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PinnacleOne ExecBrief | Malicious Insider Threat to Strategic Enterprises

Last week, PinnacleOne examined China’s application of emerging AI tools to augment their rapidly improving cyber capabilities and emphasized the urgency for defenders to keep pace. This week, we focus on the recent arrest of a PRC national indicted for theft of Google AI IP and we identify lessons learned for firms to improve malicious …

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 10

The Good | U.S. Sanctions Spyware Targeting Government Officials & Journalists This week the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took a stand against commercial spyware specifically crafted to target government officials, journalists, and policy experts within the nation. Sanctions were placed on individuals and five entities affiliated with Intellexa Alliance …

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Identity Security | How Best to Strengthen Enterprise Security

Identity-related attacks are one of the most common vectors of compromise in modern cyber attacks. In these attacks, threat actors work to steal identities, impersonating real users so they can move laterally and access resources on the network. Identities with greater access and admin-level privileges to valuable data are most likely to be stolen or …

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PinnacleOne Exec Brief | China’s AI-Enabled Cyber Capabilities

Last week, PinnacleOne examined how contractors like I-Soon (上海安洵) fit into the larger Chinese hacking ecosystem and highlighted key implications for business leaders. This week, we focus on China’s application of emerging AI tools to augment their rapidly improving cyber capabilities and emphasize the urgency for defenders to keep pace. Please subscribe to read future …

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 9

The Good | US Bans Sale Of Personal Data To China & Others The Biden administration this week took steps to ban data brokers from trading personal information of U.S. citizens to nations on a list of ‘countries of concern’, currently expected to be China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela. The Executive Order …

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Simplifying the Security Analyst Experience with Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF)

In this blog, we dive into how the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) improves the security analyst experience. By standardizing third party cybersecurity data through OCSF, SentinelOne enhances efficiency and effectiveness, enabling customers like Liberty Group to prioritize security operations over data acquisition challenges. This exploration offers insights into the real-world benefits and potential of …

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February 2024 Cybercrime Update | Commercial Spyware, AI-Driven APTs & Flawed RMMs

February saw the U.S. government take significant actions against cybercrime, continuing the current administration’s policy of using all the resources of the state to tackle the problem head on. Nation-state actors, meanwhile, have taken to leveraging AI to enhance their operations and attacks. In this month’s update, we also highlight a crop of CVEs in …

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PinnacleOne ExecBrief | China’s Hacking Ecosystem

Last week, PinnacleOne collaborated with SentinelLabs to unpack the leak of internal files from a firm (I-Soon) that contracts with Chinese government security agencies to hack global targets. In this ExecBrief, we examine how I-Soon (上海安洵) fits into the larger Chinese hacking ecosystem and highlight key implications for business leaders. Please subscribe to read future …

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 8

The Good | LockBit Ransomware Gang Locked Down & Chinese Cyber Espionage Ecosystem Exposed The cybersecurity community saw two valuable developments this week, the first being a hard-won shut down of the notorious LockBit infrastructure, and the second, a rare glimpse into the inner workings of China’s cyber espionage operations. LockBit has long plagued victims …

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