A week in security (October 28 – November 3)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we celebrated the birth of the Internet 50 years ago, highlighted reports about the US Federal Trade Commission FTC filing a case against stalkerware developer Retina-X, issued a PSI on disaster donation scams, looked at the top cybersecurity challenged SMBs face,...

Insurance Pays Out a Sliver of Norsk Hydro's Cyberattack Damages

On the heels of a severe cyberattack, aluminum giant Norsk Hydro has received only $3.6 million in cyber-insurance – just a fraction of the total costs in damage. Overall, the Oslo, Norway-based company incurred between $60 million to $71 million in damages from the incident, which forced it to...

Guarding against supply chain attacks—Part 1: The big picture

Every day, somewhere in the world, governments, businesses, educational organizations, and individuals are hacked. Precious data is stolen or held for ransom, and the wheels of “business-as-usual” grind to a halt. These criminal acts are expected to cost more than $2 trillion in 2019, a four-fold...

Why Should CISOs Care About XDR?

We have been collectively saying in our industry for the last 15-20 years that a layered approach to your security stack is a “best practice,” but as with all best practices, these are ideals rather than reality for so many charged with protecting their organizations. The vast majority of CISOs a...

Google to Experiment 'DNS over HTTPS' (DoH) Feature in Chrome 78

Immediately after Mozilla announced its plan to soon enable 'DNS over HTTPS ' DoH by default for Firefox users in the United States, Google today says it is planning an experiment with the privacy-focused technology in its upcoming Chrome 78. Under development since 2017, 'DNS over HTTPS' perform...

The “New” Easy Target:  State and Local Governments, Education

One of the “new” easy targets for cybercriminals are state governments, local governments and educational institutions. Over the past few months, we have seen several national news stories of cities, like Baltimore, that have been crippled by cybercrime, specifically ransomware attacks. However,...

Scalable infrastructure for investigations and incident response

Traditional computer forensics and cyber investigations are as relevant in the cloud as they are in on-premise environments, but the methods in which to access and perform such investigations differ. This post will describe some of the challenges of bringing on-premises forensics techniques to th...

Making the case: How to get the board to invest in higher education cybersecurity

Security leaders in institutions of higher education face unique challenges, as they are charged with keeping data and the network secure, while also allowing for a culture of openness, sharing, and communication—all cornerstones of the academic community. And depending on the college or...

CB Customer Spotlight: Q&A with MEDNAX’s Don Cox

With over 30 years of experience in the technology landscape, Don Cox knows what it takes to be a leader in the industry. Currently residing as the CISO at MEDNAX, the physician-led healthcare organization headquartered in Sunrise, FL, Cox is responsible for cyber operations and engineering,...

The Twists and Turns on the Road to Binee

On August 10, we introduced Binee—a binary emulation environment—to the world at DEFCON and, in an earlier blog, we shared a little bit of how and why we created this tool. Today, Binee is a tool that malware researchers can use as part of their reverse engineering processes. It’s an open-sourced...

DEF CON 27 retrospective: badge life redux

Kickstarter or DEF CON attendee? Be forewarned, this light overview contains some mild spoilers. If you want the purest “Da Bomb” experience with no web-based OSINT hints, read no further. I’m not revealing any earth-shattering secrets here, but figured it was worth mentioning. Also DEF CON is ov...

Seccomp Tools - Provide Powerful Tools For Seccomp Analysis

Provide powerful tools for seccomp analysis. This project is targeted to but not limited to analyze seccomp sandbox in CTF pwn challenges. Some features might be CTF-specific, but still useful for analyzing seccomp in real-case. Features Dump - Automatically dumps seccomp-bpf from execution files...

Announcing New CB ThreatHunter App for Phantom

Today’s cybersecurity landscape is facing multiple challenges - and not just from cyber attackers. Security teams are understaffed and struggling to find the talent they need to complete their day-to-day tasks, with limited visibility across their security stack. To address these challenges, SOC...

Making the case: How to get the board to invest in government cybersecurity

Security leaders are no longer simply expected to design and implement a security strategy for their organization. As a key member of the business—and one that often sits in the C-suite—CISOs and security managers must demonstrate business acumen. In fact, Gartner estimates by 2020, 100 percent o...

Time to Transfer Risk: Why Security Complexity & VPNs Are No Longer Sustainable

We all heed the gospel of patching, but as recent incidents made clear, even cutting-edge disruptors struggle to patch everything, everywhere, and all the time. Maybe this is associated with the growing volume of common vulnerabilities and exposures CVEs. As they say, there is only one way and...

Parental monitoring apps: How do they differ from stalkerware?

In late June, Malwarebytes revived its long-running campaign against a vicious type of malware in use today. This malware peers into text messages. It pinpoints victims’ movements across locations. It reveals browsing and search history. Often hidden from users, it removes their expectation of,...

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Death of the VPN: Enterprise Security Needs New Foundations

Introduced to the market nearly two decades ago, enterprise VPN technology has been uniquely enduring. Most large organizations still employ a VPN solution, and many seem to rely on it unquestioningly to provide secure remote access. It’s a rarefied position for a tool that hasn’t fundamentally...

Smart cities, difficult choices: privacy and security on the grid

All is not well in the land of smart city planning, as the latest major planned development from Google's sister company Sidewalk Labs continues to run into problems in Toronto, Canada. A groundswell of support? Building a city “From the ground up” is apparently no longer a thing: at least some...

Integrating Threat and Vulnerability Management with Patch Management: The (Feasible) Quantum Leap

The rise of sophisticated attacks combined with the security-skills shortage have driven many organizations to go back to basics and review their processes for vulnerability and patch management. The approach is definitely a winning one, given that shrinking and managing the vulnerability surface...