Vulnerability Management: Think Like an Attacker to Prioritize Risks

Attackers care about ROI – they want to accomplish their objective with the least investment of time and resources possible. The same is true for you - to most effectively manage vulnerabilities, you need to think like an attacker. Ask yourself: How would you go about compromising systems,...

Hook Analyser 3.1 - Malware Analysis Tool

Hook Analyser is a freeware application which allows an investigator/analyst to perform “static & run-time / dynamic” analysis of suspicious applications, also gather analyse & co-related threat intelligence related information or data from various open sources on the Internet. Essentially it’s a...

Skybox Security 6.3.x - 6.4.x - Multiple Information Disclosure

Exploit for hardware platform in category web applications Exploit Title: SKYBOX Security – Multiple Information Disclosure Date: 22-Jan-2014 Exploit Author: Luigi Vezzoso Vendor Homepage: http://www.skyboxsecurity.com Version: Skybox View Appliances with ISO versions: 6.3.33-2.14, 6.3.31-2.14,...

Government, Private Sector Must Have a 'Need to Share' Mindset on Threats

SAN FRANCISCO–The security of both government and private enterprise systems going forward relies on the ability of those two parties to share threat, attack and compromise information on a real-time basis, former Department of Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge said. Without that cooperation,...

AlienVault Unified Security Management: Real-Time Threat Detection Starting on Day 1

IT Infrastructure of organizations is growing ever more distributed, complex and difficult to manage. To manage such networks, a log management solution is not enough. The AlienVault Unified Security Management™ USM platform is the perfect solution to help manage the flood of information and...

[Hook Analyser 3.0] A Freeware Malware Analysis and Cyber Threat Intelligence Software

In terms of improvements, a new module has been added - Cyber Threat Intelligence. Threat Intel module is being created to gather and analyse information related to Cyber Threats and vulnerabilities. The module can be run using HookAnalyser.exe via Option 6 , or can be run directly. The module...

Automated Attack, Threat Intelligence Sharing Sought

BOSTON – If you’re looking for tangible information sharing success stories around attack intelligence, some might point to the prompt publishing of indicators of compromise IOC as an example. Security and forensics companies will publish MD5 hashes of malware, IP addresses involved in attacks,...

MIRcon 2013 – Day 1 Highlights

Happy Day 2 of MIRcon®! Yesterday, Mandiant's CEO Kevin Mandia kicked off MIRcon 2013 with a keynote on attacking the security gap, discussing the necessity of information-sharing and his experience witnessing the evolution of cybercrime. From there we moved on to thought-provoking discussions in...

MIRcon Preview: What to Expect in the Technical Track

MIRcon 2013, Nov. 5-6, Washington, DC is right around the corner. Have you registered yet? Don't miss out! With targeted attacks continuing for the foreseeable future, you should be sure to take advantage of this opportunity to learn from leading industry cybersecurity experts. The two day...

Microsoft Expands MAPP Program to Incident Response Teams

Microsoft is expanding its MAPP program that shares attack and protection information with other security vendors and will now be sharing some data with incident responders, as well. The new system will enable organizations such as CERTs and internal IR teams to exchange information on specific...

Clappers Says NSA Programs Fully Authorized and Necessary

The top U.S. intelligence official addressed the recent revelations about the National Security Agency’s covert cell-phone and email data collection surveillance programs on Thursday, saying that the programs have been ongoing for years, are fully authorized under U.S. law and that the leaks...

Data Sharing, Cooperation Key to Critical Infrastructure Security

WASHINGTON–The topic of critical infrastructure security may be the prettiest girl at the dance right now for both politicians and technology companies, but the problem of attackers going after these targets is one that security people have been dealing with for some time. But that doesn’t mean...

Q&A: TJ Campana

REDMOND, Wash.–The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit has been spearheading botnet takedowns and other anti-cybercrime operations for many years, and it has had remarkable success. But the cybercrime problem isn’t going away anytime soon, so the DCU is in the process of building a new cybercrime cente...

The Need For Threat-Centric Security

Defenders are at an asymmetric disadvantage when it comes to defending their networks. Attackers spend every minute of their day focused exclusively on penetrating your network to accomplish their mission…and opportunities abound. Today’s modern networks go beyond the walls of the enterprise to...

Detecting Advanced Persistent Threat with Network Traffic Analysis

A high degree of stealthiness over a prolonged duration of operation in order to do a successful cyber attack can be defined as Advanced Persistent Threat. The attack objectives therefore typically extend beyond immediate financial gain, and compromised systems continue to be of service even afte...

Gathering Threat Intelligence With Open Tools

Threat intelligence is one of the go-to buzz phrases for many people in the security industry right now, and it’s thrown in so many contexts and situations, it’s quickly becoming almost meaningless. Most people understand that they need to get better information about what’s happening both on the...

Published Threat Intelligence, Not Cybersecurity Laws, Is What's Needed

For several years now, Congress has been wandering around the wilderness, trying to figure out why so much of America’s intellectual property is being sucked into a giant vortex somewhere over Asia and whether they should do something to stop it, like maybe pass a cybersecurity law. They’ve taken...

Titan Security Data-Sharing Project Presents Big Opportunity For Change

One of the more pernicious and as-yet incurable diseases in security is the resistance to sharing data. Organizations large and small collect all sorts of information on attacks, vulnerabilities and threats and, for the most part, it simply sits in databases and is never of any use to anyone...

Firms Need 'Tough Love' In Struggle Against APTs

Black Hat is upon us and, with it, a lot of chatter about the dangers posed by so-called “APT,” or advanced persistent threats. Rather than get trapped in the hype bubble, Threatpost editor Paul Roberts took the opportunity to check back in with a recognized expert on detecting and combating...

Former Zero Day Initiative Researchers Form New Firm Exodus Intelligence

In case you thought that the mass exodus of researchers from TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative in recent months meant that the demand for third-party vulnerability markets was waning, fear not. Several former members of the ZDI team have come back together to form a new firm called Exodus...