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Rise Above the Fray with The NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Being a CISO these days isn’t easy. The threats are dynamic, the technology hype bewildering, and the expectations from the boss to magically “just make the problem go away” unrelenting. One way to help get a grip on this mess is to adopt industry accepted frameworks...
Lateral Movement Technique Employed by Hidden Cobra
US-Cert recently issued notification regarding malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government [1] Hidden Cobra.
Lateral Movement Technique by Hidden Cobra Threat Actor
US Cert recently issued notification regarding malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government [1] as Hidden Cobra. There are two families of malware used by the North Korean Government. Remote Access Tool (RAT) known as Jonap A Server Message Block (SMB)...
Using Deep Learning for Information Security – Part 1
Balamurali A R and Satnam Singh – Post Web 2.0, data generated on the internet has increased manifold. This has led to the use of data driven approaches to solve many traditional problems across different industry verticals.
Deception Deployment Strategies : Threat Agnostic vs. Service Agnostic
In our previous blogs[1][2], we have shared details of detection of breach campaigns and worms by using Deception. A Distributed Deception Platform (DDP) consists of the breadcrumbs and lures at the endpoint pointing to the honey services in the network. The DDP can...
Detection of Breach Campaigns by using Distributed Deception
Today’s breaches are predominantly carried out in a series of sophisticated, multi-stage attacks. The stages involved in such an attack can best be described by a “Cyber Kill Chain". This, as per MITRE ATT&CK Adversary Tactic Model [11] breaks down cyber...
A Game Between Adversary and Defender
The motivation for this blog is a question that has been circling in my head for a long time, and I have asked this question to many security analysts: Have they played a game with an adversary? or in other words - Have they engaged with an adversary? I got mixed...
WannMine – Lateral Movement Techniques
Acalvio Threat Research Labs Introduction: Cryptominer is quickly becoming one of the greatest threats that is facing our industry. Similar to ransomware, it provides an easy avenue for a threat actor to monetize his/her skills. In one of the earlier blogs, we...
Technical Analysis of Samsam Ransomware.
Ransomware continues to represent the most critical threat facing organizations in 2018. In the latest breaches at Hancock Memorial Hospital, Adams Memorial Hospital, and Allscripts, SamSam ransomware was used to encrypt the files. In this blog, we dive into the...
Ransomware Command and Control Detection using Machine Learning
Authors: Deepak Gujraniya, Mohammad Waseem, Balamurali AR, and Satnam Singh Since the first attack in 1989 [1], ransomware attacks have gained popularity. Especially in 2017, it has created havoc in every possible industry, including the government offices,...
Zealot Campaign Analysis & Detection via Deception Architecture
Acalvio Threat Research Labs Web Servers are becoming one of the entry vectors in breaches. In the last blog, I had shared the details of deception based architecture to prevent breaches involving web server as an entry vector. In this blog, we take Zealot campaign...
Deception-Based Architecture to Guard WebServer – Acalvio
Web Server is becoming one of the critical vector which have been exploited by a threat actor to breach an organization. Breach at Equifax is one such example, affecting 143 million customers. In this breach, a threat actor could access the internal network and...