November 9, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Napoleon” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! November 9, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black appoints ne...

November 7, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Election Day” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! November 7, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: CRN Exclusive: Carbon...

#CbChats: Rick McElroy Talks About the Mental Health Side of Cybersecurity

Rick McElroy, security strategist for Carbon Black, has more than 17 years of information security experience educating and advising organizations on reducing their risk posture and tackling tough security challenges. He has performed services for the U.S. Department of Defense, and has held...

‘Bad Rabbit’ Ransomware Strikes in Ukraine, Russia

In a similar outbreak to both WannaCry and Petya from earlier this year, it appears a new strain of ransomware known as "Bad Rabbit" has been found spreading in the Ukraine, Russia and elsewhere. Bad Rabbit encrypts the contents of a computer and asks for a payment of 0.05 bitcoins, or about $280...

#CbChats: 3 Questions with Carbon Black’s Chief People Officer Amy Robinson

Amy Robinson is Carbon Black's Chief People Officer. She is also taking over Boston tech, according to Rev3, a list comprising the top 20 female tech executives in Boston. Amy is the third Carbon Black honoree on the Rev Boston list. Both Di Hall and Sandra O' Sullivan were named to the list in...

Partner Perspectives: How to Quickly Automate a Response Playbook With Carbon Black

Editor's Note: This blog originally appeared on Red Canary's website. Outwardly, Red Canary appears to focus heavily on the “Detection” in Endpoint Detection and Response. Much of what we share addresses the need to understand the platforms that we defend, and techniques that can be applied to...

October 10, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “#Cb Connect” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! October 10, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black and IBM...

October 6, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Michael Viscuso” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! October 6, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Step aside, Windows! Open...

Partner Perspectives: Operationalizing Data With the Carbon Black and Splunk Integration (Part 1)

Editor's Note: this blog originally appeared on RedCanary.com Over the last 5 years I have grown very close to Splunk. The product has evolved so much over the years, but the core architecture has always been easy to deploy and understand. Splunk is known for the speed at which it can search for...

Ransomware Roundup: Alternative Techniques featuring CTB-Faker

Ransomware is innovating to spread faster, hit harder and increase its payout potential. New unknown variants pop up daily, and many leverage non-malware techniques to evade traditional defenses. CTB-Faker is a perfect example of how modern ransomware is leveraging these new techniques to easily...

September 5, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “The Office” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! September 5, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black’s Cb Defen...

Ransomware Roundup: Attacking the Master Boot Record Featuring Petya

Ransomware is innovating to spread faster, hit harder and increase its payout potential. New, unknown variants pop up daily, and many leverage non-malware techniques to evade traditional defenses. Petya is a perfect example of how modern ransomware is evolving, using new techniques to attack the...

Threat Analysis: Carbon Black Threat Research Dissects PNG Dropper

UPDATE 8/14/17: After posting the original analysis, the Carbon Black Threat Research team received numerous requests for the tools to extract the second stage payload from the initial PNGdropper file. As a result, the source code and compiled binaries are being made public and are posted to the...

Corner-Case Bug Potentially Affecting 10 Cb Response Customers

On Thursday, August 10, Carbon Black discovered a corner-case bug potentially affecting 10 Cb Response customers. The bug was introduced in April 2017 and requires a set of specific conditions to occur in order to be triggered. We have remediated the bug, proactively notified the 10 potentially...

Carbon Emissions: Oversharing Bug Puts Security Vendor Back in Spotlight

Last week, security firm DirectDefense came under fire for over-hyping claims that Cb Response, a cybersecurity product sold by competitor Carbon Black, was leaking proprietary data from customers who use it. Carbon Black responded that the bug identified by its competitor was a feature, and that...

Carbon Blacking your sensitive data it’s what the agents normally do

But usually without such consequences. In this situation with Carbon Black, I am most interested in the actual reasons of all this media noise. From what point business as usual becomes a scandal. Ok, when you see Carbon Black customer's private files in public access at Virus Total it's a 100%...

Beware of Security by Press Release

On Wednesday, the security industry once again witnessed an all-too-familiar cycle: I call it "security by press release." It goes a bit like this: A security firm releases a report claiming to have unearthed a major flaw in a competitor's product; members of the trade press uncritically republis...

August 2, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Declaration of Independence” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 2, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black Hires Former...

August 1, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “August” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 1, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black Appoints Form...

“Breaking Bad Security” – Tutorial 1 – Email Phishing

Welcome to the first tutorial from our new video series, “Breaking Bad Security!” This security series is designed to inform you about different tests, tricks, and free tools you can use to validate your security controls and ensure your environment is secure. In this series, we will provide...