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Beyond the Breach: Data Exfil & Data Mining with Will Hartz
Arete’s Director of Data Breach Analysis Will Hartz joins the podcast to discuss what happens beyond the breach and how Arete helps clients identify and report on sensitive data.
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Endpoint 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 moreCybersecurity Forensic Investigations with Brian Rydstrom
Arete’s Director of Digital Forensics Brian Rydstrom joins the conversation 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.
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Avaddon Ransomware Hits AXA
Avaddon ransomware allegedly attacked European insurance provider AXA shortly after the company announced that it will stop paying ransoms for its clients. Our analysis provides an in-depth look at Avaddon’s tactics and recommended mitigations.
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Incident Response Management
Matt Ramey, Head of CSIRT for a Fortune Global 500 company, discusses incident response management, the transition from the public to the private sector, information sharing in the industry, and the importance of building a robust cybersecurity team.
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Empowering Cybersecurity Career Advancement in India
Companies around the world have long relied on India for cost-effective technical outsourcing.
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 Evgueni Erchov
In the latest episode of Security Superpowers, Arete’s Head of Security Research and Strategy Evgueni Erchov discusses how Arete interlaces threat intelligence with our forensic investigations and incident response services.
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Healthcare Company Takes Proactive Measures to Improve Security Maturity
A CIO saw a cyber incident as an opportunity to measure and get a baseline of the company's cyber hygiene and devise a plan for hardening infrastructure and reaching a higher level of security maturity.
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The Hidden Costs of Cybercrime
This year, the global cost of cybercrime is expected to hit $6 trillion.[i] Up from $3 trillion in 2015, it’s nothing short of a big, flourishing business whose operators are relentless innovators.
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