Threat Roundup for February 21 to February 28
By Talos Group Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between Feb 21 and Feb 28. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how […]
‘Never Trust, Always Verify’: Duo joins forces with AMP for Endpoint
By Sana Yousuf 29.3 billion – that’s the approximate number of devices and network connections estimated globally by 2023, according to the latest Cisco Annual Internet Report. As we get more connected, we can expect to see a massive rise in cybersecurity threats – a trend that is predicted to double from 9 million in […]
Threat hunting doesn’t have to be difficult—Taking a proactive position with your cybersecurity
By Adam G. Tomeo Your Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) is up to date with the latest version. Your Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) technology has all of the latest framework rules and automaton in place. Vulnerabilities and patches for hardware and software are all covered. Your Defense in Depth strategy appears to be keeping your […]
A Platform Approach + Precise Analytics = Better Equation
By Ben Munroe There are so many companies each year at the RSA Conference, it would be useful to have some analytics to help guide your time there; which of the 700 plus vendors should you try and spend time with to solve your current problems? Similarly, customers are trying to keep up with the […]
New Research Paper: Prevalence and Impact of Low-Entropy Packing Schemes in the Malware Ecosystem
By Talos Group Detection of malware is a constant battle between the technologies designed to detect and prevent malware and the authors creating them. One common technique adversaries leverage is packing binaries. Packing an executable is similar to applying compression or encryption and can inhibit the ability of some technologies to detect the packed malware. […]
Explorations in the spam folder
By Ben Nahorney Everyone has a spam folder. It’s often disregarded as a dark, bottomless pit for fake emails from FedEx, pharmacy offers, and introductory emails from women far too amorous to be anything but fantastical. You’d be right to largely ignore this folder. Yet each day new emails end up in it. Most of […]