The Eighth Question Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answer To)

In a previous blog, we discussed Commander’s Intent for CEOs and introduced 10 questions CEOs should be asking their teams. In this blog series, I am going to take a deeper dive into each question and break them down one at a time. We will discuss why CEOs should care about each question and the...

Welcome to the Cyber-Regulatory Market of 2018 and Beyond

In the past few years, we’ve seen an increase in the number of companies facing legal consequences for ineffectively meeting deadlines requiring them to measure the effectiveness of their security solutions. Combined with these deadlines, companies also have to prove they have awareness and contr...

VMware Carbon Black Recognized as “Tech Exit of the Year” at New England Venture Capital Association’s 2020 NEVY Awards

This week, the New England Venture Capital Association named VMware Carbon Black winner of “Tech Exit of the Year” at the eighth annual NEVY Awards. The NEVY Awards recognize the top innovators, investors and companies in the region, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to receive the accolade that...

A Look Ahead: 9 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2021

Following an unprecedented year, what’s to come for cybersecurity in 2021? The ripple effects of the global pandemic have created a new threat landscape. In March, 90% of CISOs we surveyed reported an increase in attack frequency. For many organizations, the key to survival amid COVID-19 has call...

Evaluating EPP in the Time of XDR

The endpoint detection and response EDR market is not only more critical than ever, it is also going through the biggest period of innovation in its history – bigger than when EDR was first introduced by Carbon Black 7 years ago. This next wave of innovation is about extending EDR beyond the...

Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) Threat Intelligence Notification: Skidmap

Hijacking machine resources and using them to mine for cryptocurrency continues to be an attractive and lucrative target for threat actors. As we’ve continued to see this type of attack used, we’ve also seen more platforms being targeted. Seeing cryptocurrency mining malware targeting Linux and...

The 4 Types of Attackers and Their Motives

This post is an excerpt from The Ultimate Cybersecurity Guide for the IT Professional. Attackers + Their Motives Today’s organizations face four main categories of adversaries. In order to fully defend against these four types, you must also understand what motivates them. This context will best...

Lessons from a CISO: 15 Ways to Do More with Less

This post originally appeared in Carbon Black's User Exchange Community. I’ve learned a ton of lessons over my years in the InfoSec world. I’ve made a lot of the right calls, but also a bunch of wrong ones. One of the lessons I have learned is how to operate in an environment of scarcity. This...

Top 10 Benefits that Make Upgrading to the PSC a Priority

If you are running either of Carbon Black’s on-premise products CB Response & CB Protection, you are already seeing the benefits of a strong endpoint security solution. With something this effective already in place, why would you need to consider moving to a cloud platform? The answer is twofold...

Partner Perspectives: Security Orchestration as a Catalyst for Proactive Incident Response

Meny Har is the VP of Product for Siemplify. Benjamin Franklin famously advised the fire-threatened residents of Philadelphia, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” And while being proactive may have been effective for fire prevention, the approach does not translate into the impendi...

Contain Attacks in Real Time with Live Response in Cb Defense

Endpoint security is broken. Yes, you’ve heard it before - traditional, signature-based antivirus AV can’t keep up with the volume of new malware and advanced attack methods being developed by cyber criminals every day. And that’s absolutely true. But a report published last year highlights an ev...

#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...

October 20, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Cats” 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 20, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Inside the thriving...

VMware Workspace Security: A Major Leap Towards Unified Endpoint Mobility & Security

The rate of change in the way people work, driven by the need to work remotely, has exacerbated IT and security concerns. And this change in the way we work is likely to be permanent as organizations see performance benefits resulting from the remote work environment. New work expectations have...

‘Tis the Season for Holiday Cyber Heists

‘Tis the season for cyberattacks, particularly when it comes to the retail industry. According to the VMware Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU, retail organizations may see a noticeable spike in attempted cyberattacks during the holiday season. Click here to download the full report TAU’s...

Cb Integrations: Cb Response Timeliner

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on StillzTech.com and is being republished with permission from the author. Github: Incident Response is a challenging career. As responders, we must do our best to keep up to date with the latest attack trends, malware and forensic techniques...

November 13, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Eric O’ Neill” 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 13, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Why we need to stop...

Cybersecurity Isn’t Always Easy & You’re Not Alone

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on ITSPmagazine.com Information security. We love this job. We have to. We fight upstream in a world where no one really cares; or, at least, no one cares enough to do the bare minimum. We peek behind the curtain and see all the really bad stuff. We...

Upcoming Video Series – “Breaking Bad Security” – Series Introduction

Welcome to another new video series, “Breaking Bad Security!” This security series is designed to teach you about different tests, tricks and free tools you can use to validate your security controls to ensure your environment is secure. In this series, we will provide easy-to-follow tutorials th...

June 30, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Victor Hugo” 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! June 30, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black Seizes The...

Women in Security Part 1: Meet Taree Reardon, Senior Threat Analyst

This post is part of our Women’s History Month series - follow along with us on Twitter @VMwareCarbonBlack In celebration of International Women’s Day, we are excited to kick off our six-part Women in Security series. Throughout March, we will highlight outstanding women on the VMware Security...

Why Cloud is the Future of Enterprise Cybersecurity

The speed at which cyberthreats have been targeting enterprise networks and endpoints is forcing IT leaders to change the way they think about cybersecurity. One alternative to how enterprises look at security is to treat cloud as an operating system, says Patrick Morley, general manager of VMwar...

What ‘Nightingale Floors’ From Historical Japan Can Teach Us About Intrusion Suppression

Multinational corporations are under siege from a multiplicity of threat actors. The cyber arms bazaar that flourishes around the world has allowed for criminals and nations to wage long-term campaigns against corporations and government agencies. These cyber criminals stalk businesses and...

The Seventh Question Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answer To)

In a previous blog, we discussed Commander’s Intent for CEOs and introduced 10 questions CEOs should be asking their teams. In this blog series, I am going to take a deeper dive into each question and break them down one at a time. We will discuss why CEOs should care about each question and the...

February 1, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Super Bowl” 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! February 1, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Kim Jong Nam met...

Carbon Black Selected as a Finalist in the Best Security Company and Best Emerging Technology Categories for the 2018 SC Awards

We are honored to be recognized as an Excellence Award finalist in the Best Emerging Technology category for Cb Defense and as a finalist in the Best Security Company category for the 2018 SC Awards. Now in its 21st year, SC Awards is recognized as the industry gold standard of accomplishment for...

Threat Analysis: Malicious Microsoft Word Documents Being Used in Targeted Attack Campaigns

A Microsoft Word document .doc believed to be malicious was recently submitted to Carbon Black’s Threat Analysis Unit TAU. The submitting organization did not feel that that document and subsequent payload was fully executing in their analysis environment, and questioned whether or not it was...

GDPR Talk Dominates Barcelona’s  PCI DSS Community Conference

Recently, I returned from the European PCI DSS community conference in Barcelona. As always, the conference featured analysis of current hot topics within the PCI community and was helpful for any security professional looking to learn about the latest advancements in data security and protection...

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...

Cb Defense Scores Perfect 5-Star Overall Rating in SC Media Independent Test

What does it take to be the leading next-generation antivirus NGAV solution? Is it security efficacy? Is it visibility into malicious behavior throughout your enterprise? What about ease of use? SC Media recently looked to answer these questions and more by putting Cb Defense through its own...

VMware Carbon Black Ranks Among Top 10 of 100 Cybersecurity Companies by the University of San Diego

We are proud to announce that VMware Carbon Black has been ranked within the top 10 organizations on the University of San Diego Cybersecurity Team’s annual list of the Top 100 Cybersecurity Companies of 2020. The annual list of cybersecurity companies highlights the most influential players in a...

Bridge the Gap between Security and IT in Cloud Workload Protection

It often feels as though Security and IT are trying to build the same house from different blueprints. Security works tirelessly to stay ahead of a threat landscape that is moving at warp speed by managing hundreds of thousands of vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, IT tries to strike a precarious balanc...

Protect Yourself from Holiday Cyber Threats – Ask the Howlers, Episode 16 Highlights

In episode 16 of “Ask the Howlers,” host Stacia Tympanick, senior solution engineer, met up with Ryan Hendricks, staff architect and manager, to discuss the latest topics concerning cybersecurity impacting the online holiday shopping season. Check out some highlights from the discussion and gain...

Simplicity is the Key to Enterprise Cybersecurity

Editor’s Note: Sam Bocetta, a guest author on the VMware Carbon Black blog, is a freelance journalist specializing in U.S. diplomacy and national security, with emphases on technology trends in cyber warfare, cyber defense, and cryptography. In today’s digital environment, companies are...

Why Our Customers Love VMware Carbon Black

As the cybersecurity world advances, organizations are starting to change their approach to security. More and more teams are moving to the cloud to maximize their endpoint protection and simplify their security stack. Using VMWare Carbon Black's Cloud platform, our customers are able to...

Partner Perspectives: More Effective Threat Hunting with ThreatConnect and Carbon Black

Megan Horner is the Director of Product Marketing for ThreatConnect. You’ll hear a lot in cybersecurity - and in technology in general - about the necessity of integrations. The more security solutions can communicate back and forth with what they find “in the wild” and how it compares to what’s...

3 Takeaways From RSAC 2018

Once a year, the cybersecurity community gathers to discuss the latest advancements and commiserate as to how we can shift the tide of the global cyber insurgency. It was recently noted that the cyber crime economy is roughly 10 times larger than the cybersecurity industry. Wow. That's a large...

Excerpts from Risk & Response: Defending Financial Institutions with Cb Response

Carbon Black recently published a guide on combating the most advanced threats that financial institutions are facing today using the marketing-leading endpoint detection and response solution, Cb Response. For more information on securing large-scale financial enterprises, including how to...

January Release Brings Improved Enterprise Management to Cb Defense

As a network of computers gets larger, the challenges and risks of keep systems consistently protected and in compliance increases. This means that, with a huge number of dispersed endpoints to keep watch over, security administrators at enterprise organizations often spend too much time deployin...

Interview with CTO Michael Viscuso – Ransomware: The Problem That Won’t Go Away

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on BankInfoSecurity.com Click here to listen to the full podcast Dealing with ransomware is a lot like dealing with mosquitos: The best approach is to anticipate getting bit and take steps to try to fend off attacks. But the growth of ransomware int...

Holiday Season Cyberattacks May Increase By More Than 20% Starting This Week

As we approach the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, organizations should be paying close attention to potential cyberattacks coming their way, if history offers any indication of what’s to come. According to the Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU, organizations saw a +20.5% increase in attempted...

#CbChats: Eric O’ Neill Chats About Hacking as Espionage, His Time at the FBI & Ryan Phillippe

Today on CbChats, Carbon Black National Security Strategist Eric O' Neill talks about his time at the FBI, his relationship with "Breach" star Ryan Phillippe and how hacking is just the latest iteration of espionage. https://www.carbonblack.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/EONCbchats.mp3 About Eric...

“Breaking Bad Security” – Tutorial 2 – Remote Access

Welcome to the second tutorial from our 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 to ensure your environment is secure. In this series, we will provide...

Women in Security Part 2: Meet Suzanne Hall, Global CISO and VP, Technology at Circle K Stores

This post is part of our Women’s History Month series - follow along with us on Twitter @VMwareCarbonBlack In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re continuing our six-part Women in Security series by highlighting a VMware Carbon Black customer who is making her mark on the security industry...

Time for Reflection and Thanks

Most of the programs I ran used calendar years for project planning, budgets, etc. I always found November to be a good time to reflect on the progress made, plan for the next year, and give thanks for all the positive steps in the right direction. In general, I followed the SWOTT method for...

The Results Are In: Defender Confidence Is On The Rise

Recently, I spent two weeks traveling across Europe talking with defenders, reporters, and leaders of security programs. While each country faces its own unique challenges and has its own needs, there were a few themes that were consistently present. Threat Outlook Report 2020. Naturally, we...

2020 Cybersecurity Outlook Report

In case you missed it, we are excited to release our latest report from the VMware Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU, the “2020 Cybersecurity Outlook Report”. In the search for clarity in the modern attacker vs. defender battle, it’s all about behaviors. More broadly, we explore the age-old...

Breaking Down Election Security: Points of Vulnerability and Solutions

The importance of cybersecurity in the context of the democratic process has become undeniable—with nation-state hackers setting their sights on elections as effective vehicles for attack, disruption, and social unrest. Christopher Wray, the Director of the FBI, testified to Congress that U.S...

Cybersecurity Teardown: Using Hash Values

Welcome to the final installment of Hash Values in our greater Cybersecurity Teardown series. In today's post, we'll cover the 'How' of hash values - which includes: Traiging alerts for deeper research Investigating an issue for malicious activity Reassembling our previous examples within a CB...