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Engineering Consulting Firm Improves Security with a Formalized, Top-down Risk Management Program
Engineering consulting firm improves security with a formalized, top-down risk management program.
Read moreBeyond the Breach: Data Exfil & Data Mining with Will Hartz
Stephen Ramey invites Arete Director of Data Breach Analysis Will Hartz onto the podcast to discuss what happens beyond the breach and how Arete helps clients identify and report on sensitive data.
Read moreEndpoint Detection and Response: The Closest Thing to a Silver Bullet to Stop Ransomware
By Paul Caron In its recent report “Combating Ransomware,” the Ransomware Task Force says there’s no silver bullet to solving the ransomware challenge. Instead, the group touts a multi-pronged approach and provides an extensive list of…
Read moreTeach a Man Not to Be Phished
BY KEVIN BAKER Email phishing scams are rampant. And to help you avoid falling victim to one, I’m offering five easy to-dos. 1. STAY ALERT. When it comes to defeating cybercrime, awareness is step number one. While deceptive emails aren’t the…
Read moreDear Ramey: Could I Lose My Job Over This Cyberattack?
ANSWERING BURNING QUESTIONS FROM VICTIMS OF CYBER EVENTS DEAR RAMEY: My organization recently recovered from a devastating cyberattack. We lost access to our information for a few days. Root cause analysis determined that the threat actor…
Read moreCybersecurity Forensic Investigations with Brian Rydstrom
Stephen Ramey talks with Arete Director of Digital Forensics Brian Rydstrom about his time working at a big four consulting firm, leading a team of incident responders, how to leverage threat intelligence, and the importance of information sharing.
Read moreAvaddon Ransomware Hits AXA
BY ARETE CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE TEAM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY From September 2020 to May 2021, the Arete Incident Response (IR) practice responded to nine Avaddon ransomware engagements across varying industry sectors, including the professional…
Read moreIncident Response Management with Matt Ramey
Steve Ramey talks with a Head of CSIRT for a fortune global 500 company about incident response management, transitioning from the public to the private sector, and building a robust cybersecurity team.
Read moreEmpowering Cybersecurity Career Advancement in India
BY RAJ SIVARAJU, PRESIDENT OF APAC Companies around the world have long relied on India for cost-effective technical outsourcing. Thanks to the country’s abundance of highly trained technical talent, it’s been a successful support model. But like…
Read moreColonial Pipeline Breached by Darkside Ransomware Group
On Saturday May 8, US Colonial Pipeline announced that they were victim of a ransomware attack that affected their network on Friday May 7. US Colonial Pipeline is said to be the largest fuel pipeline in the United States and the main source of…
Read moreTechnical Insight: The 10 Stages of a Highly Sophisticated LuckyDay Ransomware Attack
BY ELEC MCCLELLAN, SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER LEAD Sophisticated threat actors may or may not know the difference between a salad knife and a dinner knife, but they’d be happy to hold either to your throat when the time is right — and they sure…
Read moreThreat Intelligence with Jaycee Roth and Evgueni Erchov
Interview with Jaycee Roth and Evgueni Erchov, discussing how Arete interlaces threat intelligence with our forensic investigations and incident response services.
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