October 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Stranger Things” 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 27, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: The push toward...

Hunting Threats Before Threats Hunt Us

Remember file cabinets? Most businesses have auctioned them off or sent them home with employees. For many, paper is a thing of the past. An expansive communication network has collapsed a once-massive Earth into smartphones that fit into our pockets. Cloud computing has made all information...

Bad Rabbit – Ransomware

updated: 10/26/2017 with additional file hashes and mitigations A new ransomware campaign has affected at least three Russian media companies in a fast-spreading malware attack. Fontanka and Interfax are among the companies affected by the Bad Rabbit ransomware named by the researchers who first...

Windows Defender Exploit Guard: Reduce the attack surface against next-generation malware

Windows Defender Exploit Guard is a new set of intrusion prevention capabilities that ships with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. The four components of Windows Defender Exploit Guard are designed to lock down the device against a wide variety of attack vectors and block behaviors commonly us...

Polycom Command Shell Authorization Bypass

The login component of the Polycom Command Shell on Polycom HDX video endpoints, running software versions 3.0.5 and earlier, is vulnerable to an authorization bypass when simultaneous connections are made to the service, allowing remote network attackers to gain access to a sandboxed telnet prom...

“The 101” – Episode 12 – What Is a TTP?

We’re back with another episode of The 101! This weekly security series aims to define endpoint security one question at a time. Tune in each week as we tackle a new term, concept, or comparison in our ongoing effort to provide clear definitions. For a while now we’ve been talking about malware -...

Recent Wi-Fi KRACK Vulnerability Affects Almost Everyone With an Endpoint

A vulnerability might allow cyber criminals to intercept data being transmitted between Wi-Fi access points and endpoints, recent research has uncovered. The vulnerability, known as KRACK, short for Key Reinstallation Attacks, affects WPA2, which is widely used by many Wi-Fi enabled devices and c...

Adobe Patches Flash Zero Day Exploited by Black Oasis APT

Adobe today released an out-of-band Flash Player update addressing a zero-day vulnerability being exploited by a little-known Middle Eastern APT group. The group known as Black Oasis was, as recently as this month, using exploits for the flaw to drop FinSpy as a payload. Sold by the controversial...

Taiwan Bank Heist and the Role of Pseudo Ransomware

ARCHIVED STORY Taiwan Bank Heist and the Role of Pseudo Ransomware By Trellix · October 12, 2017 Widespread reports claim the Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan has become a victim of hacking. The attacks demonstrate the global nature of cybercrime, with the cybercriminals attempting to wir...

Carbon Black’s Vision for the Predictive Security Cloud

Earlier today, during a keynote address at Cb Connect, I unveiled our vision for the Cb Predictive Security Cloud™️. The first of its kind, the Cb Predictive Security Cloud is an extensible, cloud-based cyber security platform that helps anticipate and prevent future and unknown cyberattacks. The...

Trend Micro OfficeScan Security Bypass Vulnerability

Trend Micro OfficeScan is a best-of-breed endpoint security solution for mid-sized and large organizations, with a future-proof, resilient architecture that allows you to customize your threat protection and data protection through plug-ins. A security bypass vulnerability exists in Trend Micro...

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...

Endpoint isn’t the best place to block threats

Hackers often look for a number of ways to target business users, compromise critical systems and get away with sensitive information or money. These attacks can come from email and web sources, and even infect business endpoints. According to a 2015 industry survey, 73 percent of respondents...

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...

“The 101” – Episode 10 – What, Exactly, is a Botnet?

We’re back with another episode of The 101! This weekly security series aims to define endpoint security one question at a time. Tune in each week as we tackle a new term, concept, or comparison in our ongoing effort to provide clear definitions. In this week’s episode, we learn more about a...

“The 101” – Episode 9 – What Makes a Rootkit So Dangerous?

We’re back with another episode of The 101! This weekly security series aims to define endpoint security one question at a time. Tune in each week as we tackle a new term, concept, or comparison in our ongoing effort to provide clear definitions. In this week’s episode, we learn more about a...

Monitoring Windows Console Activity (Part 1)

Introduction While performing incident response, Mandiant encounters attackers actively using systems on a compromised network. This activity often includes using interactive console programs via RDP such as the command prompt, PowerShell, and sometimes custom command and control C2 console tools...

“The 101” – Episode 8 – What Makes a Trojan… a Trojan?

We’re back with another episode of The 101! This weekly security series aims to define endpoint security one question at a time. Tune in each week as we tackle a new term, concept, or comparison in our ongoing effort to provide clear definitions. This week we’re going to profile a type of malware...

SANS Institute: Hackers Paint a Bullseye on Your Employees and Endpoints

End users and their devices are right smack in the center of the battle between enterprise InfoSec teams and malicious hackers, and it’s not hard to see why. When compromised, connected endpoints — desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets — offer intruders major entry points into corporate network...

“The 101” – Episode 7 – Why is Ransomware on the Rise?

We’re back with another episode of The 101! This weekly security series aims to define endpoint security one question at a time. Tune in each week as we tackle a new term, concept, or comparison in our ongoing effort to provide clear definitions. Much like viruses and adware were top of mind in t...