A week in security (October 23 – October 29)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Malvertising via Dynamic Search Ads delivers malware bonanza Octo Tempest cybercriminal group is "a growing concern"—Microsoft Update now! Apple patches a raft of vulnerabilities Patch…later? Safari iLeakage bug not fixed Update vCenter Server now! VMWare fixes...

What is MDR ?

Gaining Insight: Decoding MDR's Functions As we navigate the continually evolving cybersecurity landscape, Managed Detection and Response MDR surfaces as a game-changing strategy. But, what does MDR truly signify? In its purest form, MDR marries technical expertise with sector-specific knowledge ...

Malwarebytes MDR wins G2 awards for "Best ROI," "Easiest to Use," and more

Malwarebytes Managed Detection and Response MDR earned a placed in 12 new reports on G2s Fall 2023 reports, winning badges for "Easiest to do Business With," "Best Est. ROI," "Easiest to Use," and "Easiest Admin." Purpose-built for resource constrained teams, Malwarebytes MDR provides IT staff wi...

Webinar: Bridging digital transformation & cybersecurity

Digital transformation may be revolutionizing businesses and the way we operate, but it also presents notable challenge: How can organizations stay secure amidst the ceaseless tide of change? Our latest Byte Into Security webinar has the answers. Meet the Experts Marcin Kleczynski, CEO of...

MDR: Empowering Organizations with Enhanced Security

Managed Detection and Response MDR has emerged as a crucial solution for organizations looking to bolster their security measures. MDR allows businesses to outsource the management of Endpoint Detection and Response EDR products deployed across their network domain. With real-time threat-hunting...

How MDR Helps Solve the Cybersecurity Talent Gap

How do you overcome today's talent gap in cybersecurity? This is a crucial issue — particularly when you find executive leadership or the board asking pointed questions about your security team's ability to defend the organization against new and current threats. This is why many security leaders...

From Malvertising to Ransomware: A ThreatDown webinar recap

Our recent webinar From Malvertising to Ransomware highlight the clear connection between malvertising--the practice of embedding malicious code within legitimate online advertisements--and the epidemic of ransomware attacks affecting businesses globally. Presented by Mark Stockley, security...

Healthcare Orgs: Do You Need an Outsourced SOC?

Gartner predicts that 50% of organizations will partner with an external MDR Managed Detection and Response service by 2025 for around-the-clock monitoring. What determines where healthcare organizations fall on that 50/50 split over using an outsourced SOC? It usually comes down to their ability...

CVE-2023-27350: Ongoing Exploitation of PaperCut Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2023-27350 is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in PaperCut MF/NG print management software that allows attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM on vulnerable targets. A patch is available for this vulnerability and should be applied on an...

[The Lost Bots] S03E03. The Rise of The Machines

!\The Lost Bots\ S03E03. The Rise of The Machineshttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2023/05/CWfxAaUmZV248bvr4yKaK2.jpg Artificial Intelligence AI is both a profound topic and now, a practical one too: cybersecurity marketers in particular are loving the letters “A” an “I.” But exactly where a...

Managed Detection and Response in 2022

Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response MDR is a service for 24/7 monitoring and response to detected incidents based on technologies and expertise of Kaspersky Security Operations Center SOC team. MDR allows detecting threats at any stage of the attack – both before anything is compromised and...

Selecting the right MSSP: Guidelines for making an objective decision

Managed Security Service Providers MSSPs have become an increasingly popular choice for organizations nowadays following the trend to outsource security services. Meanwhile, with the growing number of MSSPs in the market, it can be difficult for organizations to determine which provider will fit ...

CVE-2022-41080, CVE-2022-41082: Rapid7 Observed Exploitation of `OWASSRF` in Exchange for RCE

Emergent threats evolve quickly, and as we learn more about this vulnerability, this blog post will evolve, too. Beginning December 20, 2022, Rapid7 has responded to an increase in the number of Microsoft Exchange server compromises. Further investigation aligned these attacks to what CrowdStrike...

Is an outsourced SOC worth it? Looking at the ROI of MDR

In the turbulent world of cybersecurity, one thing is for certain: Threats are evolving in ways that make them harder for organizations to predict--and stop. For businesses with scarce security staff resources and disconnected, complex toolsets, keeping up with todays cyberthreats is even harder...

Powerlifting in the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

All the reasons Is there too much to do with too little talent? If your SOC hasn’t been running smoothly in a while, there’s likely multiple reasons why. As a popular slang phrase goes these days, it’s because of “all the reasons.” Budget, talent churn, addressing alerts all over the place; you...

Secure your endpoints with Transparity and Microsoft

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. Endpoint protection platforms EPPs are dead and no longer sufficient to protect your organization, right? Wrong. When it comes to cybersecurity, the ability to normalize and correlat...

Rapid7 MDR Reduced Breaches by 90% via Greater Efficiency to Detect, Investigate, Respond to, and Remediate Breaches

When a security operations center SOC is operating at a deficit, they increase the possibility of beach reductions. That is, the likelihood they won’t be able to travel to any beaches – or any vacation destinations whatsoever – anytime in the near future. That can lead to burnout, which can lead ...

CVE-2022-30190 (Follina) vulnerability in MSDT: description and counteraction

At the end of May, researchers from the naosec team reported a new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool MSDT that can be exploited using Microsoft Office documents. It allowed attackers to remotely execute code on Windows systems, while the victim could not even open the...

MDR, MEDR, SOCaaS: Which Is Right for You?

Getting the most from managed services Even if a security team was given a blank check to spend whatever they wanted and hire however they wanted, it would still be a massive effort to build a detection and response D&R program tailored to that organization’s specific needs. Thankfully, the...

Opportunistic Exploitation of WSO2 CVE-2022-29464

On April 18, 2022, MITRE published CVE-2022-29464 , an unrestricted file upload vulnerability affecting various WSO2 products. WSO2 followed with a security advisory explaining the vulnerability allowed unauthenticated and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the following products: API...