Tag: Apts

NetFlow Training Courses in May

Lancope's University of NetFlow will host four training courses in May in Boston, Montreal, Minneapolis and Chicago. Attendees will learn how to harness the power of NetFlow for dramatically improved network security and risk posture. READ MORE

Lancope’s Analysis of the Verizon 2013 Data Breach Report

Verizon has recently published the 2013 edition of its highly regarded Data Breach Investigations Report. Including analysis of more than 47,000 reported security incidents and 621 confirmed data breaches, the report reveals some very telling statistics and trends involving cyber security. Most importantly, it points to the fact that incident response and network surveillance need to be playing a much bigger role in organizations’ overall security strategies. READ MORE

New APT1/Comment Crew Indicators

StealthWatch Labs has uncovered a new set of technical indicators associated with the APT1 attacks that have not been published in another forum as far as we are aware. READ MORE

APT Number One

This week's Mandiant report goes a long way in making the case that well-funded, sophisticated attackers are currently staffed for the purpose of stealing corporate trade secrets. The report also reveals a fundamental problem in the operational preparedness of enterprises to detect these types of attacks. READ MORE

The Changing Nature of Incident Response: Part 1

You probably have an idea in your head of what the term “Advanced Persistent Threat” means. Unfortunately, whatever it is that you think the word means, there are probably other people reading this post who think it means something else. It is hard to have a dialog about the subject when we aren't speaking the same language. READ MORE