From Naptime to Big Sleep: Using Large Language Models To Catch Vulnerabilities In Real-World Code

Posted by the Big Sleep team Introduction In our previous post, Project Naptime: Evaluating Offensive Security Capabilities of Large Language Models, we introduced our framework for large-language-model-assisted vulnerability research and demonstrated its potential by improving the state-of-the-a...

CISA and Partners Release Advisory on RansomHub Ransomware

Today, CISA—in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC, and Department of Health and Human Services HHS—released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory, StopRansomware: RansomHub Ransomware. This advisory provides network...

Royal Ransomware Actors Rebrand as “BlackSuit,” FBI and CISA Release Update to Advisory

Today, CISA—in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI—released an update to joint Cybersecurity Advisory StopRansomware: Royal Ransomware, StopRansomware: BlackSuit Royal Ransomware. The updated advisory provides network defenders with recent and historically observed tactics,...

What does "Platform" mean in cloud security?

Enabling security outcomes for cloud builders and defenders, from code to cloud to defense...

Starry Addax targets human rights defenders in North Africa with new malware

Cisco Talos is disclosing a new threat actor we deemed "Starry Addax" targeting mostly human rights activists associated with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic SADR cause with a novel mobile malware. Starry Addax conducts phishing attacks tricking their targets into installing malicious Androi...

CISA, NCSC-UK, and Partners Release Advisory on Russian SVR Actors Targeting Cloud Infrastructure

CISA, in partnership with UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC and other U.S. and international partners released the joint advisory, SVR Cyber Actors Adapt Tactics for Initial Cloud Access. This advisory provides recent tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs used by Russian Foreign...

CISA and MS-ISAC Release Advisory on Compromised Account Used to Access State Government Organization

Today, CISA and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center MS-ISAC released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA, Threat Actor Leverages Compromised Account of Former Employee to Access State Government Organization to provide network defenders with the tactics, techniques, and procedure...

CISA and Partners Release Advisory on Russian SVR-affiliated Cyber Actors Exploiting CVE-2023-42793

Today, CISA—along with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, National Security Agency NSA, Polish Military Counterintelligence Service SKW, CERT Polska CERT.PL, and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC—released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA, Russian Foreign Intelligence Servi...

CISA Releases Advisory on Threat Actors Exploiting CVE-2023-26360 Vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion

Today, CISA released a Cybersecurity Advisory CSA, Threat Actors Exploit Adobe ColdFusion CVE-2023-26360 for Initial Access to Government Servers, to disseminate known indicators of compromise IOCs and tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs. The vulnerability in ColdFusion CVE-2023-26360 presen...

Why Defenders Should Embrace a Hacker Mindset

Today's security leaders must manage a constantly evolving attack surface and a dynamic threat environment due to interconnected devices, cloud services, IoT technologies, and hybrid work environments. Adversaries are constantly introducing new attack techniques, and not all companies have intern...

CISA Releases Update to Royal Ransomware Advisory

Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA released an update to joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA StopRansomware: Royal Ransomware. The updated advisory provides network defenders with additional information on tactics, techniques,...

From classroom to cyberfront: Unlocking the potential of the next generation of cyber defenders

In a world where the digital frontier is expanding and cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated with speed and scale, the guardians of our virtual realms have never been in greater demand.1 It’s important to leverage this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month to celebrate the people who keep u...

CISA, NSA, FBI, and MS-ISAC Release Phishing Prevention Guidance

Today, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency CISA, the National Security Agency NSA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC released a joint guide, Phishing Guidance: Stopping the Attack Cycle at Phase One. The...

Recap: Wiz innovations at Google Cloud NEXT ‘23

The integration of Wiz’s CNAPP and Google Cloud helps both cloud defenders and builders improve security and innovate faster...

How the Microsoft Incident Response team helps customers remediate threats

Each year, organizations face tens of billions of malware, phishing, and credential threats—with real-world impacts. When an attack succeeds, it can result in grave impacts on any industry. For example, it could delay a police or fire department’s response to an emergency, prevent a hospital from...

How the Microsoft Incident Response team helps customers remediate threats

Each year, organizations face tens of billions of malware, phishing, and credential threats—with real-world impacts. When an attack succeeds, it can result in grave impacts on any industry. For example, it could delay a police or fire department’s response to an emergency, prevent a hospital from...

The rise of AI-powered criminals: Identifying threats and opportunities

AIs influence is growing across the security space, bringing with it major implications for cybercriminals and defenders. The recent adoption of AI has raised significant concerns for cybersecurity due to the many ways that criminals can use AI for disruption and profit. Defenders and law...

Microsoft announces the 2023 Microsoft Security Excellence Awards winners

In a world that’s constantly changing and challenging us, we believe that nothing can stop us when we work together. That’s the spirit of collaboration we celebrated on April 24, 2023, at the fourth annual Microsoft Security Excellence Awards. These awards recognize outstanding contributions from...

New Zero-Click Exploits against iOS

Citizen Lab has identified three zero-click exploits against iOS 15 and 16. These were used by NSO Groups Pegasus spyware in 2022, and deployed by Mexico against human rights defenders. These vulnerabilities have all been patched. One interesting bit is that Apples Lockdown Mode part of iOS 16...

NSO Group Used 3 Zero-Click iPhone Exploits Against Human Rights Defenders

Israeli spyware maker NSO Group deployed at least three novel "zero-click" exploits against iPhones in 2022 to infiltrate defenses erected by Apple and deploy Pegasus, according to the latest findings from Citizen Lab. "NSO Group customers widely deployed at least three iOS 15 and iOS 16 zero-cli...