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How Live Query Will Change The Way You Do Vulnerability Management
It’s no secret that, without the right set of tools, vulnerability management can be tedious and exhausting. With slow, manual processes it can take weeks to identify and remediate issues. And the work itself is often dull, sifting and searching without yielding real results. Live Query...
Partner Perspectives: The Target Strikes Back – Predicting the Persistent Attacker
Idan Bellayev is the head of security research for empow. Predicting cyber-attacks has long been an elusive goal in the cyber-security industry. Methods such as Lockheed Martin's Cyber Kill Chain evangelized the idea that staying one step ahead of your adversary is the way to defeat advanced,...
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...
January 23, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Oscars” 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! January 23, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black Announces C...
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...
July 24, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Shark Week” 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! July 24, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Soon, your most important...
Carbon Black EDR’s All-New Live Query Capability and Enhanced Fileless Visibility
VMware Carbon Black is excited to announce that VMware Carbon Black EDR formerly CB Response, recently named by Gartner as a 2020 Customers’ Choice for Endpoint Detection and Response solutions, now features enhanced insight into fileless activity via Microsoft’s AMSI and a brand new Live Query...
TAU Threat Analysis: Relations to Hakbit Ransomware
See part one of TAU's Hakbit Ransomware analysis here. Many blue team defenders out there will attest to the fact that ransomware is on the rise, and that ransomware doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon. Ransomware is only one of the numerous types of commodity-based emerging threats whi...
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...
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...
Introducing the Cognitive Attack Loop and Its 3 Phases
At Carbon Black, we believe that the more insight we have into cybercriminal behavior, the more effective our technology can be at successfully recognizing suspicious activity and combating it. By conducting behavioral threat research, we discover new patterns attackers are using across the kill...
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...
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 15, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Ninja Turtles” 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 15, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: JASK Announces Technolo...
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...
#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...
August 18, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “New York Times” 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! August 18, 2017 - Headlines These women want to fix cybersecurity’s massive...
August 16, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Elvis” 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! August 16, 2017 - Headlines In Ukraine, a Malware Expert Who Could Blow the...
“The 101” – Episode 2 – What is Next-Generation Antivirus, or NGAV?
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 cut through the noise and provide clear definitions. Recently, we helped defi...
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...
Deploying The New VMware Carbon Black Container Security Solution
“VMware acquired Octarine, a privately held company in Sunnyvale, California on May 27, 2020. Octarine offers a cloud-native security platform for the complete lifecycle of applications running on Kubernetes, helping customers to protect their cloud-native apps from build to runtime. Acquiring...
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...
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...
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...
Partner Perspectives: Extend Visibility Without Expanding Your Team
The best partnerships seem destined from the start - Han Solo and Chewbacca, Mario and Luigi - even newer partners, like Groot and Rocket. The best partners combine their strengths to expand the opportunities available to them. This is true of partnerships in cybersecurity stay with us here. Bett...
Cb Customer Spotlight Series: Q & A with Project Worldwide’s Thomas Munson
Everyday, Carbon Black customers are working together to keep their organizations safe from cyber attacks. To share the knowledge our customers have with the greater security community, we are excited to announce the launch of the Cb Customer Spotlight Series. The Cb Customer Spotlight Series...
10 Endpoint Security Problems Solved by the Cloud – Keeping Up To Date
Last week, we examined the state of endpoint security and discussed why most solutions on the market aren’t doing their job. The rest of this blog series will dig further into the topic and look at 10 specific problems with traditional AV software, and how cloud-based security solutions solve the...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
October 4, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Nobel Prize” 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 4, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Kangaroo Ransomware uses...
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...
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...
Dell Technologies + VMware Carbon Black: Better Together
It’s been an exciting few months for the VMware Carbon Black team and we’re excited to share some big news with you. Today, from VMworld Europe 2019 in Barcelona, VMware announced an enhanced partnership with Dell Technologies that will make Carbon Black Cloud, along with Dell Trusted Devices 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...
Can You Handle the Cyber Threats Coming in 2019?
I never thought I’d long for the days when Pikachu and Anna Kournikova worms were thriving. But back then, cyber attacks caused chaos, but not significant damage. Fast forward to 2019 and the threat landscape has changed. Now attackers are out to do significant damage to your company. This damage...
Combating Insider Threats and “Hanssen’s Law” with Visibility
On the first day of my assignment under Robert Hanssen, he told me where to find the spies. The FBI had assigned me to work with Hanssen in the newly minted Information Assurance Section. Our overt job would be to examine and improve cybersecurity for the FBI. Covertly, I was tasked with gaining...
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...
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...
#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...
August 31, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Jack the Ripper” 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! August 31, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: VMware advances applicati...
“The 101” – Episode 5 – How does Malware Actually Work?
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. Last week we started our discussion about malware ...
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...
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...
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...