Incident Response - Security Intelligence

Your BOFs Are gross, Put on a Mask: How to Hide Beacon During BOF Execution

8 min read - In this post, we’ll review a simple technique that we’ve developed to encrypt Cobalt Strike’s Beacon in memory while executing BOFs to prevent a memory scan from detecting Beacon. Picture this — you’re on a red team engagement and your…

June 22, 2023

Cyberattackers Target the Latin American Health Care Sector

3 min read - Cyberattacks on the healthcare sector are a growing threat in Latin America, and the large amount of confidential data these organizations handle makes these attacks a top concern. The value of healthcare data in the illegal market, such as the…

June 5, 2023

SOCs Spend 32% of the Day On Incidents That Pose No Threat

4 min read - When it comes to the first line of defense for any company, its Security Operations Center (SOC) is an essential component. A SOC is a dedicated team of professionals who monitor networks and systems for potential threats, provide analysis of…

June 2, 2023

Poor Communication During a Data Breach Can Cost You — Here’s How to Avoid It

5 min read - No one needs to tell you that data breaches are costly. That data has been quantified and the numbers are staggering. In fact, the IBM Security Cost of a Data Breach estimates that the average cost of a data breach…

June 1, 2023

Ransomware Renaissance 2023: The Definitive Guide to Stay Safer

2 min read - Ransomware is experiencing a renaissance in 2023, with some cybersecurity firms reporting over 400 attacks in the month of March alone. And it shouldn’t be a surprise: the 2023 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index found backdoor deployments — malware providing remote…

Expert Insights on the X-Force Threat Intelligence Index

5 min read - Top insights are in from this year’s IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, but what do they mean? Three IBM Security X-Force experts share their thoughts on the implications of the most pressing cybersecurity threats, and offer guidance for what organizations can do to better protect themselves. Moving Left of Boom: Early Backdoor Detection Andy Piazza, Global Head of Threat Intelligence at IBM Security X-Force, sat down with Security Intelligence to chat with us about the rise in the deployment…

How Morris Worm Command and Control Changed Cybersecurity

4 min read - A successful cyberattack requires more than just gaining entry into a victim’s network. To truly reap the rewards, attackers must maintain a persistent presence within the system. After establishing communication with other compromised network devices, actors can stealthily extract valuable data. The key to all this is a well-developed Command and Control (C2 or C&C) infrastructure. The number of C2 servers used for launching cyberattacks increased by 30% in 2022. More than 17,000 of these servers were detected last year,…

The Important Role of SOAR in Cybersecurity

4 min read - Understaffed security teams need all the help they can get, and they are finding that help through SOAR. SOAR — security orchestration, automation and response — is defined by Gartner as the “technologies that enable organizations to collect inputs monitored by the security operations team.” Gartner identifies a SOAR platform’s three prime functionalities: Threat and vulnerability management, security operations automation and incident response. The number of threats coming across the network and endpoints each day overwhelms most organizations. Adding SOAR…

X-Force Prevents Zero Day from Going Anywhere

8 min read - This blog was made possible through contributions from Fred Chidsey and Joseph Lozowski. The 2023 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index shows that vulnerability discovery has rapidly increased year-over-year and according to X-Force’s cumulative vulnerability and exploit database, only 3% of vulnerabilities are associated with a zero day. X-Force often observes zero-day exploitation on Internet-facing systems as a vector for initial access however, X-Force has also observed zero-day attacks leveraged by attackers to accomplish their goals and objectives after initial access was…

X-Force Prevents Zero Day from Going Anywhere

When the Absence of Noise Becomes Signal: Defensive Considerations for Lazarus FudModule

7 min read - In February 2023, X-Force posted a blog entitled “Direct Kernel Object Manipulation (DKOM) Attacks on ETW Providers” that details the capabilities of a sample attributed to the Lazarus group leveraged to impair visibility of the malware’s operations. This blog will…

Breaking Down a Cyberattack, One Kill Chain Step at a Time

4 min read - In today’s wildly unpredictable threat landscape, the modern enterprise should be familiar with the cyber kill chain concept. A cyber kill chain describes the various stages of a cyberattack pertaining to network security. Lockheed Martin developed the cyber kill chain…

Defining the Cobalt Strike Reflective Loader

23 min read - The Challenge with Using Cobalt Strike for Advanced Red Team Exercises While next-generation AI and machine-learning components of security solutions continue to enhance behavioral-based detection capabilities, at their core many still rely on signature-based detections. Cobalt Strike being a popular…

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Topics

Your BOFs Are gross, Put on a Mask: How to Hide Beacon During BOF Execution

Cyberattackers Target the Latin American Health Care Sector

SOCs Spend 32% of the Day On Incidents That Pose No Threat

Poor Communication During a Data Breach Can Cost You — Here’s How to Avoid It

Ransomware Renaissance 2023: The Definitive Guide to Stay Safer

Expert Insights on the X-Force Threat Intelligence Index

How Morris Worm Command and Control Changed Cybersecurity

The Important Role of SOAR in Cybersecurity

X-Force Prevents Zero Day from Going Anywhere

X-Force Prevents Zero Day from Going Anywhere

When the Absence of Noise Becomes Signal: Defensive Considerations for Lazarus FudModule

Breaking Down a Cyberattack, One Kill Chain Step at a Time

Defining the Cobalt Strike Reflective Loader

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