This evolving and brutally effective threat can have a significant impact on an organization’s resources, finances, and reputation, but it can be stopped by Counter Threat Unit Research Team, Secureworks Monday, January 11th, 2021Originally published at www.secureworks.com/blog Since 2015, Secureworks® Read more…
by Emiliano MartinezMonday, January 4th, 2021Originally published at blog.virustotal.com TL;DR: VirusTotal allows you to search for similar files according to different orthogonal notions (structure, visual layout, icons, execution behaviour, etc.). File similarity can be combined with the “have:” search modifier Read more…
by Sridhar Jayanthi, Senior Vice President Endpoint at EclecticIQMonday, December 21st, 2020 If you are a CIO, CISO, a compliance administrator or IT manager, you may be wondering about the next stages in the cybersecurity evolution and whether they will Read more…
by Threat Researcher Joe Slowik, in conjunction with Black Lotus Labs from LumenMonday, December 14th, 2020Originally published at www.domaintools.com/resources/blog Introduction Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) practitioners can gain insight into adversary operations by tracking conflicts or geopolitical tensions. Similar to a Read more…
by @checkpointswMonday, December 7th, 2020Originally published at https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/pay2key-the-plot-thickens/ Introduction Last weekend we issued a ransomware alert about a wave of attacks using a never-seen-before strain dubbed ‘Pay2Key.’ Our investigation suggested the ransomware operators were mostly targeting Israeli companies. The ransomware Read more…
November 13, 2020 – The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams ( FIRST ) is holding its annual conference online next week. The three-day event, which is taking place online for the first time, will feature both industry experts Read more…
Developed by the FIRST Ethics special interest group, the ethicsfIRST framework covers a list of principles, with an explanation on how to apply each one, that detail the responsibility of cybersecurity professionals during an incident to ensure that the interest Read more…
September 24, 2020 – The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has jointly honored Ian Charles Cook and Don Stikvoort in the second edition of The Incident Response Hall of Fame. The Incident Hall of Fame rewards visionaries Read more…
The results of the 2020 FIRST Board of Directors election follow: Alexander Jaeger (Google IRT) Serge Droz (Liaison,Proton-CERT) Dave Schwartzburg (Cisco Systems) Javier Berciano (Liaison,One eSecurity) Shawn Richardson (NVIDIA) The full board list can be found here. Thank you to Read more…
The content reviews the organization’s many activities including events, special interest groups, training and education, policy and governance and global outreach through its fellowship program. In addition, the report includes a financial update and an overview of the infrastructure investment Read more…