Apr 24, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Cyber Espionage The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday sanctioned two firms and four individuals for their involvement in malicious cyber activities on behalf of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC) from at least 2016 to April 2021. This includes the front … [Read more...] about U.S. Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms and Individuals Tied to Cyber Attacks
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What You Need to Know About the Critical PAN-OS Zero-Day
UPDATE: It has been confirmed that disabling telemetry will not block this exploit. Applying a patch as soon as possible is the most effective remediation for this vulnerability. Patches for 8 of the 18 vulnerable versions have been released; patches for the remaining vulnerable versions are expected by April 19th. CrowdStrike is constantly working to protect our customers from … [Read more...] about What You Need to Know About the Critical PAN-OS Zero-Day
Artificial Intelligence Means Smaller Teams Doing More with Less Makes the Small Autonomous Teams Structure Even More Important
The artificial intelligence wave that we’ve seen hit the news is one step in a long line of innovations that technologists have been working on for years. And this technology, like other technologies, will not eliminate jobs in the way that people fear. Rather, it’s like electricity—it will enable people to do more and to be more capable at their jobs. AI doesn’t replace … [Read more...] about Artificial Intelligence Means Smaller Teams Doing More with Less Makes the Small Autonomous Teams Structure Even More Important
Advanced Ransomware Detection with Next-Gen SIEM
CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM enables companies to search, investigate and hunt down threats, including detection of advanced ransomware targeting VMware ESXi Initial access to the ESXi infrastructure1 is typically gained through lateral movement using valid credentials eCrime actors target and deploy ransomware in ESXi environments to increase the impact and scale of … [Read more...] about Advanced Ransomware Detection with Next-Gen SIEM
Charlotte AI’s Multi-AI Approach | CrowdStrike
Over the last year there has been a prevailing sentiment that while AI will not necessarily be replacing humans, humans who use AI will replace those that don’t. This sentiment also applies to the next era of cybersecurity, which has been rapidly unfolding over the last year. Recent breakthroughs in generative AI hold enormous promise for modern defenders. Amid the dual … [Read more...] about Charlotte AI’s Multi-AI Approach | CrowdStrike
Apache Cordova App Harness Targeted in Dependency Confusion Attack
Apr 23, 2024NewsroomSupply Chain Attack / Application Security Researchers have identified a dependency confusion vulnerability impacting an archived Apache project called Cordova App Harness. Dependency confusion attacks take place owing to the fact that package managers check the public repositories before private registries, thus allowing a threat actor to publish a … [Read more...] about Apache Cordova App Harness Targeted in Dependency Confusion Attack
Protecting Employees’ Sensitive Data on the Web
Organizations are increasingly concerned about high-profile employees’ information being exposed on the deep and dark web. The CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations team is often asked to find fake social media accounts and personally identifiable information (PII) that might be exposed. Impersonations and leaked PII can unravel lives and ruin the reputations of individuals … [Read more...] about Protecting Employees’ Sensitive Data on the Web
Nature Communications Publishes Zapata AI Research on Generative AI for Optimization
The paper demonstrates how generative AI can improve upon existing techniques for solving optimization problems common in industrial settings. Zapata Computing Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ZPTA), the Industrial Generative AI company, announced that its foundational research on generator-enhanced optimization (GEO) has been published in the esteemed Nature … [Read more...] about Nature Communications Publishes Zapata AI Research on Generative AI for Optimization
Porter Airlines Cybersecurity Consolidation | CrowdStrike
As Porter Airlines scaled its business, it needed a unified cybersecurity platform to eliminate the challenges of juggling multiple cloud, identity and endpoint security products. Porter consolidated its cybersecurity strategy with the single-agent, single-console architecture of the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® XDR platform. With the Falcon platform, the airline has reduced … [Read more...] about Porter Airlines Cybersecurity Consolidation | CrowdStrike
Exploring 11 popular machine learning algorithms
Over the past few years, machine learning (ML) has quietly become an integral part of our daily lives. It impacts everything from personalized recommendations on shopping and streaming sites to protecting our inboxes from the onslaught of spam we get every day. But it’s not purely a tool for our convenience. Machine learning has become crucial in the current tech landscape, and … [Read more...] about Exploring 11 popular machine learning algorithms