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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...
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...