Evaluating Explanation Quality in X-IDS Using Feature Alignment Metrics

Explainable artificial intelligence XAI methods have become increasingly important in the context of explainable intrusion detection systems X-IDSs for improving the interpretability and trustworthiness of X-IDSs. However, existing evaluation approaches for XAI focus on model-specific properties...

InsightIDR AI Alert Triage Automatically Classifies Alerts with 99.93% Accuracy

Rapid7 AI Alert Triage helps SOC analysts quickly and accurately triage thousands of daily alerts, improving efficiency and enabling focus. One universal truth in Security Operations Centers SOCs is that analysts are overwhelmed by the high volume of alerts they receive. In a recent survey, SOC...

SOC Analysts - Reimagining Their Role Using AI

The job of a SOC analyst has never been easy. Faced with an overwhelming flood of daily alerts, analysts and sometimes IT teams who are doubling as SecOps must try and triage thousands of security alerts—often false positives—just to identify a handful of real threats. This relentless, 24/7 work...

AI SOC Analysts: Propelling SecOps into the future

Triaging and investigating alerts is central to security operations. As SOC teams strive to keep up with ever-increasing alert volumes and complexity, modernizing SOC automation strategies with AI has emerged as a critical solution. This blog explores how an AI SOC Analyst transforms alert...

Expanded SOC Coverage Into AWS Environments with Rapid7 MXDR

Co-athored by Mikayla Wyman and Ryan Blanchard As organizations increasingly rely on AWS for scalability and innovation, the complexity of securing these environments grows. AWS offers a robust set of native services and a comprehensive ecosystem, but managing security signals and responding to...

Bidirectional communication via polyrhythms and shuffles: Without Jon the beat must go on

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Bidirectional communication is foundational to a well-built team regardless of environment. It's critical in information security to be able to drive a conversation up the ladder and down and not lose the critical elements. One of th...

Whispers from the Dark Web Cave. Cyberthreats in the Middle East

The Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team analyzed cybersecurity threats coming from dark web cybercriminals who targeted businesses and governments in the Middle East in H1 2024. Our research highlights the most severe and pervasive threats, and identifies potential risks and consequence...

Ghidra data type archive for Windows driver functions

While reverse-engineering Windows drivers with Ghidra, it is common to encounter a function or data type that is not recognized during disassembly. This is because Ghidra does not natively include the majority of the definitions for data types and functions used by Windows drivers. Thankfully,...

Storm-1575 Threat Actor Deploys New Login Panels for Phishing Infrastructure

The Storm-1575 group is known for frequently rebranding its phishing infrastructure. Recently, ANY.RUN analysts identified the deployment of…...

CVE-2024-40637 Implicit override for built-in materializations from installed packages in dbt-core

dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications. When a user installs a package in dbt, it has the ability to override macros, materializations, and other core components of dbt. This is by design, as it...

HuiOne Guarantee: The $11 Billion Cybercrime Hub of Southeast Asia

Cryptocurrency analysts have shed light on an online marketplace called HuiOne Guarantee that's widely used by cybercriminals in Southeast Asia, particularly those linked to pig butchering scams. "Merchants on the platform offer technology, data, and money laundering services, and have engaged in...

CVE-2024-36105 dbt allows Binding to an Unrestricted IP Address via socketsocket

dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications. Prior to versions 1.6.15, 1.7.15, and 1.8.1, Binding to INADDRANY 0.0.0.0 or IN6ADDRANY :: exposes an application on all network interfaces, increasing the...

GHSA-23RX-C3G5-HV9W Deno permission escalation vulnerability via open of privileged files with missing `--deny` flag

The Deno sandbox may be unexpectedly weakened by allowing file read/write access to privileged files in various locations on Unix and Windows platforms. For example, reading /proc/self/environ may provide access equivalent to --allow-env, and writing /proc/self/mem may provide access equivalent t...

Embracing innovation: Derrick’s transition from banking to Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team

Meet Derrick, a Senior Program Manager on the Operational Threat Intelligence team at Microsoft. Derrick’s role involves understanding and roadmapping the complete set of tools that Threat Intel analysts use to collect, analyze, process, and disseminate threat intelligence across Microsoft...

From Alert to Action: How to Speed Up Your SOC Investigations

Processing alerts quickly and efficiently is the cornerstone of a Security Operations Center SOC professional's role. Threat intelligence platforms can significantly enhance their ability to do so. Let's find out what these platforms are and how they can empower analysts. The Challenge: Alert...

Microsoft Security Copilot drives new product integrations at Microsoft Ignite to empower security and IT teams

First announced in March 2023, Microsoft Security Copilot—Microsofts first generative AI security product—has sparked major interest. The widespread enthusiasm was on full display after announcing our Early Access Program in October 2023 and sharing our incredible Security Copilot innovations at...

Modern Asian APT groups’ tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs)

Almost every quarter, someone publishes major research focusing on campaigns or incidents that involve Asian APT groups. These campaigns and incidents target various organizations from a multitude of industries. Likewise, the geographic location of victims is not limited to just one region. This...

Insights from Microsoft Security Copilot early adopters

To understand why customers are adopting generative AI solutions like Microsoft Security Copilot, we have to go back to the cyberthreat landscape—which continues to get more challenging. Organizations are facing a surge in cyberattacks while also dealing with a global shortage of security talent...

Insights from Microsoft Security Copilot early adopters

To understand why customers are adopting generative AI solutions like Microsoft Security Copilot, we have to go back to the cyberthreat landscape—which continues to get more challenging. Organizations are facing a surge in cyberattacks while also dealing with a global shortage of security talent...

Know Your Malware Part Two – Hacky Obfuscation Techniques

In the first post in this series, we covered common PHP encoding techniques and how they’re used by malware to hide from security analysts and scanners. In today’s post, we’re going to dive a little bit deeper into other obfuscation techniques that make use of other features available in PHP...