September 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Google” 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 27, 2017 - Headlines S.E.C. Hacking Response Provides Road Map for...

June 28, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Petya” 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 28, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Here's how to protect...

VMware Enables Zero Trust Through Intrinsic Security

For decades, the central philosophy behind security has been to treat the network like a castle: Build the walls higher, make the moat deeper and wider. But the onset of the primarily telework environment within the federal government has moved much of the activity outside the network perimeter, ...

China Chip Hack Shines Spotlight on Hardware and Supply-Chain Risk

Recent revelations in the press regarding hardware implants and supply-chain compromise are troubling and should be seen as an opportunity to assess our current threat model and security approach. This recently revealed situation is the hardware analogue to the software supply chain compromises w...

Russian Propaganda Talks on Capitol Hill Thrust Cyber Espionage into the Public Eye

Leading tech executives from Google, Facebook, and Twitter returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a second day of testimony as senators from both sides of the aisle took the companies to task for allegedly failing to defuse Russia's attempt to sway American voters ahead of the 2016 presidentia...

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 al...

Iron Rain: Cybersecurity Is an Ever-Changing Battlefield

Editor's Note: This is the final blog in a three-part series, "Iron Rain" from Tom Kellermann and Rick McElroy. Part 1: Iron Rain: What Defines a Cyber Insurgency? Part 2: Iron Rain: Gaining Situational Intelligence to Make Rapid Decisions Part 3: The ever-changing battlefield. Just like in comba...

January 22, 2018 – 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...

July 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Black Hat Conference” 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 27, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black Named...

June 23, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Grizzly Bear” 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 23, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Top 10 Endpoint Detection a...

Excerpts from Preparing for NGAV at Scale: Fastest Investigation & Response

Carbon Black recently published a guide to help enterprises gauge their readiness in their initial search for next-generation antivirus, or NGAV; this is an excerpt from that guide, which you can find here. For more information about how Cb Defense, Carbon Black's NGAV + EDR solution, helps...

December 19, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “NHL” 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 19, 2017 - Headlines WannaCry cyberattack: White House adviser says...

Security IQ:  How to Survive the Holiday Phishing Season

Now that we’ve officially entered the holiday season it’s time to be especially mindful of the ways that an attacker may use this to their advantage. In fact, recent Carbon Black data noted a 20.5% uptick in attempted cyberattacks during the holiday season. “Good” Deals If you’re looking to find...

October 16, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “National Boss 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! October 16, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Ransomware market...

6 Best Practices to Fight a New Breed of Insider Threats

The current global pandemic has disrupted how organizations work. Some businesses quickly adapt while other organizations are still figuring out the new landscape. Unfortunately, criminals are exploiting vulnerabilities during this challenging time. There has been an 238% increase in cyberattacks...

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...

Carbon Black Report: Destructive Cyberattacks Increase Ahead of 2018 Midterm Elections

A trade war with China. A fragile agreement with North Korea. A growing fear of Russian hackers. Ahead of the 2018 U.S. midterm congressional elections, geopolitical conflict continues to play out in cyberspace. According to the world’s top incident response IR professionals, politically motivate...

Carbon Black Wins Two Cybersecurity Excellence Awards – Best Company and Best Endpoint Security

We’re excited to announce the 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards have recognized Carbon Black as the silver winner for the “Best Cybersecurity Company ” and Cb Defense with Streaming Prevention as the silver winner for the “Best Endpoint Security Product.” The 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awar...

February 8, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Winter Olympics” 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 8, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black Wins "Silve...

Empowering Developers: How Unfiltered Data and Custom Integrations Became a Foundation for Carbon Black

Today, we’re hosting our first-ever Developer Day from the sold-out CbConnect18 conference in New York. The day features in-depth, technical workshops to accelerate developers’ ability to extend Carbon Black’s open cloud platform to improve the security stack. The way I see it, this day is years ...

The Fifth 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 taking a deeper dive into each question and breaking them down one at a time. We will discuss why CEOs should care about each question and the type...

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 19, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Puppies” 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 19, 2018 - Headlines The Five Laws Of Cybersecurity - Forbes 3 things y...

The Third 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...

June 29, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Massachusetts” 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 29, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: How the U.S. can defend its...

June 26, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Harry Potter” 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 26, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: How to go threat hunting: t...

June 22, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Galileo Galilei” 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 22, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: WannaCry Ups The Stakes For...

VMware Carbon Black and Dell Extend Endpoint Security Below the OS

As endpoint security continues to evolve and thwart legacy attack techniques, cyber criminals are always trying to stay one step ahead to avoid detection and gain a persistent foothold in their targets’ infrastructure. Some sophisticated attackers are gaining traction through the malicious...

TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: Israbye Wiper

Summary Israbye is a disk wiper first discovered by a researcher in August 2017, as reported by Bleeping Computer. A newer sample has since been discovered, which appears to timely coincide with a recent news story that references the Al-Aqsa mosque. This mosque is also referenced within the...

Cb Protection 8.1 Makes Replacing Legacy Antivirus On Critical Systems and Servers Easier Than Ever

Cb Protection, has a long history of innovation in the market. Many have referred to Cb Protection as a pioneer in the application control market. Application control also known as whitelisting is used to lock down critical systems and servers. It's also one of the strongest forms of protection a...

December 15, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Chanukah” 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 15, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: VMware, Carbon Black...

August 8, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Smokey the Bear” 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 8, 2017 - Headlines NetWorks Group Joins “Carbon Black Connect” Partner...

June 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Helen Keller” 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 27, 2017 - Headlines 'Petya' ransomware attack strikes companies across...

Bringing Intrinsic Security to Containers: VMware Acquires Octarine

UPDATE: On May 27, 2020 VMware officially closed its acquisition of Octarine. The blog post below has been amended to reflect that announcement. Today is a very exciting day for VMware and for our customers as we announce our acquisition of Octarine, whose innovative security platform for...

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...

Partner Perspectives: Using Cb Response to Mitigate ETERNALBLUE

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on redcanary.com In case you’ve been under a rock, there’s a wee problem with ransomware, fueled by the public release of a handful of high quality access exploit and persistence backdoor utilities. Most recently, these have manifested in the form of t...

Unfiltered Endpoint Data: Tilting The Advantage Back To The Defenders

Mike Viscuso founded Carbon Black following a 10-year career in offensive security for the NSA and CIA. Carbon Black was Mike’s first time on the defensive side of cybersecurity. He came to the job with more than just a mastery of the tools and techniques used by attackers; Mike brought a state o...

February 5, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Philadelphia Eagles” 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 5, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Ransomware detection and...

January 18, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “San Francisco” 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 18, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: SC Awards Finalists 2018...

December 21, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Frosty the Snowman” 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 21, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Ransomware dominates th...

December 20, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Threat Research” 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 20, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Ransomware dominates th...

September 28, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Hugh Hefner” 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 28, 2017 - Headlines Twitter, With Accounts Linked to Russia, to Face...

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...

February 12, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Luge” 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 12, 2018 - Headlines Russians penetrated U.S. voter systems, top U.S...

Excerpts from Preparing for NGAV at Scale: Prevent Attacks & Stop Breaches

Carbon Black recently published a guide to help enterprises gauge their readiness in their initial search for next-generation antivirus, or NGAV; this is an excerpt from that guide, which you can find here. For more information about how Cb Defense, Carbon Black's NGAV + EDR solution, helps...

February 9, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Opening Ceremony” 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 9, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: 10 Questions Today’s CEO...

February 2, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Groundhog 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! February 2, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Darknet Markets: For...

December 18, 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! December 18, 2017 - Headlines Our top 7 cyber security predictions for 2018 - C...

February 7, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “SpaceX” 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 7, 2018 - Headlines Nearly 75% of Organizations in 5 Countries Fail in...