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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...
Detection of Prevalent Threats by Distributed Deception
Today’s breaches are overwhelmingly carried out in a series of sophisticated, multi-stage attacks. The stages of such attacks can best be described by a “Cyber Kill Chain,” which as per MITRE ATT&CK Adversary Tactic Model [1] breaks down cyber intrusions into the...
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,...
Lateral Movement analysis of Zealot Campaign and its detection by Distributed 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 Centric Architecture to prevent Breaches involving WebServer.
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...
Beyond the Hype: AI in Information Security
In the next few years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform and expand as a decision engine across every enterprise business layer from product development to operations to finance to sales. While, internet biggies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Saleforce...