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Beyond the Hype: AI in Information Security
In the next few years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform and expand as a decision engine across every enterprise business layer from product development to operations to finance to sales. While, internet biggies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Saleforce are already embedding AI into their products, the Information Security (InfoSec) industry is also catching up […]
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Lateral Movement of Emotet
Acalvio Threat Research Labs. Introduction Emotet is one of many information stealer malware families which have been active in the recent months. The initial delivery vector of the malware is via phishing campaign. The blog by TrendMicro[1] and Microsoft[2] discusses the first stage infection of the malware and shares statistics on the global infection. Once […]
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CSO Magazine Names ShadowPlex One of Best Security Products
CSO Magazine has named Acalvio’s ShadowPlex as one of theB best security products of the year. CSO specifically cites Acalvio’s ease of use and “unlimited deception assets without constant overhead or maintenance” as value added features. You may read the entireB review of ShadowPlex here. The reviewers performed hands-on evaluations of some of “the most […]
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Technical White Paper : Using Deception to Detect Spreading Techniques
The severity of any infection will get multiplied when it employs spreading technique. Ransomware which has been one of the critical threat for quite some time have been able to increase its effect by spreading to the mapped and unmapped drive. In the recent past threat actors have made use of remote code execution (such […]
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Three Minutes Until the Apocalypse
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Enterprises Seeking Cyber Deception Solutions – Find Acalvio Listed in rFinderyb s Cybersecurity Marketplace
Deception is a rapidly growing market and within the expansive market are a plethora of vendors to choose from as you and your team find a vendor to fit your deception security needs. To help organizations find the right vendor for their infrastructure, companies can use rFinderybs cybersecurity marketplace to aid in making buying decisions. […]
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Spreading Technique used by Retadup Worm.
Acalvio Threat Research Lab Retadup worm has been in the news recently. It was first observered infecting Israeli Hospitals [1] and recently it was observered active in South America mining for Crypto Currency[2]. The details of the worm have been published by Trend Labs[1][2].B This blog will share the spreading technique used by the worm […]
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Can We Automate Threat Hunting?
Threat hunting has been primarily a playground for security experts to surface unknown threats. It is a proactive security approach where the hunt starts with a hypothesis about a hidden threat that may be already in the enterprise network. According to 2017 survey on threat hunting by the SANS Institute, nearly 45% of organizations hunt […]
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Ransomware Defense Webinar with Acalvio & Splunk
Ransomware is the fastest-growing threat facing enterprises, threatening to reach a total cost of $5 Billion in impact. A deception centric architecture provides inherent advantages over other traditional architectures. Learn more about how a deception-based approach can be an effective part of your overall security strategy. Speakers: Raj Gopalakrishna, Acalvio and Vijay Chuahan, Splunk August […]
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Deception Centric Defense Against Ransomware
Team Acalvio It is estimated that in 2017, damages due to the ransomware will exceed $5 billion.[8]B When successful, ransomware can not only infect the endpoint, it can also spread across the network extending its exploit. The initial versions of ransomware like CryptoWall, CryptoFortess, DMA-Locker, CryptoLuck used mapped and unmapped drive for lateral movement. B […]