What do "bank transfer request.lnk" and "URGENT-Invoice-27-August.docx.lnk" have in common? Both are the names of malicious files being sent as part of a phishing campaign attributed to the Qakbot botnet group that has continued despite law enforcement disrupting Qakbot's operations in late August.
Organizations have relied on disjointed technologies and tools that focus on individual security layers for too long. To stay ahead of threat actors, it is time to change the way we approach security.
This paradigm shift requires us to embrace the next era of cybersecurity that combines human intelligence with AI...
Welcome to the report summarizing this industry survey, conducted in Q1 and 2, 2023. It attracted 150 responses
from senior cybersecurity professionals at manufacturing
operations globally.
We benchmark where the pain points are for
defenders and what organizations are doing to overcome these
issues, the extent...
SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten hit back at endpoint security rivals CrowdStrike and Microsoft and rumored M&A suitor Wiz for publicly fanning acquisition flames. The endpoint security firm called Wiz acquisition rumors "a head-scratcher," "far from fact" and "pure speculation on their part."
Malwarebytes laid off at least 100 workers this week and plans to split its consumer and corporate-facing business units into separate companies. The antivirus firm cut also recently axed its chief product officer, chief information officer and chief technology officer.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said point product companies "are quickly going the way of legacy antivirus" as rivals SentinelOne and BlackBerry reportedly hunt for buyers. The endpoint security market is quickly consolidating from being "littered with dozens of companies" to having several vendors.
To develop robust OT cyber security roadmaps and foundations, organizations with OT systems (everything from manufacturing process controls to building control systems to security access systems) should embrace the concept of OTSM (OT Systems Management), paralleling their ITSM practices, but within the unique...
In this episode of CyberEd.io's podcast series "Cybersecurity Insights," Alex Waintraub, DFIR expert evangelist at CYGNVS, discusses how generative AI will play a role in the future of incident response - and in all aspects of cybersecurity - and emphasizes its dangers as well as its benefits.
Unnecessary cyber alerts are a threat that can overwhelm defenders, leading to burnout and reduced efficiency within the team. Chris Waynforth, vice president and general manager at Expel, said adopting automation solutions to filter and prioritize alerts allows for more effective incident response.
In a world accustomed to multiple, fragmented technologies and point solutions, organizations need a unified approach that supports endpoint security and management across heterogeneous devices and operating systems. They need fast deployment and rapid time to value, in both the cloud and on-premise implementations....
Insider threats continue to rise, increasing 44% over two years, according to the 2022 Ponemon Cost of Insider Threats report. With growing corporate layoffs and challenging financial conditions, there is a clear risk of disgruntled employees exfiltrating IP and financial data. Some of the most challenging threats to...
Endpoint threat detection and response tools aren’t the panaceas for protecting organizations from ransomware and other cybersecurity risks. And the back actors know this. They routinely exploit privileged accounts to circumvent endpoint security to orchestrate dangerous attacks.
So how can organizations better...
CrowdStrike has focused on bringing its extended detection and response technology to users with less expensive devices such as Chromebooks by adding support for Google's ChromeOS. The pact will give CrowdStrike clients greater visibility into the security posture and compliance of ChromeOS devices.
Automated XDR platforms are increasingly sought after as organizations grapple with tool sprawl and the complexity of their security stack. But is there a risk of XDR platforms becoming a single point of failure? Microsoft Senior Director Scott Woodgate emphasized building "resiliency" for XDR.
In a world accustomed to multiple, fragmented technologies and point solutions, organizations need a unified approach that supports endpoint security and management across heterogeneous devices and operating systems.
This buyer’s guide:
Lists capabilities that characterize an effective endpoint management...
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