In our first-ever Cloud Threat Summit, CrowdStrike’s Senior Vice President of Intelligence and Senior Director of Consulting Services discussed the most common ways adversaries breach the cloud and the steps organizations can take to stay safe. An insightful and engaging conversation during last week’s Cloud Threat Summit featured Adam Meyers, Senior Vice President of … [Read more...] about Cloud Security Incident Response Guidance
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Malware Attack on CircleCI Engineer’s Laptop Leads to Recent Security Incident
Jan 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananDevOps / Data Security DevOps platform CircleCI on Friday disclosed that unidentified threat actors compromised an employee's laptop and leveraged malware to steal their two-factor authentication-backed credentials to breach the company's systems and data last month. The CI/CD service CircleCI said the "sophisticated attack" took place on December … [Read more...] about Malware Attack on CircleCI Engineer’s Laptop Leads to Recent Security Incident
ThreatWise TV: Exploring Recent Incident Response Trends
Today we’re examining some of the revelations in the Q3 Cisco Talos Incident Response Trends Report. This document is an anonymized look at of all the engagements that the Cisco Talos Incident Response team have been involved in over the previous three months. It also features threat intelligence from our team of researchers and analysts. To start, take a watch of this … [Read more...] about ThreatWise TV: Exploring Recent Incident Response Trends
CrowdStrike Services Releases Free Incident Response Tracker
The CrowdStrike Incident Response Tracker is a convenient spreadsheet that includes sections to document indicators of compromise, affected accounts, compromised systems and a timeline of significant events CrowdStrike incident response teams have leveraged this type of tracker in thousands of investigations Download the CrowdStrike Incident Response Tracker Template During a … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike Services Releases Free Incident Response Tracker
Cyber Hygiene: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of incident response
Today’s incident response teams operate like hospital emergency rooms (ERs). When an alert comes in—malware infection, intrusion, anomalous behavior, etc.—a specialist is called in for diagnosis and remediation. In cybersecurity, as in healthcare, good preventive care can improve outcomes and reduce costs. At Cisco, I’ve been a part of a team responsible for imagining a … [Read more...] about Cyber Hygiene: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of incident response
Report to Your Management with the Definitive ‘Incident Response for Management’ Presentation Template
Security incidents occur. It's not a matter of 'if' but of 'when.' There are security products and procedures that were implemented to optimize the IR process, so from the 'security-professional' angle, things are taken care of.However, many security pros who are doing an excellent job in handling incidents find effectively communicating the ongoing process with their … [Read more...] about Report to Your Management with the Definitive ‘Incident Response for Management’ Presentation Template
2021 Security Outcomes Study: Timely Incident Response as a Business Enabler
Anyone who has ever observed or participated in a dance rehearsal is familiar with the count-off cadence, 5, 6, 7, 8. The same is true of musicians who count at the beginning of a piece, or an athlete awaiting the starting signal. These indicators alert us to the same thing: Be ready NOW. Cybersecurity has a set of starting signals as well, but they differ in one aspect. In … [Read more...] about 2021 Security Outcomes Study: Timely Incident Response as a Business Enabler
Cynet Takes Cyber Threat Protection Automation to the Next Level with Incident Engine
We have all heard of the "cybersecurity skills gap" — firms' inability to hire and retain high-level cybersecurity talent.I see this gap manifesting in two ways. First, companies that want to hire cybersecurity talent simply cannot find candidates with sufficient skills. Second, companies that cannot afford specialized cybersecurity talent and therefore lack the necessary … [Read more...] about Cynet Takes Cyber Threat Protection Automation to the Next Level with Incident Engine
SMB Myth Busting: Do smaller organizations care about incident response?
A plan isn’t successful until it’s put to the test. When it comes to your incident response plan, frequent tabletop exercises are recommended. Given that this takes time and resources, it may be tempting to put incident response planning on the back burner and use your limited resources on more immediate concerns. For small and medium businesses, there is a misconception that … [Read more...] about SMB Myth Busting: Do smaller organizations care about incident response?
The Incident Response Challenge 2020 — Results and Solutions Announced
In April 2020, Cynet launched the world's first Incident Response Challenge to test and reward the skills of Incident Response professionals.The Challenge consisted of 25 incidents, in increasing difficulty, all inspired by real-life scenarios that required participants to go beyond the textbook solution and think outside of the box. Over 2,500 IR professionals competed to be … [Read more...] about The Incident Response Challenge 2020 — Results and Solutions Announced