Why Should CISOs Should Care About Live Query?

If you’re a CISO, you are most likely focused on three things: 1. Strong security efficacy 2. Operational efficiency 3. Business enablement To address this, many organizations are adding layers of security tools to their technology stack, putting stress on their security and IT operations teams,...

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...

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...

Carbon Black To Work Hand-In-Hand to Drive Partner Demand Through Cb ThreatSight

This week, Carbon Black launched Cb ThreatSight, a brand new managed threat hunting service staffed by world-class threat experts who keep watch over customer environments 24×7. As part of the new service, Carbon Black’s internal Cb ThreatSight team performs round-the-clock threat validation,...

December 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Maria Magdalene Dietrich” 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! December 27, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Unsafe personal...

Excerpts from Building a High Speed SOC: Introduction

Carbon Black recently published an in-depth guide on what it takes to develop a "high speed" security operations center, or SOC; this is an excerpt from that guide, which you can find here. For more information on building high speed SOCs, including how to eliminate the "response gap," check out...

November 10, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Veterans 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 10, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Eric O' Neill Talks...

Carbon Black Named 2017 CDW Silver Partner of The Year

Carbon Black is proud to announce it was recognized as the 2017 CDW Silver Partner of The Year on Thursday November 9 at the 2017 CDW Partner Summit. The award recognizes the CDW partners that have consistently gone above and beyond to provide exceptional support to CDW and its customers. CDW...

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...

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 ...

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: 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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cloud & Big Data: The Future of Security – Carbon Black & VMware’s 15-City Tour “Cloud Force Security” Kicks Off Feb. 20!

Endpoint Security is Broken Attackers are innovating faster than traditional defenses can keep up. In response, the security stack has become too complicated as more products that don’t work together are introduced to fill the gaps. There is a better way. Organizations are moving their endpoint a...

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 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,...

Better Secure and Manage Endpoints in a Remote Work World

The global pandemic has quickly changed how and where we work. Remote work is now the ‘new normal.’ Amid the massive transition, a June survey by S&P Global found: More than two-thirds of companies may be working from home forever Offices that do remain will probably shrink: 47% of respondents sa...

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...

‘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 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...

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...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) Threat Intelligence Notification: Snatch Ransomware

During the end of the year 2019, a ransomware named ‘Snatch” was discovered. Snatch ransomware will force Windows to reboot in Safe Mode where most of the software and system drivers will not be running in order to perform the file encryption process. Similar to the other variants of ransomware, ...

Ransomware: 30 Years and Still Going Strong

In the tech world, systems – and methods to break said systems – seem to evolve by the minute. Technological advancement grows exponentially each year, and the realm of cybersecurity is no exception. However, some entities have survived and even thrived over the decades, rather than falling...

Partner Perspectives: Disrupt Advanced Threats with Blumira + Carbon Black

Matt Warner is the CTO of Blumira. Modern security challenges are not easy to fix or even identify, and despite misleading advertising from some vendors, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Blumira frequently observes large visibility gaps in existing security implementations, allowing obviou...

Congratulations to our Query of the Month Winner for July 2019!

Our Query of The Month competition recognizes the top community-shared query that provides value to other Osquery users. To determine the query of the month, our team selects the customer query that has the most engagement or helps solve an important problem. The winner of the contest each month...

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...

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...