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...
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,...
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...
When you think threat hunting, what comes to mind? For most enterprise security staff, the answer is “Hmmm, not sure if that’s for me”. It’s true that threat hunting is a bit daunting: What goals am I going to achieve? What will I do if I actually find an adversary? Do I have the skills […]
What’s the biggest lesson from the SolarWinds fiasco? Just focusing security defenses on the most common means of penetrating an organization doesn’t cut it.