Anti-tracking tool tells you if you're being followed

If there is one thing we know about the people around us, even the perfect strangers, it's that they almost all have smartphones. And those smartphones aren't merely passive receivers, they're broadcasting constantly, looking for things you might want to connect to. Advertisers have exploited the...

Velociraptor Version 0.6.5: Table Transformations, Multi-Lingual Support, and Better VQL Error-Handling Let You Dig Deeper Than Ever

Rapid7 is pleased to announce the release of Velociraptor version 0.6.5 – an advanced, open-source digital forensics and incident response DFIR tool that enhances visibility into your organization’s endpoints. This release has been in development and testing for several months now, and we are...

Gamification of Ethical Hacking and Hacking Esports

While ethical hacking is by no means a new or groundbreaking practice, the scale at which organizations and individuals are undertaking such initiatives continues to intensify, especially considering recent events such as the log4j vulnerability. Traditionally, ethical hacking is undertaken by...

Cyber Risk Retainers: Not Another Insurance Policy

The one-two punch of a cyberattack can be devastating. There is the breach and then the related mitigation costs. Implementing a comprehensive Incident Response IR gameplan into a worst-case-scenario should not be a post-breach scramble. And when that IR strategy includes insurance, it also must...

DFIR Without Limits: Moving Beyond the “Sucker's Choice” of Today’s Breach Response Services

Three-quarters of CEOs and their boards believe a major breach is “inevitable.” And those closest to the action? Like CISOs? They’re nearly unanimous. Gartner is right there, too. Their 2021 Market Guide for Digital Forensics and Incident Response DFIR Services recommends you “operate under the...

Velociraptor Version 0.6.4: Dead Disk Forensics and Better Path Handling Let You Dig Deeper

Rapid7 is pleased to announce the release of Velociraptor version 0.6.4 – an advanced, open-source digital forensics and incident response DFIR tool that enhances visibility into your organization’s endpoints. This release has been in development and testing for several months now and has a lot o...

Your guide to mobile digital forensics

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest Voice of the Community blog series post, Microsoft Security Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Cellebrite Senior Director of...

Your guide to mobile digital forensics

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest Voice of the Community blog series post, Microsoft Security Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Cellebrite Senior Director of...

Velociraptor to Announce Winners of Its 2021 Contributor Competition

Velociraptor and Rapid7 are excited to announce the winners of our 2021 Velociraptor Contributor Competition on Friday, October 8. This competition encourages development of useful content and extensions to the Velociraptor platform. Submissions include new functionality in the form of VQL...

Cybersecurity as Digital Detective Work: DFIR and Its 3 Key Components

Thanks to CSI and the many other crime-solving shows that have grasped our collective imagination for decades, we're all at least somewhat familiar with the field of forensics and its unique appeal. At some point, anyone who's watched these series has probably envisioned themselves in the...

Top Black Hat USA Sessions for Qualys Customers

Black Hat USA is known for cutting-edge security research, and this year’s conference is no different. If you’re a Qualys customer, here are some Black Hat sessions we think youll find relevant. Next-Gen DFIR: Mass Exploits & Supplier Compromise An investigation of real “next-gen” digital forensi...

How to Successfully Pursue a Career in Malware Analysis

Are you looking to becoming a malware analyst? Then continue reading to discover how to gain the training you need and start a career in malware analysis career. Did you know that new malware is released every seven seconds? As more and more systems become reliant on the internet, the proliferati...

SAS@Home is back this fall

The world during the pandemic prepares many surprises for us. Most of them are certainly unpleasant: health risks, inability to travel or meet old friends. One of these unpleasant surprises awaited us in the early spring, when the organizing team of the beloved SAS conference were forced to...

NTT Communications Data Breach Affects Customers, Threatens Supply Chain

Japan-based systems integrator NTT Communications has disclosed a recent data breach that it said impacted hundreds of customers. The total affected comes to as many as 621 customers, the company said, but security experts worry about the impacts of the data breach due to the company’s positionin...

Cybersecurity Research During the Coronavirus Outbreak and After

Virus outbreaks are always gruesome: people, animals or computer systems get infected within a short time. Of course, viruses spreading across our physical world always take priority over the virtual world. Nevertheless, everyone should keep doing their job, which includes all kinds of malware...

CSI Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks

ARCHIVED STORY CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks – Part I By Trellix · Febraury 12, 2020 For many years now I have been working and teaching in the field of digital forensics, malware analysis and threat intelligence. During one of the classes we always talk about Lockard’s...

CSI Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks

ARCHIVED STORY CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks – Part I By Trellix · Febraury 12, 2020 For many years now I have been working and teaching in the field of digital forensics, malware analysis and threat intelligence. During one of the classes we always talk about Lockard’s...

IR & Forensics in the Cloud

More and more organisations are moving their business to the cloud. This makes securing data and being able to respond effectively to incidents in cloud environments an important topic. Having the skills on hand to properly collect digital forensics data in response to a legal dispute or during a...

CAINE 11 - GNU/Linux Live Distribution For Digital Forensics Project, Windows Side Forensics And Incident Response

CAINE Computer Aided INvestigative Environment is an Italian GNU/Linux live distribution created as a Digital Forensics project. Currently, the project manager is Nanni Bassetti Bari - Italy. CAINE offers a complete forensic environment that is organized to integrate existing software tools as...

ENFUSE 2019: Security Regulations, Insider Threats, and IoT Privacy Risks

LAS VEGAS – From insider threats, Internet of Things insecurity, to medical device hacking, ENFUSE 2019 broke down the top privacy and security issues help desks are seeing today. It also tackle what regulatory efforts are being developed to address those threats. Threatpost editor Lindsey...