Excerpts from Modern Bank Heists – Overview

Carbon Black recently published a report on the newest threats facing the financial world, and how to counteract them. For more information about how Cb Defense, Carbon Black's NGAV + EDR solution, helps enterprises address their endpoint security challenges, check out our weekly Cb Defense Live...

Excerpts from Moving Endpoint Security to the Predictive Cloud: Better Security

Carbon Black recently published a whitepaper on the reasons and benefits of moving endpoint security to the cloud; this is the first excerpt from that guide, which you can find here. For more information about how the Cb Predictive Security Cloud, Carbon Black's comprehensive endpoint protection...

Cb Defense Praised in Independent Tests, Product Reviews

Earlier this week, Carbon Black announced the Q3 release of Cb Defense, which features breakthrough streaming ransomware prevention as well as live response capability. Following this announcement, three independent security organizations published reviews and reports confirming the efficacy of C...

September 1, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Labor Day Weekend” 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 1, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: This Week In...

How to Become a Master Threat Hunter

Editor’s Note: The text appears in the free eBook: “Threat Hunting for Dummies.” After you’ve been threat hunting in an environment forsix months, a year, or more, you’re going to become a senior in most circles. You’re expanding your skills and knowledge, you’re building and using tools, and...

What’s Coming in 2020: An RSA Recap

VMWare Carbon Black recently published our Outlook 2020 Threat Report largely fueled by the work of our amazing Threat Analysis Unit. Greg Foss @Heinzarelli and Andrew Costis @0x4143 did some in-depth research on Malware samples seen in 2019. As part of RSA, Greg and I had the chance to present o...

Implementing EQR — Creating a Solution for Real-Time Processing of Disparate Big Data Sources

Building an Event Query Router for Big Data Translation and Processing In a previous post, we discussed the data engineering challenge of scaling security. Analyzing the volume and variety of data required by a cybersecurity application isn’t an easy process, so we are always looking for innovati...

Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) Uncovers Significant Evolution of Popular Cryptomining Campaign Affecting More than 500,000 Computers

Carbon Black’s CB Threat Analysis Unit TAU has uncovered a secondary component in a well-known cryptomining campaign. The malware has been enhanced to also steal system access information for possible sale on the dark web. Combined together, this attack is being classified as “Access Mining.” Thi...

Introducing EQR — The Need for Petabyte-Scale Real-Time Analysis

Making Fast Decisions from Lots of Data One of the most difficult things to solve for in the Security industry is scale. Security is essentially a big data problem—data that is dynamic, and variadic. You need to correlate lots of disparate data elements that contain dynamically changing parameter...

5 Cybersecurity Tips You Need To Know

1. Passwords Passwords should be thought of more as “pass-phrases.” They should be at least 16 characters long, contain uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Furthermore, you should update your passwords at least every 6 months—although every 90 days is recommended. Additionally,...

Excerpts from “5 Questions for Eric O’Neil—the FBI “ghost” who brought down a Russian Mole”

Eric O’Neill serves as Carbon Black’s national security strategist where he is a thought leader on a wide range of issues including counterterrorism and national security matters. Prior to this, he was as an operative for the FBI, where he conducted national security field operations against...

Carbon Black Wins Four 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

We’re excited to announce that the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognized Carbon Black as a winner of the following four categories: Best Cybersecurity Company Gold Winner Endpoint Security for Predictive Security Cloud Gold Winner Endpoint Detection and Response for CB ThreatHunter Silv...

Partner Perspectives: Insight on Turla PNG Dropper

Editor's Note: This blog originally appeared on NCC Group's website. This is a short blog post on the PNG Dropper malware that has been developed and used by the Turla Group 1. The PNG Dropper was first discovered back in August 2017 by Carbon Black researchers. Back in 2017 it was being used to...

“The 101” – Episode 11 – What is the Difference Between Commodity and Advanced Malware?

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. Over the past two months we’ve talked a lot about...

Mass-Scale Ransomware Attacks Providing Hackers the Ability to Earn Quick Money

During the past six months, the Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU analyzed more than 1,000 ransomware samples, categorizing them into 150 families, and found the following: Attackers are looking to make quick, easy money with unsophisticated malware combined with sophisticated delivery method...

July 25, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Henry Ford” 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 25, 2017 - Headlines UK gov wants teens to practice cybersecurity in their...

VIDEO: Utilizing Tape Storage as a Malware Failsafe

Tape storage is commonly accepted as a cost-effective backup target, and it also can play an even more strategic role in combatting cybercrime. In a recent video with Storage Switzerland, Lead Analyst George Crump and David Balcar, security strategist for Carbon Black, discussed how to use tape...

Partner Perspectives: Maintaining Order in Chaotic Times

Erkang Zheng is the CISO of LifeOmic and the General Manager of JupiterOne. One of the key challenges facing growing cloud-native organizations is the ability to maintain your security and compliance posture despite your employees’ access to critical data from numerous locations and devices. This...

Q&A with Ashley Fidler, Chief Product Officer at eSentire: Women in Cybersecurity

In a few short weeks, Carbon Black will be hosting our annual user conference, CBConnect19, in sunny San Diego. This year, we’re bringing together a group of powerhouse women from across a variety of industries for our annual Women in Cybersecurity Panel to share their knowledge and experience fr...

Flaws in Evaluating Security Tools for Linux

Carbon Black recently published a report on the challenges of securing Linux-based operating systems and how Carbon Black is redesigning the approach. For more information about how the Cb Predictive Security Cloud, Carbon Black's consolidated endpoint security platform, helps enterprises cut cos...

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...

What’s The Deal with Application Control?

Enterprise use of application control, on at least some PCs, will increase from 30% in 2017 to over 50% by 2022. It’s no secret that application control is one of the most effective ways to ensure the privacy and security of data. By allowing only preapproved files to run, application control has...

Partner Perspectives: How TrapX & Carbon Black Use Deception Technology to Better Protect Your Enterprise

As organizations continue to move toward digital transformation, the digital workspace ecosystem of IoT devices, endpoints, and networks continues to grow and evolve. This new landscape creates many opportunities for potential attackers. Security becomes even more important for everyone in this n...

Carbon Black’s Predictive Security Cloud (PSC) To Help Power Newly Launched IBM X-Force Threat Management Services

Today is another exciting day for Carbon Black and IBM! This morning we announced Carbon Black has expanded its relationship with IBM Security as the Cb Predictive Security Cloud PSC™ will be part of the newly launched IBM X-Force Threat Management Services to further combat advanced threats acro...

July 21, 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! July 21, 2017 - Headlines U.S. Justice Department Shuts Down Dark Web Bazaar...

Detecting Fileless Attacks with Enterprise EDR’s AMSI Visibility

If this year’s 2020 Cybersecurity Outlook Report taught us anything, it’s that defenders are seeing an increasing amount of defense evasion techniques in their environments. It’s crucial for security teams to have the granular visibility they need to spot malicious attacker behavior, however...

The Twists and Turns on the Road to Binee

On August 10, we introduced Binee—a binary emulation environment—to the world at DEFCON and, in an earlier blog, we shared a little bit of how and why we created this tool. Today, Binee is a tool that malware researchers can use as part of their reverse engineering processes. It’s an open-sourced...

Partner Perspectives: Endpoint Security Analytics with Sumo Logic and Carbon Black

The post Partner Perspectives: Endpoint Security Analytics with Sumo Logic and Carbon Black appeared first on Carbon Black...

Why Our Customers Love the PSC

As the cybersecurity world advances, organizations are starting to embrace cloud-based security platforms. More and more Carbon Black customers are moving to the CB Predictive Security Cloud PSC, an extensible cloud platform that consolidates security and provides you everything needed to secure...

Proper File Integrity Monitoring Critical in Light of Big Breaches & Regulatory Pressure

In light of the recent mega data breaches that have plagued our market over the last year, and the continued escalation of attempted cyberattacks against critical systems during peak periods i.e. the retail sector POS and payment systems, reported in the Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU...

Carbon Black’s Susan An Named to Rev Boston’s 2018 Top 20 Women List

It is a great honor to announce that Rev Boston recently listed Susan An, Senior Director of Corporate Sales at Carbon Black, on its annual ‘Top 20 Women’ list. Susan is part of the fourth cohort of women to be acknowledged by Rev Boston, an event and award recognizing the top women in technology...

Why Small Businesses Need Cloud-Based Endpoint Security

If you run security at a small business, you know that you aren’t immune from attacks. In fact, your intellectual property and data is often more at risk, as you are perceived to be an easier target than enterprise vendors. According to the Ponemon Institute, two thirds of SMBs have had at least...

Partner Perspectives: Protecting Against Fileless Malware with BluVector and Carbon Black

Josh Rosenthol is the Alliance and Integration Manager for BluVector. The Challenge of Fileless Malware “The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.” -Napoleon Bonaparte While first spoken over 200 years ago, this quote is remarkably relevant to the modus operandi of malware authors a...

10 Endpoint Security Problems Solved by the Cloud – Getting The Help You Need

Last week we looked at how the cloud helps you respond quickly to threats. This week, we’re going to examine why the cloud outperforms traditional AV when it comes to getting the help you need. It's You vs. Them Once upon a time, viruses were produced by individual hackers who were more intereste...

Carbon Black Elevated to CDW Emerging Gold Partner

I am proud to announce that CDW recently elevated Carbon Black from the “Silver” partner designation to “Emerging Gold!” This honor is a true testament to our growing partnership with CDW. It’s also a reflection of CDW’s continued commitment to endpoint security by leveraging Next-Generation...

September 25, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “William Faulkner” 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 25, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Nuclear war isn't Nort...

August 15, 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! August 15, 2017 - Headlines How Cybersecurity Became 2017’s Hot New Major - The...

July 20, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “British 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! July 20, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: The dark web goes corporate...

Using MixMode and Carbon Black to Spot a Watering Hole Attack

For those not familiar with watering hole attacks, they are attacks on a specific place—such as a restaurant—that many people visit. They generally involve malicious code being injected into an iframe on the company’s website. In the case of a restaurant, for example, the online menu would be a...

Carbon Black’s Global Incident Response Threat Report: The Ominous Rise of “Island Hopping” & Counter Incident Response Continues

To stay abreast of the current attack landscape and to quantify the latest attack trends seen by leading IR firms, Carbon Black is publishing its third Global Incident Response Threat Report GIRTR since introducing it in July 2018. Aggregating qualitative and quantitative input from 40 Carbon Bla...

Cb Customer Spotlight Series: Q&A with Integral’s Sean McFeely

Featuring Sean McFeely, Sr. Information Analyst at Valvoline’s Integral Defense This year at Cb Connect 2018, we had our first ever Developer Day to recognize our vibrant partner and developer ecosystem. We had an amazing group of 100 developers attend, culminating in a hackathon. Sean McFeely, S...

Excerpts from Modern Bank Heists – Non Malware Attack Methods

Carbon Black recently published a report on the latest non-malware attack methods, and how to counteract them. For more information about how Cb Defense, Carbon Black's NGAV + EDR solution, helps enterprises address their endpoint security challenges, check out our weekly Cb Defense Live Demo,...

Excerpts from Moving Endpoint Security to the Predictive Cloud: Choosing the Right Cloud

Carbon Black recently published a whitepaper on the reasons and benefits of moving endpoint security to the cloud; this is the first excerpt from that guide, which you can find here. For more information about how the Cb Predictive Security Cloud, Carbon Black's comprehensive endpoint protection...

VIDEO: Cybersecurity Trends: A Look Back on 2017 and Key Predictions for 2018

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on BizTechMagazine.com. The security landscape is constantly changing and 2017 had some major sea changes for IT on the security front. BizTech Magazine spoke with Rick McElroy and Paul Drapeau from Carbon Black to get their take on what the notable...

Excerpts from Moving Endpoint Security to the Predictive Cloud: Security Meets Big Data

Carbon Black recently published a whitepaper on the reasons and benefits of moving endpoint security to the cloud; this is the first excerpt from that guide, which you can find here. For more information about how the Cb Predictive Security Cloud, Carbon Black's comprehensive endpoint protection...

October 6, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Michael Viscuso” 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 6, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Step aside, Windows! Open...

5 Steps to a High-Speed SOC

Your endpoints don’t just live within the safety of your corporate network—they’re out in the wild exposed to millions of new threats every day. With non-malware attacks on the rise that are even harder to detect than traditional malware, security professionals are realizing it is no longer a...

Through the Years: an Inside Look at Carbon Black Technology

An early Carbon Black customer and Red Canary detection engineer provides perspective on Carbon Black’s technology evolutions. This post was originally published by our partner Red Canary on May 30, 2019. Back in 2013, I was one of the first security professionals to deploy Carbon Black. This was...

CB Threat Intelligence Notification: Vidar InfoStealer Trojan Aims to Steal Data Before Erasing Itself

Vidar is an info stealer trojan, which was sold under the name Vidar Pro stealer and can be distributed through different campaigns. This malware will perform multiple types of malicious behavior including stealing web browser cookies and history, digital wallets, two-factor authentication data,...

How a Dedicated Focus on Clarity Can Relieve Disorganization, Distraction and Confusion in Infosec

clar·i·ty /ˈklerədē/ noun the quality of being coherent and intelligible. "For the sake of clarity, each of these strategies is dealt with separately" 1. synonyms: | lucidity, lucidness, clearness, perspicuity, intelligibility, comprehensibility, coherence;More ---|--- It’s been three years on th...