The global Extended Detection and Response (XDR) market is expected to grow considerably over the next decade. World Wide Technology reported that it will grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 20% between 2021 to 2028, reaching a val…
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DE:CODED – Firewall speeds and VPN risks
by SE Labs Team •
“If they are not getting any money from you, then where are they getting the money from?” Show notes for series 2, episode 2 Is your firewall as fast as you think? What does XDR mean and how does it work? Do you need a personal VPN? We talk to Brian Mo…
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Five Key Trends on SOC Modernization
by Andie Schroeder •
For SOCs looking to improve their ability to detect and respond to threats efficiently and effectively, Extended Detection and Response (XDR) has generated increasing amounts of excitement and discourse in the industry. XDR was one of the hottest topics at RSA 2022, but like with many “hot new trends,” perspectives on what XDR actually is, […]
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How AI-Driven XDR Defeats Ransomware
by Anthony M. Freed •
In June 2021, we detailed the ways that ransomware can end up costing organizations in our report, Ransomware: The True Cost to Business. The report revealed that two-thirds of ransomware victims report significant revenue loss following an at…
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Detect the Follina MSDT Vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190) with Qualys Multi-Vector EDR & Context XDR
by Mayuresh Dani •
A new remote code execution vulnerability called “Follina” has been found lurking in most Microsoft products. In this blog, we examine a potential attack vector as well as technical details of Follina, and chart the ability to detect this new vulnerability using both Qualys Multi-Vector EDR and Qualys Context XDR. On May 27, 2022, a […]
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IBM to Acquire Randori, Transforming How Clients Manage Risk with Attack Surface Management
by Kevin Skapinetz •
Organizations today are faced with defending a complex technology landscape — with cyberattacks targeted at constantly changing cloud, distributed, and on-premises environments. Often escaping security scans and periodic assessments, these changes represent windows of opportunities for attackers looking to bypass defenses. While there always have — and always will be — unknown risks, having a […]
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Qualys Adds Risk Assessment to Cloud Security Platform
by Michael Vizard •
Qualys, Inc. today updated its vulnerability management, detection and response (VMDR) cloud service to include a risk assessment capability, called TruRisk, that enables cybersecurity teams to better prioritize their remediation efforts. As part of t…
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Spear Phishing: A Technical Case Study for XDR
by Anthony M. Freed •
Spear phishing is a social engineering tactic adversaries use in targeted attacks where they send emails purported to be from someone known or trusted by the target–such as a coworker or established organization–to trick them into revealing co…
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Securing Your Organization’s Digital Transformation with XDR
by Anthony M. Freed •
As we all know, the pandemic accelerated many organizations’ digital transformation initiatives. According to Help Net Security, many enterprises accelerated their journeys by as many as 3-5 years by building new IT systems to support remote w…
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Poisoned Python and PHP packages purloin passwords for AWS access
by Paul Ducklin •
More supply chain trouble – this time with clear examples so you can learn how to spot this stuff yourself.
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5 Questions to ask About Your EDR – Response
by EclecticIQ Endpoint Security Team •
This is part 3 in a series on some of the capabilities you should be looking for in your Endpoint Detection and Response solution. Choosing the right EDR solution is important, as pointed out by a recent SANS survey entitled Modernizing Security Opera…
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Catch ‘em Deletes – Increasing Visibility, Not the cost
by EclecticIQ Endpoint Security Team •
Cyber Adversaries, or malware authors, are motivated to remove the traces of the malware’s execution for a variety of reasons including evading “Defense Mechanisms”, as well as ensuring the malware researchers cant access the malicious files easily. M…
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Harnessing the Power of AI-Driven XDR
by Anthony M. Freed •
Many security professionals believe they’re going to start seeing an uptick in AI-assisted attacks at some point in the near future. According to AIMultiple, 90% of infosec personnel in the U.S. and Japan said they’re anticipating an increase …
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Open XDR and the Secret to Great Golf
by Samuel Jones •
One of the disheartening things in security today is reckoning with the true factors of success. It’s not that most security practices are a dismal failure; in fact, it’s likely that the number of prevented threats is significant. On the other h…
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Cybereason vs. Quantum Locker Ransomware
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
The Quantum Locker is a ransomware strain that was first discovered in July 2021. Since then, the ransomware was observed used in fast ransomware attacks, in some cases even Time-to-Ransom (TTR) of less than 4 hours, leaving defenders little t…
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How Do Ransomware Attacks Impact Victim Organizations’ Stock?
by Anthony M. Freed •
Ransomware has developed into an extremely lucrative business model with little risk involved for the threat actors. Couple this with the willingness of most victim organizations to pay the ransom demand under the assumption it will return bus…
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5 Questions to ask About Your EDR – Service Providers
by EclecticIQ Endpoint Security Team •
This is part 2 in a series on some of the capabilities you should be looking for in your Endpoint Detection and Response solution. As we pointed out in Part I, a SANS survey entitled Modernizing Security Operations found that EDR is considered the mos…
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How the MalOp Can Facilitate New Breach Reporting Rules
by Dan Verton •
New rules went into effect May 1 that require U.S. financial institutions to report cyber security incidents to regulators within 36 hours.
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The U.K. Cyber Strategy: Developing Cybersecurity Skills, Knowledge and Culture
by Karishma Asthana •
In the final installment of our five-part blog series on the U.K. Government Cybersecurity Strategy for 2022-2030, we spoke with Greg Day, Cybereason’s Vice President and Global Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the EMEA regi…
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Cybereason and Google Cloud: This is XDR Tour
by Cybereason Team •
This is XDR: A Revolution in Five Acts charts the evolution of cybersecurity over the past decade and how it’s led to the solution Defenders have been waiting for: Cybereason XDR powered by Google Cloud.
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Ransomware Survey 2022 – like the Curate’s Egg, “good in parts”
by Paul Ducklin •
You might not like the headline statistics in this year’s ransomware report… but that makes it even more important to take a look!
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Why XDR Adoption Should Be a CISO Priority
by Anthony M. Freed •
At the start of 2022, the results of a survey were published where CISOs and other security leaders shared their top cybersecurity challenges. “Managing increased risk of ransomware/cyber-extortion” came out on top, with 29% of respondents …
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5 Questions to ask About Your EDR – “Visibility”
by EclecticIQ Endpoint Security Team •
This is part I in a series on some capabilities you should look for in your Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solution. Why? Well, a recent SANS survey entitled Modernizing Security Operations [registration required] found that EDR is the most eff…
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How Strategic Detections Set XDR Apart
by Anthony M. Freed •
Data breaches set a record high volume in 2021. According to CNET, 1,862 publicly reported data breaches took place over the course of the year. This volume surpassed the 1,108 data breaches in 2020 and broke the record of 1,506 security in…
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Webinar April 26th: Profile of the Dark Economy of Ransomware
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware operators have steadily become more sophisticated and more aligned with nation-state actors making ransomware an existential threat for enterprises.
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Security Budgets Are Increasing – But So Are Attacks
by Anthony M. Freed •
Most organizations are planning to increase their cybersecurity budgets for 2022. In a 2021 survey covered by Dark Reading, 81% of organizations revealed that they’re committed to growing their cybersecurity budgets over the coming year.&nb…
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Detecting Cyber Events is Key to U.K. Cybersecurity Strategy
by Karishma Asthana •
The following is the third installment of our five-part blog series outlining how Cybereason XDR maps to each of the five objectives contained in the U.K. Government Cybersecurity Strategy for 2022-2030.
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Evaluating XDR Solutions? Caveat Emptor – Buyer Beware
by Anthony M. Freed •
A recent study found that the majority of security professionals said that their organizations are planning to adopt Extended Detection and Response (XDR). The report indicated that 80% of infosec pros said XDR should be a top cybersecurity…
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Who “Wins” the MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations?
by Tony Bradley •
Last week, results were released for the fourth round of MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations. There were 30 participating vendors this year. Cybereason achieved perfect scores in nearly every aspect of the MITRE evaluations. “This latest round indic…
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Webinar April 14th: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed respon…
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Webinar April 14th: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed respon…
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Webinar April 14th: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed respon…
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2022 MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations Results
by Peter Havens •
Cortex XDR delivered exceptional results in the 2022 MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations, with 100% threat prevention in the protection phase of the evaluation, once again.
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Cybereason Excels in the 2022 MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluations: 100% Prevention, Visibility and Real-Time Protection
by Meg O'Leary •
The MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations for Enterprise has quickly become the de facto authority for measuring the effectiveness of security solutions against real world scenarios that mimic advanced persistent threat attack progre…
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How Cybereason Enables the U.K. to Defend Against Cyberattacks
by Karishma Asthana •
The following is the second installment of our five-part blog series outlining how Cybereason XDR maps to each of the five objectives contained in the U.K. Government Cybersecurity Strategy for 2022-2030.
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Four Ways XDR Optimizes Your Security Stack
by Anthony M. Freed •
Dwell time, or the time between when an attacker gains access to a network and when their activity is finally detected is a significant indicator for both the potential impact of a cyberattack on the organization and the overall effectivene…
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SOC Modernization: A Mission to Block or to Disrupt?
by Greg Day •
As we all move more toward an ever increasingly digital world, periodically every business steps back and asks itself a number of questions around its digital resilience. At, or close to the top, is the question: Are my response processes s…
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How to Create an Effective Ransomware Response Plan
by Anthony M. Freed •
The volume of ransomware attacks was unprecedented in 2021. For instance, in the third quarter of the year, security researchers documented 190.4 million ransomware attempts. This volume made Q3 2021 the highest quarter ever recorded, repor…
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AI-Driven XDR: Defeating the Most Complex Attack Sequences
by Anthony M. Freed •
What is an AI-driven XDR solution? AI-driven Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is a specific approach for advanced threat detection and automated response. AI-driven XDR extends continuous threat detection and monitoring across an organ…
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The State of Ransomware in the Manufacturing Sector
by Anthony M. Freed •
How many ransomware attacks did the Manufacturing Sector suffer in 2021? According to research, 21% of ransomware attacks targeted manufacturing organizations in 2020, and it was a similar story in 2021.