter mobile attacks
Zimperium launched Mobile App Response Agent, enabling security teams to respond faster than ever before to fraud and security threats. Leveraging Zimperium’s expertise in mobile security, Mobile App Response Agent is part of Zimperium’s Mobile App Protection Suite (MAPS), empowering SOC and fraud teams to assess attacks on their mobile app before they result in…
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Day Zero Readiness: The Operational Gaps That Break Incident Response
Having an incident response retainer, or even a pre-approved external incident response firm, is not the same as being ready for an incident. A retainer means someone will answer the phone. Operational readiness determines whether that team can do meaningful work the moment they do. That distinction matters far more than many organizations realize. In…
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Introducing the Sophos Security Services Retainer
Prevent more. Respond faster. Spend smarter. Categories: Products & Services Tags: incident response, Security Services Retainer
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Owl IRD enables one-way forensic data transfer for incident response teams
Owl Cyber Defense has announced the launch of its Incident Response Diode (IRD), a pocket-sized protocol filtering diode (PFD) designed for incident response and forensics teams. The Owl IRD was developed to help users securely move evidence from compromised endpoints into trusted analysis environments without adding risk. The Owl IRD will be made available to…
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US ransomware negotiators get 4 years in prison over BlackCat attacks
Two former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint were sentenced to four years in prison each for targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks. […]
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What the March 2026 Threat Technique Catalog update means for your AWS environment
The AWS Customer Incident Response Team (AWS CIRT) regularly encounters patterns that repeat across their engagements when helping customers respond to security incidents. We’re passionate about making sure that information is widely accessible so that everyone can improve their security posture and their organization’s resilience to disruption. The primary method we use to share this…
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Semperis Expands Purple Knight to Strengthen Identity Security in Line with Five Eyes Guidance
Semperis, the identity-driven cyber resilience and crisis response company, today announced expanded capabilities for Purple Knight, its free, community-driven Active Directory and Entra ID security assessment tool helping organisations strengthen identity security in line with guidance from the Five Eyes Alliance, of which Australia is a key member.
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Google gets agent-ready for the Mythos age
In response to Anthropic Mythos, instead of launching another LLM, Google unveiled a broad push toward agentic, AI-driven defense at Google Cloud Next ‘26 to help SOC analysts as they scramble to keep up with the influx of CVEs Mythos threatens. As Mythos promises more vulnerabilities, and reports of unauthorized access despite its limited preview…
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Former ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to BlackCat attacks
41-year-old Angelo Martino, a former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint, has pleaded guilty to targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks in 2023. […]
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UAC-0247 Targets Ukrainian Clinics and Government in Data-Theft Malware Campaign
The Computer Emergencies Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new campaign that has targeted governments and municipal healthcare institutions, mainly clinics and emergency hospitals, to deliver malware capable of stealing sensitive data from Chromium-based web browsers and WhatsApp. The activity, which was observed between March and April
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Acronis Launches MDR Solution for MSP Security Services
Acronis is launching a new managed detection and response (MDR) service to provide 24/7 threat detection and response for MSPs. MSPs gain a new way to scale security offerings without an in-house SOC Acronis MDR by Acronis TRU is globally available and provides 24/7/365 threat detection, rapid incident response, and cyber resilience for MSPs of…
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CERT-EU blames Trivy supply chain attack for Europa.eu data breach
The European Union’s Computer Emergency Response Team, CERT-EU, has traced last week’s theft of data from the Europa.eu platform to the recent supply chain attack on Aqua Security’s Trivy open-source vulnerability scanner. The attack on the AWS cloud infrastructure hosting the Europa.eu web hub on March 24 resulted in the theft of 350 GB of…
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CERT-UA Impersonation Campaign Spread AGEWHEEZE Malware to 1 Million Emails
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new phishing campaign in which the cybersecurity agency itself was impersonated to distribute a remote administration tool known as AGEWHEEZE. As part of the attacks, the threat actors, tracked as UAC-0255, sent emails on March 26 and 27, 2026, posing as CERT-UA…
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Smashing Security podcast #460: Never knock on the door of a nuclear submarine base and ask for a selfie
A disgruntled data analyst decides that the best response to losing his contract is to steal the entire company payroll database and demand $2.5 million in Bitcoin – signing his extortion emails from a company called “Loot.” Meanwhile, two people drive up to the entrance of the UK’s nuclear submarine base at Faslane and politely…
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Never knock on the door of a nuclear submarine base and ask for a selfie
A disgruntled data analyst decides that the best response to losing his contract is to steal the entire company payroll database and demand $2.5 million in Bitcoin – signing his extortion emails from a company called “Loot.” Meanwhile, two people drive up to the entrance of the UK’s nuclear submarine base at Faslane and politely…
Global Security News, Network Security
WatchGuard Expands NDR Capabilities, Making Advanced Network Threat Detection Practical for MSPs and Midmarket Organisations
Embedded detection, managed services, and automated response simplify NDR adoption for SMEs and MSPs
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54 EDR Killers Use BYOVD to Exploit 34 Signed Vulnerable Drivers and Disable Security
A new analysis of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers has revealed that 54 of them leverage a technique known as bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) by abusing a total of 34 vulnerable drivers. EDR killer programs have been a common presence in ransomware intrusions as they offer a way for affiliates to neutralize…
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EDR killers are now standard equipment in ransomware attacks
Ransomware attackers routinely deploy tools designed to disable endpoint detection and response software before launching encryptors. These tools, known as EDR killers, have become a standard component of ransomware intrusions. ESET Research tracked nearly 90 EDR killers actively used in the wild. The workflow is consistent across groups: an attacker gains high privileges, deploys an…
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Top 8 Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions in 2026
This guide is for IT and security teams evaluating the best endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions in 2026, covering top platforms and the features that matter most for threat detection and response. EDR tools play a critical role in identifying and stopping threats at the device level by continuously monitoring endpoint activity and enabling…
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Blumira enhances EDR and ITDR to speed up threat detection and containment
Blumira has announced the release of expanded endpoint detection and response (EDR) and identity threat detection and response (ITDR) capabilities in its platform. Security teams on Blumira Respond and Automate editions can now contain active threats by isolating compromised endpoints, stopping malicious processes, and locking out attackers across Microsoft 365 and Active Directory, without ever…
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Blumira Intros EDR and ITDR Solutions, Joins Pax8 Marketplace
Blumira, a security operations platform, is releasing enhanced endpoint detection and response (EDR) and identity threat detection and response (ITDR) capabilities. The company also recently joined the Pax8 Marketplace to deliver enterprise security operations to MSPs. Stopping threats at speed These newly expanded capabilities will enable security teams on Blumira Respond and Automate editions to…
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OpenClaw AI Agent Flaws Could Enable Prompt Injection and Data Exfiltration
China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT) has issued a warning about the security stemming from the use of OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot and Moltbot), an open-source and self-hosted autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent. In a post shared on WeChat, CNCERT noted that the platform’s “inherently weak default security configurations,” coupled with its
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FortiGate Edge Intrusions: Stolen Service Accounts Lead to Rogue Workstations and Deep AD Compromise
Throughout early 2026, SentinelOne’s Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) team has responded to several incidents where FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances have been compromised to establish a foothold into the targeted environment. Each incident was detected and stopped during the lateral movement phase of the attack.
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FortiGate Edge Intrusions | Stolen Service Accounts Lead to Rogue Workstations and Deep AD Compromise
Throughout early 2026, SentinelOne’s Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) team has responded to several incidents where FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances have been compromised to establish a foothold into the targeted environment. Each incident was detected and stopped during the lateral movement phase of the attack.
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Armis improves vulnerability accuracy and speed with unified real-time visibility
Armis has announced Armis Centrix for Vulnerability Management Detection and Response. The solution enables security teams to identify and validate vulnerabilities across all organizational assets in real time. Armis’ unified approach to vulnerability assessment delivers greater accuracy, faster detection times, and reduced operational costs. “Waiting weeks for a vulnerability scan that still misses essential assets…
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Fortinet advances its Security Operations Platform with unified SOC, agentic AI, and expanded endpoint security
COMPANY NEWS: New innovations unify cloud SOC, agentic AI, managed detection and response, and endpoint protection within a single Security Fabric architecture.
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Streamline Incident Response with Unified XDR
In this post, I will show you how to streamline incident response with unified XDR. Cyberattacks are faster, more sophisticated, and increasingly costly. Alert overload and siloed tools often allow hackers to steal data for months before detection. An Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solution can help here. Fidelis Elevate®, an XDR solution, unifies visibility,…
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I replaced manual pen tests with automation. Here’s what I learned.
More accreditation and compliance requirements have been added in response to cyber incidents. While these frameworks play an important role in establishing security baselines, true security is more than just achieving a perfect compliance score. As I often say, “policies and procedures won’t stop an attacker, they’ll just have more documents to exfiltrate when they…
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Slipstream Cyber included on Atmos First Response and Remediation Panel
COMPANY NEWS : Strengthening rapid cyber incident response through coordinated technical forensics and legal advisory expertise.
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Forensic IT ‘strengthens forensic leadership’ with new executive GM
Digital forensics and incident response specialist, Forensic IT, has appointed industry veteran, Chris Hatfield as Executive General Manager.
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How AI Aids Incident Response: Why Humans Alone Cannot Do IR Efficiently
AI accelerates incident response by correlating alerts and generating reports in minutes, helping teams scale beyond manual limits. Incident response has always been a race against the clock. It starts ticking the moment an alert is triggered, and each minute thereafter can lead to lost revenue, regulatory exposure, reputational damage, or customer churn. Traditionally, incident…
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How to Cut MTTR by Improving Threat Visibility in Your SOC
How better threat visibility and real-time intelligence reduce MTTR, improve SOC response speed, and strengthen resilience through faster detection and containment.
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Wireshark 4.6.4 resolves dissector flaws, plugin compatibility issue
Packet inspection remains a routine activity across enterprise networks, incident response workflows, and malware investigations. Continuous use places long-term stability and parsing accuracy at the center of daily operations. Wireshark version 4.6.4 addresses two vulnerabilities affecting protocol dissectors and resolves a plugin compatibility issue within the 4.6 release series. Dissector vulnerabilities resolved The update fixes…
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Review: Digital Forensics, Investigation, and Response, 5th Edition
Digital Forensics, Investigation, and Response, 5th Edition presents a structured survey of the digital forensics discipline. The book spans foundational principles, platform specific analysis, specialized branches, and incident response integration. About the author Chuck Easttom has many years of practical experience across a wide range of computer science, mathematics, and related fields. He holds a…
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Turn Your SOC Into a Detection Engine: Rethinking Threat Monitoring
Threat monitoring is treated as one capability among many. Something that sits alongside incident response and threat hunting on an org chart. That framing undersells how central it actually is. Monitoring is the connective tissue of the entire security operation. Every other SOC function depends on it working well. For SOC and MSSP leaders, building effective threat monitoring is not about “more alerts.” It…
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Singapore & Its 4 Major Telcos Fend Off Chinese Hackers
After detecting a zero-day attack, the country’s effective response was attributed to the tight relationship between its government and private industry.
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Webinar: How Modern SOC Teams Use AI and Context to Investigate Cloud Breaches Faster
Cloud attacks move fast — faster than most incident response teams. In data centers, investigations had time. Teams could collect disk images, review logs, and build timelines over days. In the cloud, infrastructure is short-lived. A compromised instance can disappear in minutes. Identities rotate. Logs expire. Evidence can vanish before analysis even begins. Cloud forensics…
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Vectra AI Report Warns AI Gains Aren’t Boosting Resilience
Cybersecurity provider Vectra AI has published its 2026 State of Threat Detection and Response Report, revealing a persistent gap between security investment and real-world cyber resilience. Lagging confidence amid rising AI adoption Based on a survey of 1,450 security practitioners and leaders worldwide, the report found that while many security teams feel better staffed and…
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npm’s Update to Harden Their Supply Chain, and Points to Consider
In December 2025, in response to the Sha1-Hulud incident, npm completed a major authentication overhaul intended to reduce supply-chain attacks. While the overhaul is a solid step forward, the changes don’t make npm projects immune from supply-chain attacks. npm is still susceptible to malware attacks – here’s what you need to know for a safer…
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ExtraHop Expands Agentic SOCs With Deeper Visibility
ExtraHop, a modern network detection and response (NDR) provider, has launched new visibility and forensic capabilities that deliver the contextual insights required to power agentic SOCs and enable more autonomous defense against sophisticated threat actors. Setting AI agents up for success Citing the growth of AI-assisted attacks, ExtraHop says these new capabilities aim to equip…
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Black Hat Europe: Enhancing Security Operations With Cisco XDR and Foundation-sec-8b-Instruct LLM
Manual triage often slows down incident response. Learn how we integrated an 8-billion parameter security LLM into Cisco XDR to summarize alerts and trace attack paths in real time.
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Black Hat Europe: Enhancing Security Operations With Cisco XDR and Foundation-sec-8b-Instruct LLM
Manual triage often slows down incident response. Learn how we integrated an 8-billion parameter security LLM into Cisco XDR to summarize alerts and trace attack paths in real time.
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Black Hat Europe: Enhancing Security Operations With Cisco XDR and Foundation-sec-8b-Instruct LLM
Manual triage often slows down incident response. Learn how we integrated an 8-billion parameter security LLM into Cisco XDR to summarize alerts and trace attack paths in real time.
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Black Hat Europe: Enhancing Security Operations With Cisco XDR and Foundation-sec-8b-Instruct LLM
Manual triage often slows down incident response. Learn how we integrated an 8-billion parameter security LLM into Cisco XDR to summarize alerts and trace attack paths in real time.
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Black Hat Europe: Enhancing Security Operations With Cisco XDR and Foundation-sec-8b-Instruct LLM
Manual triage often slows down incident response. Learn how we integrated an 8-billion parameter security LLM into Cisco XDR to summarize alerts and trace attack paths in real time.
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Black Hat Europe: Enhancing Security Operations With Cisco XDR and Foundation-sec-8b-Instruct LLM
Manual triage often slows down incident response. Learn how we integrated an 8-billion parameter security LLM into Cisco XDR to summarize alerts and trace attack paths in real time.
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Black Hat Europe: Enhancing Security Operations With Cisco XDR and Foundation-sec-8b-Instruct LLM
Manual triage often slows down incident response. Learn how we integrated an 8-billion parameter security LLM into Cisco XDR to summarize alerts and trace attack paths in real time.
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Black Hat Europe: Enhancing Security Operations With Cisco XDR and Foundation-sec-8b-Instruct LLM
Manual triage often slows down incident response. Learn how we integrated an 8-billion parameter security LLM into Cisco XDR to summarize alerts and trace attack paths in real time.
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8 Top MDR Providers for Mid-Market Companies
Top 8 MDR providers for mid-market firms needing expert detection, faster response, and reduced noise without building full in-house SOCs.
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8 Top MDR Providers for Mid-Market Companies
Top 8 MDR providers for mid-market firms needing expert detection, faster response, and reduced noise without building full in-house SOCs.
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8 Top MDR Providers for Mid-Market Companies
Top 8 MDR providers for mid-market firms needing expert detection, faster response, and reduced noise without building full in-house SOCs.
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AiStrike introduces AI-powered MDR to reduce costs and alert fatigue
AiStrike announced the launch of AiStrike MDR, an AI-powered managed detection and response (MDR) service designed to replace human-intensive MDR with an AI-led, expert-guided operating model built for scale, speed, and measurable outcomes. Enterprises and government organizations use AiStrike to unify threat intelligence, detection engineering, investigation, and response in a single AI-native platform, improving detection…
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AiStrike introduces AI-powered MDR to reduce costs and alert fatigue
AiStrike announced the launch of AiStrike MDR, an AI-powered managed detection and response (MDR) service designed to replace human-intensive MDR with an AI-led, expert-guided operating model built for scale, speed, and measurable outcomes. Enterprises and government organizations use AiStrike to unify threat intelligence, detection engineering, investigation, and response in a single AI-native platform, improving detection…
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What AWS Security learned from responding to recent npm supply chain threat campaigns
AWS incident response operates around the clock to protect our customers, the AWS Cloud, and the AWS global infrastructure. Through that work, we learn from a variety of issues and spot unique trends. Over the past few months, high-profile software supply chain threat campaigns involving third party software repositories have highlighted the importance of protecting…