Forrester Finds Carbon Black’s Predictive Security Cloud to have 261% ROI

Your endpoints are one of the most targeted assets in your organization—in 2017 alone, more than 50% of organizations experienced a data breach of some kind.1 At Carbon Black, we understand this risk, and are committed to providing the best possible endpoint protection. In order to demonstrate...

Using the L.U.R.E. Method to Swim Free of Phishing Attacks

baitfish noun bait·​fish | \ˈbāt-ˌfish \ Definition of baitfish : a small fish such as a golden shiner or menhaden that attracts and is a food source for a larger game fish also : a fish used for bait Think about being in a school of fish for a second. Schools behave the way they do for a reason...

Iron Mind: Defending Against Propaganda & Counter Victimization

Thomas Jefferson had it right. Propaganda is the greatest threat to any democracy. Or did you just believe a quote that I made up with a picture of him to add credence to this blog? Iron Palm or Iron Hand is a body of training techniques in various martial arts. It is originally one of the 72 art...

In the New “Wild West” Even “Small” Cryptocurrency Theft is Costing Billions

Over the weekend, another cryptocurrency exchange was breached. This time it was “only” $40 million” in cryptocurrency. However, as a result cryptocurrencies overall lost more than $40 billion in value following the attack. That’s not a typo - a $40 million heist cost the market more than $40...

Suppressing the Adversary via Threat Hunt Teams

What a brave new world. Global cyber insurgencies continue unabated. Decreasing dwell time is imperative in 2018. In order to achieve this goal, we must embrace the hunt. Every organization should stand up a threat hunt team. The team must be multidisciplinary with experience in e-forensics and...

The Perfect Storm:  Cyberspace Requires Defense in the Cloud

Cyberspace is a free-fire zone. Corporations are regularly under siege from multiple threat actors. The cyber-arms bazaar that flourishes around the world has allowed criminals and nations to wage long-term campaigns against corporations and government agencies. These attackers stalk businesses a...

VIDEO: Unfiltered Endpoint Data – Building Better Detection

BUILDING BETTER DETECTION In our previous post, Carbon Black’s Founder and CTO Mike Viscuso talked about how we can tilt the advantage back to the defenders with a “surveillance camera” for endpoints. By collecting endpoint activity and continuously storing it in a centralized location — without...

Partner Perspectives: Red Canary ATT&CKs (Part 1): Why We’re Using ATT&CK Across Red Canary

Editor's Note: This blog originally appeared on RedCanary.com Information security is grounded in risk management. And, because what gets measured gets managed, we rely on a variety of frameworks and key performance indicators to tell us whether we’re moving in the right direction. Frameworks lik...

Carbon Black Solutions Currently Compatible With Major OS Vendor Patches on Meltdown & Spectre

Recently, researchers have released details on two classes of vulnerabilities in modern CPU hardware. These vulnerabilities affect unprecedented numbers of systems and are some of the more difficult issues to address in recent history. These vulnerabilities, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, may be...

Australia’s “Essential Eight” is Critical to Meet 2018 Cybersecurity Mandates & Privacy Laws

Christopher Strand, Carbon Black’s security risk and compliance officer recently wrote a blog discussing how the new mandatory data breach notification rule in the Privacy Amendment Notifiable Data Breaches Bill 2016, helps bring attention to cybersecurity solutions and focus on the practices...

August 22, 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! August 22, 2017 - Headlines The Intelligence Community’s Top 3 Cybersecurity...

“The 101” – Episode 6 – Why is Malware Still Successful?

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. In the past few episodes we’ve spoken about the...

Thousands of Security Experts Work Together to Collectively Combat Petya / NotPetya Ransomware Attack

On Tuesday, Carbon Black’s community of security experts began working together with Carbon Black Threat Research to rapidly analyze the new ransomware family that was hitting organizations from Russia to Britain. More than 100 customers and partners communicated IOCs as the attack hit. “I heard...

Enterprise EDR Expands New Linux Coverage to SUSE, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, Oracle & Amazon Linux

VMware Carbon Black is pleased to announce an exciting expansion of Linux distribution coverage for Enterprise EDR users on the VMware Carbon Black Cloud platform. In addition to the current support of Windows, macOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL, CentOS, and Oracle, this release further expands...

Announcing the General Availability of Container Security in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud

Today, we are excited to announce the first release of Container Security capabilities in the Carbon Black Cloud. Building on our Cloud Workload Protection solution announced at VMworld, our new Container Security offering supports VMware’s Intrinsic Security vision to protect data and applicatio...

Announcing the Release of Malware Prevention for Linux

The VMware Carbon Black team has a mission to keep your entire organization safe from cyber attacks. To deliver on this for today’s landscape, the Carbon Black Cloud platform has added malware prevention for Linux to bring the entire protection lifecycle to Windows, macOS, and Linux. With Linux n...

The Game Changing Role of Performance Testing (Part 1)

In two previous blogs, VMware Carbon Black software engineers discussed how important it was to maintain a balance of latency, scale, and cost as they built out and enhanced the company’s reputation services. They also provided some insights into the challenges they encountered with various...

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

In early January 2020, a new ransomware named ‘SatanCryptor’ was discovered. After it performs file encryption, it will drop a ransom note named “ SATAN CRYPTOR .hta” and append ‘.satan’ as a file extension to the encrypted files. In addition, SatanCryptor will delete itself after the execution t...

Taking Reputation to Scale: An Iterative Journey with an Agile Approach (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this blog, we shared with you the challenges we had in balancing latency, scalability, and cost for our reputation services. In this blog, we’ll give you some insights into each major iteration along that journey, from the beginning to where we are now. 100 requests per second. Befor...

Gray Day: My Undercover Mission To Expose America’s First Cyber Spy

Who is Eric O’Neill? 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...

October 16, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Yale” 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, 2018 - Headlines U.K. Cyber Security Center Says Most Attacks Are...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Pumpkins, football, and cooler weather are three big indicators that it’s officially October. But, the most near and dear benchmark to my heart is that it’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month NCSAM 2018. In its 15th year, NCASM is as an annual initiative to raise awareness about the importanc...

Cb Customer Spotlight Series: How Purdue Federal Credit Union Achieves Critical System Lockdown

Featuring Dee Lucas, Sr. Network Administrator at Purdue Federal Credit Union Leading financial institution, Purdue Federal Credit Union, serves over 71,000 members nationwide. This makes security of the utmost importance for Sr. Network Administrator Dee Lucas who supports Purdue Federal’s SOC...

10 Endpoint Security Problems Solved by the Cloud – Responding Quickly To Threats

In this week’s installment of 10 endpoint security problems solved by the cloud, we’re going to step away from last week’s topic, identifying problems, and examine how the cloud helps organizations respond quickly to threats. Speed is Critical Attackers move quickly, and your ability to respond...

10 Endpoint Security Problems Solved by the Cloud – Slowing Down Endpoints

This week we will continue our investigation into the top 10 endpoint security problems the cloud solves. Our blog today moves on from the last dilemma we discussed, securing remote workers, and examines the issue of slowing down endpoints. Legacy AV Slows Down Endpoints Traditional AV is as...

10 Endpoint Security Problems Solved by the Cloud – An Introduction

Question: Where do 70% of successful breaches begin? Answer: The endpoint. The State of Endpoint Security Traditional defensive security solutions are fighting a losing battle against hackers and malware. With each day, new attacks and viruses appear and keeping systems safe is like bailing out a...

Modern Bank Heists: Cybersecurity Threats Facing the Financial Sector

Despite investing heavily in security, financial institutions continue to experience cyber attacks at a rapid pace. Conducted primarily for the purpose of yielding illicit financial gain, cyber attacks against the financial services industry are increasing in sophistication and are often...

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...

In Cybersecurity, the Fastest Decision Maker Wins Most Often

During the Korean War, John Boyd, an Air Force pilot and military strategist, studied why the F-86 Sabre was so successful in shooting down the Russian MiG-15 of that generation. Boyd discovered that the U.S. planes, while inferior to the Russian MiG in terms of speed, range, and altitude, were...

Ransomware Roundup: Alternative Techniques featuring CTB-Faker

Ransomware is innovating to spread faster, hit harder and increase its payout potential. New unknown variants pop up daily, and many leverage non-malware techniques to evade traditional defenses. CTB-Faker is a perfect example of how modern ransomware is leveraging these new techniques to easily...

“The 101” – Episode 7 – Why is Ransomware on the Rise?

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. Much like viruses and adware were top of mind in t...

Common Sense Clarity on GDPR

Having recently returned from the first phase of Carbon Black’s official General Data Protection Regulation GDPR Data Security and Privacy tour, where I participated in the data privacy and security enablement of numerous European global businesses, I’ve collected many valuable insights on the...

July 7, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Spiderman” 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 7, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Residents of these states ar...

July 5, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Isaac Newton” 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 5, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black’s Cb Defense...

Linux Distribution Coverage Extended Across the VMware Carbon Black Cloud

In 2020, a record 56 new Linux malware families were discovered. We are now seeing this trend continue into the new year with the latest discovery of RedXOR, believed to be formulated by Chinese nation-state actors targeting RedHat Enterprise Linux RHEL. With organizations hyper-accelerating thei...

Invoke-APT29: Adversarial Threat Emulation

MITRE recently conducted its second ATT&CK exercise in their ongoing annual series of Endpoint Security Efficacy testing and evaluation. This test focuses on assessing the behavioral capabilities of multiple endpoint security vendors against a simulated adversary, based closely around...

If You Don’t Have 2, You Don’t Have 1

If You Don’t Have 2, You Don’t Have 1 “If you don’t have 2, you don’t have 1” is something you hear often in our engineering group. This is our team’s way of stressing the importance of persistence in data engineering. If a stream goes down, you lose it. You have to get confirmation that data is...

How Live Query Will Change The Way You Do Vulnerability Management

It’s no secret that, without the right set of tools, vulnerability management can be tedious and exhausting. With slow, manual processes it can take weeks to identify and remediate issues. And the work itself is often dull, sifting and searching without yielding real results. Live Query...

5 Reasons Why AV Can’t Protect Your Data Center

Why are so many organizations lagging behind in performing security assessments of virtual assets in their datacenter? One contributing factor is the impact of virtualization on the datacenter has happened so quickly and organically, that products and processes haven’t kept up. Even now, there is...

The Tenth (& Final) Question Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answer To)

In previous blogs, we discussed Commander’s Intent for CEOs and introduced 10 questions CEOs should be asking their teams. This week covers the final question in the series but does not complete the cybersecurity conversation for CEOs. This should never end. Security must be an ongoing program th...

Partner Perspectives: How an IT Service Provider and Red Canary Stopped a Malware Outbreak

Editor's Note: This blog originally appeared on redcanary.com. In this post, a technical account manager recounts how Red Canary partnered with an IT service provider to help one of their customers stop a rapidly spreading network worm. This blog goes behind the scenes of the incident response...

Carbon Black Opens New Research and Development Office in Greater Portland, Oregon

Carbon Black is proud to announce our new office opening in Hillsboro, Oregon – just outside of Portland. The office will serve as a center for research and development, with a focus on bringing new products to market. Hillsboro lies just outside of Portland, a city that experienced a 40-percent...

Cb Defense October 2017 Release Speeds Up Your Response

During a response scenario, every minute counts. The faster you can complete your investigation, the faster you can start taking corrective action. That’s why this week we’re happy to announce the October 2017 update of Cb Defense, which improves search functionality within the Cb Defense console...

September 22, 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! September 22, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: 'Hacker' is the wrong...

“The 101” – Episode 9 – What Makes a Rootkit So Dangerous?

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. In this week’s episode, we learn more about a...

September 5, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “The Office” 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 5, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black’s Cb Defen...

August 28, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Game of Thrones” 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 28, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black Joins Forces...

July 6, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Dalai Lama” 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 6, 2017 - Headlines UN finds cybersecurity is a struggle worldwide - CNET...

VMware Carbon Black Cloud™ Awarded Cyber Catalyst Designation

VMware Carbon Black Cloud has been awarded a Cyber CatalystSM designation for its cloud native endpoint and workload protection platforms, which helps more than 20,000 organizations worldwide detect and stop emerging attacks. The designation is part of the annual Cyber Catalyst by Marsh℠ program,...

TAU Threat Analysis: Bundlore (macOS) mm-install-macos

The mm-install-macos variant of the Bundlore family of macOS adware has been around for many years in many variations and delivery methods. Recently, a variant with a novel installation method was discovered. Although most of the installation details were the same or similar to the samples analyz...