The security industry needs to become more clandestine in its approach to incident response, making it harder for attackers to know that they are being tracked. At least that’s what researchers concluded in the fifth installment of VMware Carbon Black’s semi-annual Global Incident Response Threat Report, which also focused heavily on
Author: Steve Zurier
Operation North Star attackers appear to be Hidden Cobra
A phishing lure disguised as a legitimate inquiry by a recruiter for a new job opportunity inserts a malicious template into an attached Word document, which then gathers intelligence on the target, usually a highly-skilled technology worker in the aerospace and defense industries. The attack, dubbed Operation North Star, was discovered
Emerging Products: Breach and attack simulation technologies
SC Labs tested seven breach and attack simulation products for August that will sharpen up your security assessments. (Source: Erikona, Getty Images) Manual security testing can’t keep pace with the threat landscape. Penetration testing takes time and it’s costly and labor-intensive. It’s also fully dependent on the expertise of the penetration
First Look: Hyperproof Compliance Operations Platform
Hyperproof’s Jumpstart feature scans the environment for any controls and requirements that overlap with the new framework selected. (Source: Hyperproof) Company Name: Hyperproof Product Name: Hyperproof Compliance Operations Platform Basic Price: Professional Price Point of $100 per user/month (1-year commitment) What it does: A compliance operations platform that streamlines the compliance process for enterprises