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Meeting HIPAA Requirements with Acalviob s Deception 2.0 Solution, ShadowPlex
The recent ransomware attacks such as Wannacry have highlighted the need for robust security controls in healthcare firms.B These organizations are subject to HIPAA/HITECH compliance requirements, but unfortunately many firms just seem them as a distraction. B This is a big mistake: The controls typically implemented for HIPAA/HITECH shouldnbt be regarded as useless b check the […]
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Acalvio Partners with Splunk to Deliver Industryb s First Active Deception-Based Ransomware Solution
Immediate availability of ShadowPlex-R
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Donb t be a sitting duck. Make your BreadCrumbs & Lures Dynamic!
BreadCrumbs and Lures are very critical components of any deception based architecture. As the name suggests, breadcrumbs and lures aid to divert a threat a threat actor (an individual or malware) to deception sensors. The moment the deception sensor gets tripped, instead of blocking the multi-stage threat, the threat actor is allowed to execute its […]
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Reflections on a conferenceb &
This past week Ibve spent 30 hours in planes and countless more hanging around in security lines, Ibve been heated to the point of melting, tired to the point of sleeping while standing and stressed to the point of immobility (mostly my fault due to not getting all the slides finished until the last minute)b&and […]
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Technical Analysis of Petya
Acalvio Threat Research Labs Petya is the most recent ransomware strain. It originated in Ukraine [1] and is spreading across Europe. This blog summarizes our technical analysis of Petya. Technical Analysis In addition to the encryption and ransomware functionality, the Petya malware has very B aggressive spreading capabilities. The dropper analyzed was a VB6 […]
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Ransomware: Catch me if you can.
Ransomware demand in 2016 was around a billion dollars[1]. B WannaCry[3] was the recent ransomware campaign that spread across 150 countries affecting 200,000 users. It is estimated that in 2017[2], damages due to ransomware will exceed $5 billion. Modern defenses make use of virtualized environments or machine learning algorithms to ensnare the threat actor.B This […]
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Acalvio to Demonstrate Deception 2.0 Technology at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit
Innovator in Advanced Threat Defense
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The Industryb s First b Deception 2.0 for Dummiesb Book
Since the dawn of time,B deception has been used in nature in various forms as a successful survival strategy and has played an important role in the physical and behavioral adaptations of all organisms.B Humankind, with its higher cognitive ability, has successfully adapted deception to warfare, as a powerful mechanism toB draw an enemy into […]
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WannaCry Ransomware Analysis: Lateral Movement Propagation
Acalvio Threat Research Labs The WannaCry ransomware attack has made front page news around the world, with at least 150 countries and 200,000 customers affected [2]. Because WannaCry makes use of a largely unpatched Windows exploit for lateral movement, it is able to spread rapidly once it penetrates an organizationbs network. In this blog we […]
