The Future of the SOC Is XDR

Extended detection and response XDR is increasingly gaining traction across the industry. In a new research ebook sponsored by Rapid7, SOC Modernization and the Role of XDR, ESG identified that 61% of security professionals claim that they are very familiar with XDR technology. While this is an...

US Websites Targeted by 40% of the Bad Bot Traffic Worldwide

Bad bot attacks are often the first indicator of fraudulent activity targeting your website. This activity may be over-the-top, like validating stolen user credentials and credit card information to later be sold on the dark web or scraping proprietary data to gain a competitive advantage. Bot...

Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer and Dell SupportAssist Client Commercial Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

Dell SupportAssist Client is a client application from Dell USA. The program provides automated, proactive and predictive techniques for troubleshooting, etc. Dell SupportAssist Client Consumer and Dell SupportAssist Client Commercial are vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion, which could be...

Be Proactive! Shift Security Validation Left

"Shifting security" left approach in Software Development Life Cycle SDLC means starting security earlier in the process. As organizations realized that software never comes out perfectly and are riddled with many exploitable holes, bugs, and business logic vulnerabilities that require going back...

Microsoft security experts outline next steps after compromise recovery

Who is CRSP? The Microsoft Compromise Recovery Security Practice CRSP is a worldwide team of cybersecurity experts operating in most countries, across both public and private organizations, with deep expertise to secure an environment post-security breach and to help you prevent a breach in the...

Five Eyes Alliance Advisory & Using Threat Intelligence

Trellix Global Defenders: Five Eyes Alliance Advisory and Using Threat Intelligence to Protect Against Future Attacks By Taylor Mullins · May 6, 2022 Evolving intelligence continues to indicate that the Russian government is exploring options to launch cyberattacks in retaliation against...

Watch out for these 3 small business cybersecurity mistakes

May 2 marks the start of National Small Business Week, a week that recognizes "the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners", and promises to "celebrate the resiliency and tenacity of America’s entrepreneurs." That sounds good to us: Small business are a vital...

Hcltm - Documenting Your Threat Models With HCL

Threat Modeling with HCL Overview There are many different ways in which a threat model can be documented. From a simple text file, to more in-depth word documents, to fully instrumented threat models in a centralised solution. Two of the most valuable attributes of a threat model are being able ...

Trellix Global Defenders: LAPSUS$ Data Breaches and Proactive Protections

Trellix Global Defenders: LAPSUS$ Data Breaches and Proactive Protections By Taylor Mullins · March 23, 2022 Trellix is continuing to monitor the threat activity related to the LAPSUS$ threat group and their recent breaches of large organizations such as NVIDIA, Samsung, Microsoft, and Okta. This...

Trellix Global Defenders: LAPSUS$ Data Breaches and Proactive Protections

Trellix Global Defenders: LAPSUS$ Data Breaches and Proactive Protections By Taylor Mullins · March 23, 2022 Trellix is continuing to monitor the threat activity related to the LAPSUS$ threat group and their recent breaches of large organizations such as NVIDIA, Samsung, Microsoft, and Okta. This...

CVE-2021-39722

In ProtocolStkProactiveCommandAdapter::Init of protocolstkadapter.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds read due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

How to Use Zero Trust Security for the Hybrid Cloud

Securing the hybrid cloud can be complex. Explore how CISOs can use the zero trust security approach for more proactive protection...

CISA, FBI, and NSA Release Cybersecurity Advisory on Russian Cyber Threats to U.S. Critical Infrastructure

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the National Security Agency NSA have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA that provides an overview of Russian state-sponsored cyber operations, including commonly observed tactics, techniques, and procedures. The CSA also provides...

Log4Shell Strategic Response: 5 Practices for Vulnerability Management at Scale

This post is co-authored by Blake Cifelli, Senior Advisory Services Consultant. In today’s cybersecurity world, risks evolve faster than we can remediate them. To meet our goals and become resilient to these fast changes, we need the right balance of automation and human interaction. Enabling rap...

What's New in Threat Intelligence: 2021 Year in Review

This post was originally published on the IntSights blog. Last year marked a huge milestone with the acquisition of IntSights by Rapid7. The IntSights team is very excited to join a company committed to simplifying and improving security outcomes for its customers. Rapid7's focus is a great...

Workshop: Building Modern Applications with DevOps Security

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to leverage DevOps Security with your serverless applications running on AWS Lambda or containerized applications running on AWS Fargate. Learn how to make cloud security more efficient, proactive, and gain visibility...

Detect Exploitation Attempts With Qualys XDR (Beta)

The recently announced Log4JShell / CVE-2021-44228 exploit is the latest reminder of why it’s so important to maintain an enterprise-wide view of your security posture. The heart of the exploit centers around misuse of the JNDI lookup function built into log4j. Impact: There are multiple proofs o...

Cybersecurity Trends for 2022

Explore Trend Micro Research’s security insights and predictions for 2022 to enable more informed and proactive decision-making...

Designing a Proactive Ransomware Playbook for Today’s Threat Landscape

By Paul Baird, Chief Technology Security Office, Qualys Ransomware attacks are among the most significant cyber-threats facing organizations today. According to research by Gartner, ransomware is the highest priority 78 percent and most important emerging risk to track. Yet, organizations are sti...

Threat Source newsletter (Nov. 11, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw.Good afternoon, Talos readers. It's important to be proactive, and not reactive, with your security. It's always better to see the worst coming and block it than have to scramble to deal with the worst-case scenario in the moment. That's why it's so... This is...