Network Security

The Good | International Joint Operation Takes Down Over 600 IP Addresses Abusing Cobalt Strike Tool Hundreds of IP addresses abusing Cobalt Strike have been shut down in a joint effort involving law enforcement across several nations. Codenamed “Morpheus”, the joint operation resulted in flagging 690 IP addresses and domains used to infiltrate victim networks. […]

Network-attached storage devices like NetApp contain volumes of data which are vital to business operations. With broad access available to so many users, protecting NetApp storage from malware is critical to operational stability and integrity. Organizations worldwide face increasingly sophisticated threat actors. AI-powered threat detection can level the playing field, protect business data, and stop

The Good | DoJ Indicts WhisperGate Threat Actor A malicious cyber actor thought to be behind the WhisperGate attacks on Ukraine in the days prior to Russia’s invasion, as well as attacks on NATO and U.S. computer networks has been indicted by the DoJ. Amin Stigal, a 22-year old Russian national, is alleged to have

The Good | Dark Marketplace Operators Face Life Sentences for $430 Million in Illicit Transactions Two operators of Empire Market, a dark marketplace worth over $430 million in illicit profit, were officially charged this week. Running the marketplace from February 2018 to August 2020, Thomas Pavey (aka “Dopenugget”) and Raheim Hamilton (aka “Sydney” and “Zero

Back on the East Coast in Philadelphia after last year’s AWS re:Inforce in Anaheim, the SentinelOne team took in the cloud security-focused sights and sounds of over 5,000 other attendees from around the world. Our team had a very busy week filled with great conversations at our booth, in-depth speaking sessions, AWS Partner Day, AWS

Organizations are faced with an increasingly sophisticated, constantly evolving threat landscape and limited resources to protect their environments. To keep up, many businesses count on the 24/7 hands-on expertise provided by managed detection and response (MDR) services. SentinelOne has once again demonstrated industry-leading real world performance in the latest independent MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluation of managed

Last week, PinnacleOne highlighted how a new turn of phrase by China’s leader will spark efforts across the country to make scientific breakthroughs occur out of thin air (or steal them from the west). This week, we flag three emerging threats to the “deep tech” venture ecosystem underpinning western technological and strategic advantage. Please subscribe

The Good | Ukrainian Police Arrest Cryptor Specialist Helping Conti & LockBit Ransomware Operations A Russian national was arrested this week for allegedly working with Conti and LockBit ransomware groups, helping to make their malware undetectable and also conducting at least one attack himself. Ukrainian cyber police apprehended the 28-year-old man in Kyiv during Operation

Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report has historically compared and contrasted small and medium businesses (SMB) against large organizations. Not this year. The reason: Both SMBs and large enterprises are increasingly sharing similar attack surfaces. With much of the same services and infrastructures, the difference between the two boils down to the available resources. Where

The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) is a critical – yet often overlooked – element of an organization’s security defenses. Established to provide a catalog of known software vulnerabilities, it has become an authoritative source of vulnerability intelligence. However, the NVD faces a troubling backlog of vulnerabilities raising existential concerns about its efficacy. This blog post