Open Source Deception Framework: DejaVU

Deception techniques if deployed well can be very effective for organizations to improve network defense and can be a useful arsenal for blue teams to detect attacks at very early stage of cyber kill chain. But the challenge we have seen is deploying, managing and administering decoys across larg...

Windows Packer Project for Defenders: DARKSURGEON

Darksurgeon is a Windows packer project to empower incident response, digital forensics, malware analysis, and network defense. Darksurgeon has three stated goals: Accelerate incident response, digital forensics, malware analysis, and network defense with a preconfigured Windows 10 environment...

Talos Threat Research Summit at Cisco Live US 2018

Cisco Talos presents a conference by Defenders, for Defenders. Talos had one goal in mind when creating a brand new conference: Make something that we'd want to attend ourselves. As such, the Talos Threat Research Summit is aimed at being a one-day conference by defenders, for defenders. This...

Trend Micro Achieves “Recommended” Rating from NSS Labs in Data Center IPS Group Test

One of the key use cases for our customers is the protection of their data center environments, which can involve moving off the perimeter into the data center or segmenting their data center from the rest of the organization. It is imperative that a data center security solution not only deliver...

A week in security (January 22 – January 28)

Last week on Labs, we analyzed a rogue app outbreak on Twitter, took a look at how Singapore's government is faring with network defense, and rolled out our 2017 State of Malware report. We also became visionaries in Gartner's Magic Quadrant report and explored a VR data mishap. Other news Man...

Latest PhD Thesis Title and Abstract

In January I posted Why a War Studies PhD? I recently decided to revise my title and abstract to include attention to both offensive and defensive aspects of intrusion campaigns. I thought some readers might be interested in reading about my current plans for the thesis, which I plan to finish an...

Evolution and Adaptation in the Security Jungle

CANCUN—One of the more difficult aspects of defending a network or system is trying to keep up with the new tactics and techniques that attackers use. They modify their techniques constantly, and security teams must do they same or they won’t survive. Evolve or die has become the rule. Of course,...

NSA Director Urges Cyber-Resilience at Billington Summit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his keynote address at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit, NSA Director and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, Admiral Mike Rogers, explained that the Defense Department and corporate information security teams must focus on cyber-resiliency rather than total network...

DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge Finale Set For DEF CON 2016

DARPA’s announcement last October that it would sponsor a $2 million contest, challenging academics and security industry stalwarts to come up with an automated network defense system, has already attracted 35 entrants and a high-profile venue to stage the tournament finale. The final stage of th...

MIRcon 2013 – Day 2 Highlights

Thanks for another wonderful MIRcon®, everyone! It's been an honor to bring together so many leading minds in cybersecurity, and to foster conversations about what we can all do to safeguard the information and innovationson which so much of us rely on. The second and final day of MIRcon 2013...

DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge Offers $2M to Winners

The bug bounty continues to be turned on its ear. Microsoft began the wave of paying premium money for mitigation technologies via its Blue Hat prizes, and now DARPA has gone all-in to the tune of $2 million for the development of an automated network defense system that not only scans for and...

MIRcon Preview: What to Expect in the Technical Track

MIRcon 2013, Nov. 5-6, Washington, DC is right around the corner. Have you registered yet? Don't miss out! With targeted attacks continuing for the foreseeable future, you should be sure to take advantage of this opportunity to learn from leading industry cybersecurity experts. The two day...

Rockwell RSLinx EDS Vulnerability

Overview ICS-CERT has received a report from Michael Orlando of CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC identifying a vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Electronic Data Sheet EDS Hardware Installation Tool. This tool is bundled with RSLinx Classic for normal distribution. The install tool exhibits a...

Lockheed Martin's Steve Adegbite on Cyber Intelligence Driven Defense

Steve Adegbite of Lockheed Martin discussed the need for a more intelligent method of network defense and how monitoring attackers and learning from their methods can be a valuable exercise...

Obama Administration Lays Out New U.S. Cyberspace Strategy

The Obama administration has unveiled a sweeping strategy for the way that it plans to conduct the country’s business and political dealings online in the coming years, and much of the plan centers on improving the security and reliability of the Internet. The International Strategy for Cyberspac...

Attacking and Defending the Tor Network

BOSTON–The Tor Project has become a vital mechanism for privacy advocates, human rights activists, journalists and others in sensitive positions to evade online censorship and persecution. And while the governments interested in limiting user access to the Internet and controlling content have ha...

Zombies, Baseball and IT Security

How is defending your network and users from sophisticated cyber attacks like fending off a zombie invasion? Funny you should ask! In an interview with Threatpost Editor Paul Roberts, Josh Corman, the Research Director in the Enterprise Security Practice at the 451 Group reprises a 2011 RSA...

Canada Aims to Strengthen Cyber Defense with $90 Million Security Plan

Canada released its Cybersecurity Strategy this month, emphasizing the immense challenge of protecting government and corporate computer systems. “There is no simple way to detect, identify, and recover from attackers who cannot be seen or heard, who leave no physical evidence behind them, and wh...

New Rules Enable Military Assistance During Domestic Cyber-Attacks

The Obama administration has revised federal policy, enabling the military to assist during a domestic cyber-attack, reported the New York Times on Oct. 21. Typically, the military cannot deploy units within the country's borders, except for natural disasters, and even then, a presidential order ...

New Conference Wants to Bring Malware Writers Out of the Shadows

ED: Malcon Conference hopes to bring malware writers out of the shadows DEK: Malcon, a new, Mumbai-based conference, says that the security community can benefit from what malware authors have to teach. The computer security community is used to vilifying the hackers and malware authors who choos...