Why SecOps is (Still) the Future

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. SecOps is not a new idea. Unfortunately, however, it is...

Kicking off Developer Day 2020

Developer Day 2020 kicks off today with seven on-demand sessions for more than 2,600 registrants. This is the first time Developer Day has been held in a virtual setting and the VMware Carbon Black team is excited to welcome the largest group of developers we have ever had in attendance. With eig...

6 Tips to Keep Your Video Conferencing Meetings Secure

The sudden and dramatic shift to a mobile workforce has thrust video conferencing into the global spotlight and evolved video conferencing vendors from enterprise communication tools to critical infrastructure. During any major and rapid technology adoption, cyberattackers habitually follow the...

Making Container Deployment and Analysis Self-Service for Development

Team Riptide was tasked with creating an environment for our developers that removes operational burdens. We wanted to provide them with infrastructure, best practices, automation, and self-service tooling so that they could focus on innovation. The result is an internal system we call “Mosaic,”...

How We Streamlined Infrastructure and Tooling as a Service for Development

At VMware Carbon Black, we’ve historically acquired a broad technology stack in our journey to build the premier security solution that understands cybercriminal behavior. Inheriting such a variety of tooling and storage solutions presented a challenge for us operationally. So, in order to reduce...

How To Teach Cybersecurity to Today’s Youth

Editor’s Note: Sam Bocetta, a guest author on the 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. Cybersecurity is important for everyone, but teaching the...

What Does it Mean to Connect?

"Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established." or "Join together so as to provide access and communication." -The Oxford English Dictionary I have been to too many security events. 🙂 So many, in fact, that sometimes they blend together. CB Connect, however, is no...

Partner Perspectives: Level Up your EDR Capabilities with Deception-Based Threat Detection from Carbon Black and Smokescreen

Amir Moin is a Product Manager for Smokescreen. All security teams eventually run into the same fundamental problems - low network visibility, overworked security analysts, and breaches that put them on the nine o’clock news. Traditional security solutions are primed toward giving security teams ...

Essays from 7 Experts on Moving to a Cloud-Based Endpoint Security Platform

Carbon Black recently published a series of essays about the experiences of experts in the field on information security as they moved their endpoint security program to the cloud; this is one of those essays. To read the full series check out 7 Experts on Moving to a Cloud-Based Endpoint Securit...

Getting Back on the Field

Growing up as a foreign service brat, I was obsessed with security. Living in Guatemala in the 80s you had to adapt and become resilient as child. As there was no TV in our household, 10-year-old Tom began to tinker with my father’s computer and soon it became my oasis from the stress of living i...

January 5, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Monopoly” 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 5, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Cybersecurity news round-...

“Ready Player One” – Are you Ready to Protect Your Endpoints from the Bad Guys?

At times it can feel like a game as you watch the cyber-breach scorecards. Yahoo 3 billion users, Equifax 143 million consumers, Uber 57 million users, Imgur 1.7 million users are just a sample of the companies that have released new information on large breaches in the last few months...

November 14, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Hole Punch” 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 14, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black taps...

Excerpts from The Ransomware Economy: Emergence and Innovation

Carbon Black recently published an investigative report on the Dark Web marketplace for ransomware. This is an excerpt from that report, which you can find here. For more information about the rise of ransomware, and what you can do about it, check out the Future-Proof Your Ransomware Prevention...

VMware Carbon Black Named a Finalist in the 2020 CRN Tech Innovator Awards

We are proud to announce that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named VMware Carbon Black a finalist in the 2020 CRN Tech Innovator Awards, recognizing VMware Carbon Black Cloud in the Endpoint Security category. The annual award celebrates the most groundbreaking products and services in...

Broad, Ongoing Cyberattacks Targeting Australia Underscore Need for Behavioral-Based Cybersecurity

On Friday the Australian Federal Government detailed sustained ‘copy-paste’ threats on government and business throughout the country. According to the Government: “‘Copy-paste compromises’ is derived from … heavy use of proof-of-concept exploit code, web shells and other tools copied almost...

Managing Team Burn Out

According to the World Health Organization: “Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion increased mental distance from one’s job, or...

Four More Years… of Remediation

Last week, I read a blog from Brian Krebs about how a recent study showed that ransomware data breaches at hospitals are tied to an uptick in fatal heart attacks. Whenever I see an article with “fatal” and “cyber” in the title, I usually use it as a proof point for why we need less FUD in the...

How To Handle Evolutions in Cybercrime

Cybercriminals are Evolving Attackers are constantly evolving their techniques—finding ways to evade your defenses and stay in your systems longer. Today, 68% of attacks remain undetected for months or more. Traditional antivirus AV can’t hold up against the modern hacker. New attacks, like...

Medibank Private Finds the Cure for Ransomware with Carbon Black

Editor's Note: A form of this article originally appeared on CSO.com. Like most large businesses, health insurer Medibank Private was regularly experiencing a few of what CISO Stuart Harrison calls “significant incidents” every month. Its predominantly antivirus-based security defences were missi...

Update on Apple Security Updates for MacOS Impacting Cb Response and Cb Protection Customers

Carbon Black has now made generally available releases to Cb Protection and Cb Response to support the latest OS versions and security update Security Update 2018-001 from Apple for the following Mac sensor/agent releases: Cb Protection: Cb Protection Announcing the Release of Cb Protection 7.2.3...

January 22, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “NFL” 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 22, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Strategic Cyber Ventures...

January 10, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Common Sense” 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 10, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Seven Ransomware...

December 29, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “2018” 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 29, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Bitcoin concerns rising...

November 6, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Daylight Saving” 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 6, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: CBS Evening News Scroll ...

#CbChats: Rick McElroy Talks About the Mental Health Side of Cybersecurity

Rick McElroy, security strategist for Carbon Black, has more than 17 years of information security experience educating and advising organizations on reducing their risk posture and tackling tough security challenges. He has performed services for the U.S. Department of Defense, and has held...

October 30, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Hallow’s Eve” 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 30, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: The black market economy...

October 19, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “NCAA Football” 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 19, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Did you hear about the...

“The 101” – Episode 12 – What Is a TTP?

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. For a while now we’ve been talking about malware -...

Freedom, Flexibility, and Security: The Future of Remote Work

Over the past few months, many digital heavy enterprises have optimized or transformed their operations to bolster business continuity and resilience. One of these changes is implementing remote work policies, as employees have shifted to work from home, indefinitely. And while life stills feel...

Coronavirus and the Growing Mobile Workforce: Prioritizing Endpoint Security

Editor's Note: Gary Stevens, a technology writer, is posting as a guest author to carbonblack.com Despite the global COVID-19 response and current recommendations for social distancing, institutions, enterprises and businesses still need to function and maintain all necessary operations where...

Adding Cb ThreatHunter to the Cb Predictive Security Cloud (PSC)

This is another big day for Carbon Black. Earlier, we announced Cb ThreatHunter, our newest offering on the Cb Predictive Security Cloud PSC, which delivers powerful threat hunting and incident response IR capabilities to the platform. The announcement of Cb ThreatHunter, which will be the fourth...

January 11, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Chess” 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 11, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: The Underground Ransomwa...

January 3, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Martin Luther” 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 3, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Cybercriminals favored...

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...

August 29, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “U.S. Open” 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 29, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Over a quarter of the...

The U.S. Secret Service Selects Tom Kellermann to Serve on Inaugural Cyber Investigations Advisory Board

Cybersecurity has become a recurring global news headline. From ransomware to data breaches, cyberattacks continue to be one of the biggest threats to both the private and public sectors. Earlier this year, the FBI reported a 400 percent increase in cybercrime1. And for the public sector, this is...

TAU Threat Discovery: Conti Ransomware

Conti is a new family of ransomware observed in the wild by the Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU. Unlike most ransomware, Conti contains unique features that separate it in terms of performance and focus on network-based targets. Conti uses a large number of independent threads to perform...

VMware Carbon Black Threat Report: One Year Out From the 2020 U.S. Elections, Geopolitical Tension Continues to Spawn Cyberattacks

This morning, VMware Carbon Black released its latest Global Incident Response Threat Report GIRTR. Now in its fourth edition, the GIRTR is written in partnership with VMware Carbon Black's incident response IR partner ecosystem and aggregates input from top IR experts to give you, the reader, a...

Congratulations to our Query of the Month Winner for August 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...

CB Customer Spotlight: Q&A with MEDNAX’s Don Cox

With over 30 years of experience in the technology landscape, Don Cox knows what it takes to be a leader in the industry. Currently residing as the CISO at MEDNAX, the physician-led healthcare organization headquartered in Sunrise, FL, Cox is responsible for cyber operations and engineering,...

10 Endpoint Security Problems Solved by the Cloud – Integrating Security Products

This blog is the third in the series: 10 Endpoint Security Problems Solved by the Cloud. Last week we investigated how cloud based security solutions are able to keep software up to date. This week we’re tackling problem 2: Integrating security products. Your Systems Are Siloed Cybersecurity isn’...

With the Carbon Black Integration Network (CbIN), We’re Delivering Stronger Cybersecurity via Open APIs

Today is another exciting day for Carbon Black, as we unveil the Carbon Black Integration Network CbIN, a technology partner program designed to improve cybersecurity through collective defense and powered by Carbon Black’s open APIs and the Cb Predictive Security CloudTM PSC. Security teams toda...

The Fourth 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 26, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Friday” 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 26, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: New infosec products of...

VIDEO: Carbon Black’s Agile Transformation

In 2017, our product team went through a major "Agile Transformation." All employees adopted this new way of working to establish better collaboration within and across teams. We’ve restructured our teams to be smaller and more cross-functional. We’ve hired Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters to keep...

November 22, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Thanksgiving 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! November 22, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Holiday season scams:...

November 15, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Lewis and Clark” 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 15, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Some senators want to...

“The 101” – Episode 13 – What Makes Up a Cyberattack? (Part 1)

We’re back with another episode of The 101! This regular 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. Sometimes in security we find ourselves using...

Hunting Threats Before Threats Hunt Us

Remember file cabinets? Most businesses have auctioned them off or sent them home with employees. For many, paper is a thing of the past. An expansive communication network has collapsed a once-massive Earth into smartphones that fit into our pockets. Cloud computing has made all information...