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Disk Image Deception
Disk Image Deception
Disk Image Deception - CSIRT incident response to a malspam attack using an IMG extension to bypass malware analysis tools and install Remote Access Trojans
Jan. 15, 2020
Operational Security Intelligence
Operational Security Intelligence
Security intelligence, threat intelligence, cyber threat intelligence, or “intel” for short is a popular topic these days in the Infosec world. It seems
Dec. 3, 2013
Using a “Playbook” Model to Organize Your Information Security Monitoring Strategy
Using a “Playbook” Model to Organize Your Information Security Monitoring Strategy
CSIRT, I have a project for you. We have a big network and we're definitely getting hacked constantly. Your group needs to develop and implement security
Nov. 1, 2013
To SIEM or Not to SIEM? Part II
To SIEM or Not to SIEM? Part II
The Great Correlate Debate SIEMs have been pitched in the past as "correlation engines" and their special algorithms can take in volumes of logs and filter everything down to just...
Oct. 24, 2013
To SIEM or Not to SIEM? Part I
To SIEM or Not to SIEM? Part I
Security information and event management systems (SIEM, or sometimes SEIM) are intended to be the glue between an organization's various security tools. Security and other event log sources export their...
Oct. 22, 2013
Getting a Handle on Your Data
Getting a Handle on Your Data
When your incident response team gets access to a new log data source, chances are that the events may not only contain an entirely different type of
Oct. 18, 2013
Making Boring Logs Interesting
Making Boring Logs Interesting
This post centers around the practice of logging data - data from applications, devices, and networks - and how the components of data logging can help in the identification and remediation of network events.
Oct. 9, 2013
Big Security—Mining Mountains of Log Data to Find Bad Stuff
Big Security—Mining Mountains of Log Data to Find Bad Stuff
Your network, servers, and a horde of laptops have been hacked. You might suspect it, or you might think it's not possible, but it's happened already.
Oct. 3, 2013