“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 ...

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...

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...

New Osterman Research Report | Cyber Security in Healthcare

In 2019, roughly 45 million healthcare records were breached in the United States. With ransomware as their go-to technique, cyber attackers are targeting healthcare providers, medical devices, and critical supply chains more than ever before. The latest Osterman Research report, “Cyber Security ...

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...

Excerpts from 10 Endpoint Security Problems – And How the Cloud Solves Them

Predicting new threats is the top challenge for security and IT professionals Traditional antivirus is based on what’s already known – it can only stop known malware attacks based on the signatures it has at the moment. But the problem is only 30% of attacks are malware-based; if you rely solely ...

Cryptomining Rules Endpoints Around Me (Get the Monero)

If you know me then you know how much I love the Wu. You also know how much I love infosec. I thought this particular topic worthy to marry the two. The Saga Continues for the ownership of endpoints. Organizations purchase them, manage them, update, support, and protect them. However, the bad...

January 30, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “FDR” 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 30, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: The Three Rs of Today’s...

January 29, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Grammys” 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 29, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Four warnings for the...

The Second Question(s) Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answers 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 8, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Golden Globes” 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 8, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black 2017 Threat...

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...

October 2, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “October” 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 2, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: GDPR is a Year 2000-style...

September 18, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Emmys” 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! September 18, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Worry about the spies,...

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...

Detecting Threats in Real-time With Active C2 Information

Often security practitioners rely on the reputation of IP Addresses to determine if traffic to and from that IOC is malicious. In practice, the reputation of IOCs, IPs specifically is only updated when public repositories or tracking projects have observed the command and control server C2 being...

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...

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...

Cb Customer Spotlight Series: Q&A Landmark Credit Union’s Matt Goodacre

Featuring Matt Goodacre, Security Analyst at Landmark Credit Union With all their endpoints in high enforcement mode, Matt Goodacre, Security Analyst at Landmark Credit Union in Wisconsin, is confident the organization’s workstations are up to locked down when it comes to security. Here’s how...

November 17, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Hamilton” 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 17, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Inside the Real-World...

North Korea’s Most Powerful Weapon (Hint: It’s Not a Nuclear Arsenal)

With all the talk associated with North Korea’s prospects of launching a nuclear attack, there is often an overlooked, existential threat that continues to fly under the radar - cyberattacks. In truth, North Korea’s cyber warfare operations pose a much greater risk to the West than the prospect o...

November 8, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Abraham Lincoln” 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 8, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black taps...

October 24, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Niagara Falls” 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 24, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Putting the P, D, and R...

Moving Forward and Backward From the Equifax breach

By now most financially or technically savvy people are aware of the breach disclosed by Equifax on September 7th. Equifax reports that the incident affected 143 million Americans, which is well over half of the estimated 250 million adults in the United States. The data accessed is as sensitive ...

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...

July 12, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Henry David Thoreau” 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 12, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Closing Bell July 11, 2017 ...

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...

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...

‘Modern Bank Heists’ Threat Report Finds Dramatic Increase in Cyberattacks Against Financial Institutions Amid COVID-19

This marks the third edition of the Modern Bank Heists report, which takes an annual pulse of some of the financial industry’s top CISOs and security leaders. Thank you, again, for reading along and thank you to the 25 security leaders who participated in this year’s survey. This survey offers mo...

CB Customer Spotlight: Q&A with BraunAbility’s Arlie Hartman

BraunAbility is a mobility vehicle company committed to improving access and transportation for the world’s wheelchair community. Driven by a strong corporate culture of doing right by their customers and communities, providing advanced security has become an essential pillar of their mission...

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...

Three Common Questions (and Answers) About Next-Gen AV

Most organizations with traditional, or legacy, antivirus AV solutions are well aware that they are no longer protected from the more advanced tactics and threats of attackers today. Signatures just can’t keep up with emerging threats. But that doesn’t mean that everyone is ready to dive head fir...

CB Customer Spotlight: Q&A with Netflix DVD’s Jimmy Sanders

Recently we sat down with Jimmy Sanders, VP of Information Security at Netflix DVD, to talk about his upcoming presentation for CB Connect, Carbon Black’s customer conference. Sanders was one of the headliners at CB Connect 2018, and this year he will be speaking to his peers in the Security...

Partner Perspectives: The Speed of Prevention – eSentire + Carbon Black

Editor's Note: This blog originally appeared on eSentire.com. Let’s start with a brief history lesson. In September 2016, eSentire and Carbon Black™ announced a strategic partnership in conjunction with launching esENDPOINT built on CB Response to augment our market-leading Managed Detection and...

Enter to Win a $250 Gift Card at #CbConnect18

To make Cb Connect 2018 even more exciting, we’re hosting a Twitter contest to see who can rack up the most engagement on Twitter. If you want to participate, just share your thoughts about Cb Connect 2018 on Twitter by telling us what you’ve learned, which sessions you liked most, who you got to...

No Data is an Island: One Infosec Pro’s Experience As a Consumer Involved in a Data Breach

British Airways BA was hit by a major breach that resulted in a loss of customer records. I was notified promptly by BA. I thought their public response was timely. By the way, this breach was announced while I was about to board a BA flight to Heathrow. My credit card was used to purchase my...

Creating a Cyber Panic Room to Fight Off Invasions

Genghis Khan was a mastermind. A terrifyingly brilliant military strategist who altered the course of world history. He used fear to paralyze his enemies. “In one apocryphal account circulated to create anxiety among the enemy, the Mongols supposedly promised to retreat from a besieged city if th...

Using MITRE ATT&CK When Researching Attacker Behavior in a Post-Compromise World

MITRE ATT&CK is arguably one of the best assets available to security professionals who want to dive into the intricacies of detecting and preventing adversary behaviors. Why is that? It’s a great knowledge base of known adversarial behaviors overlayed with attacker TTPs and their state in the...

VIDEO: Carbon Black Hackathon Competition Features MBTA Charlie Tracker

The Carbon Black R&D team just finished its third quarterly “hackathon” – a block of free time completely dedicated to collaboration and innovation. Projects can be anything a submitting team desires and submission do not need to be related to a product or even Carbon Black itself. The main purpo...

January 25, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Poetry” 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 25, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Wall Street to grill Int...

November 1, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “November” 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 1, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: How to Make a Ransomware...

October 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Stranger Things” 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 27, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: The push toward...

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: Celebrating Women’s History Month

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we are honoring all of the women at VMware who inspire, lead, innovate and set the stage for the next generation to come. In a six-part series, we will highlight some of the outstanding women in security that are playing a significant role in keeping the...

Forrester Study: VMware Carbon Black Cloud Provides 379% ROI

A newly published Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ TEI study shows that organizations who replace their legacy endpoint security products with the VMware Carbon Black Cloud experience a 379% return on investment within three years. The commissioned study conducted on behalf of VMware...

AMA Recap: Top 10 Tips to Secure Your Remote Workforce

This is part of our ongoing conversation about the worldwide challenges of working remotely. To stay up-to-date on the latest insights, refer to our live page for COVID-19: Cybersecurity Community Resources. As organizations around the world transition to remote work en masse, cybersecurity...

VMware Carbon Black Removes Endpoint Limits for Customers to Secure Their Changing Environments During the COVID-19 Crisis

Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 has thrust personal safety and security into the public’s consciousness in an unprecedented way. Families, employees, and global businesses have been forced to upend their lives to make their respective communities healthier and more resilient. A key component to this...

Bringing Intrinsic Security to RSA Conference 2020

This year at the RSA Conference, VMware will be highlighting our vision for Intrinsic Security, a safer, more effective security built into the fabric of the various infrastructure control points that are vulnerable to attack endpoint, identity, network, cloud, workload. The VMware Carbon Black...