The role of the Tier 1 Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst varies across organizations, but almost always includes activities such as monitoring security dashboards to view events and alerts of potential threats, intrusions and indicators of compromise. The Tier 1 analyst also typically performs initial...
We’ve written before in this blog about the rise of asymmetric cyber warfare; it is feasible that the next major war on this planet will be less about missiles vs. tanks and more about computer worms vs. network threat detection. To get a sense of...
Any attacker worth their salt know that foreign software can raise a red flag with your network monitoring tools or endpoint management products. That’s why they’re increasingly turning to “living off the land” (LotL) techniques, which involve exploiting commonly available tools and native software so...
Reading the headlines today, it’s safe to say that advanced malware poses a challenge to many of our traditional network security defenses. These malicious programs use an ever-increasing array of sophisticated tactics and evasive techniques to slip past our security walls. Once inside our castle...
Welcome back to a another regular Lastline Threat Intelligence Briefing. This short email briefing intends to give Lastline customers and other interested parties a regular recap of the most important news and events surrounding malware in the world in the previous two weeks. You will...
As virtually every single person working in the world of security knows, last week was the annual RSA Conference. Tens of thousands of security-minded folk from all over the world converged in San Francisco to talk all things security. Let’s just get the elephant in the...
On December 16, 2019, the U.S. Coast Guard disclosed a security incident at a facility regulated by the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA). Forensic analysis suggests that the incident might have begun when an employee clicked on a link embedded in a phishing email. This...
Welcome back to another Lastline Threat Intelligence Briefing. This email briefing intends to give Lastline customers and other interested parties a regular recap of the most important news and events surrounding malware in the world in the previous two weeks. We are providing links to...
The current state of malware is a conflicted one. On the one hand, data breaches involving malware have become less frequent in recent years. In its 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), Verizon found that malware had been active in 28 percent of data breaches...
Welcome back to a brand new year and another Lastline Threat Intelligence Briefing! We hope your new year was fantastic! This short briefing intends to give Lastline customers and other interested parties a regular recap of the most important news and events surrounding malware in...
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