Next Gen Penetration Testing: An Adversarial Approach
In today’s dynamic security world, organizations must understand the benefits of proactively testing their cyber security posture to properly defend against targeted…
From The Front Lines
The Importance of Logs
Across all of the nation-state targeted attacks, insider thefts, and criminal enterprises that CrowdStrike has investigated, one thing is clear: logs are…
Compromise Attack Targets: Corporate Printers?
The term, “Advanced persistent threat” (APT), has become almost as mainstream as security breaches in everyday news. With a multitude of scary…
“You Want Me to Do What?” A Guide to Interpreting Cybersecurity Recommendations
Congratulations! You’ve reached the end of yet another proactive engagement with a security services provider. Now that the engagement is over, what…
The Imperative for Proactive Incident Response in 2015 and Beyond
Today, the CrowdStrike Services team is unveiling its first-ever Cyber Intrusion Casebook. In this report, we highlight findings from hundreds of incident…
Why Your Business Environment Should Drive Cybersecurity
This is the second in a recurring series that explores the cybersecurity principles and best practices found within the National Institute of…
5 Steps for Enhancing Your Security Team
The threat level has never been higher for organizations charged with protecting valuable data. In fact, as recent headlines will attest, no…
Is Your Cybersecurity Approach Based on Myth? Get a Reality Check.
As human beings, we make thousands of assumptions every day. It is our way of coping with situations we do not fully…
There is no Such Thing as ‘Business as Usual’ When it Comes to Incident Response
When your network gets breached – and I do mean when and not if – the first question that needs to be answered is whether the…
Chopping packets: Decoding China Chopper Web shell traffic over SSL
Introduction The Chopper Web shell is a widely used backdoor by Chinese and other malicious actors to remotely access a compromised Web…