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IBM: From Bad To Worse, Ransomeware Destructive Malware Attacks Have Doubled

August 06, 2019 by Marc Handelman in Intelligence Sharing, Information Security, Malware, Malware Research

via Camille Singleton, writing at SecurityIntelligence, details a report (you will need to create an IBMID. Saving grace: it's free) issued by IBM's XForce, illuminating the rapid increase of Wiper-type destructuve ransomeware attacks. Read It and Weep.

"Destructive malware that disables access to data or destroys system functions has been expanding across geographies and industries over the past few years. Organizations previously thought safe from this form of cyber aggression increasingly find themselves affected, either directly or indirectly." via the IBM XSS IRIS Report" Combating Destructive Malware - Lessons From The Front Lines"

August 06, 2019 /Marc Handelman
Intelligence Sharing, Information Security, Malware, Malware Research
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ENISA Releases 2017 Threat Report →

January 16, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Intelligence, Intelligence Sharing, Information Security, ENISA, European Union

The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) - has released it's Annual Threat Landscape 2017 Report (clicking the preceding link will download the artifact in PDF format). H/T to Jart Armin - Principle at CyberDefcon; a Netherlands based (registered in the UK) intelligence and threat analysis organization .

January 16, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Intelligence, Intelligence Sharing, Information Security, ENISA, European Union
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AWS GuardDuty: Human Security Employment Will Become Moot →

November 30, 2017 by Marc Handelman in Information Security Jobs, Cybersecurity Jobs, SecDevOpps Jobs, Intelligence, Intelligence Sharing, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Analytics, Security Economics, Security Architecture, Security, Security Automation

The apparent beginning of the end for certain information and cyber security employment categories: Behold the newly minted Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) AWS GuardDuty... H/T via the inimitable Trey Blalock of Firewall Consultants and Verification Labs.

November 30, 2017 /Marc Handelman
Information Security Jobs, Cybersecurity Jobs, SecDevOpps Jobs, Intelligence, Intelligence Sharing, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Analytics, Security Economics, Security Architecture, Security, Security Automation

BSides London 2017, Jack's 'Running Circles On Social Media - Intelligent OSINT' →

August 07, 2017 by Marc Handelman in Conferences, Education, Information Security, Intelligence, Intelligence Sharing, OSINT
August 07, 2017 /Marc Handelman
Conferences, Education, Information Security, Intelligence, Intelligence Sharing, OSINT

Retailers Begin Physical Customer Tracking →

January 18, 2017 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Tracking, Dubious Methodology, Questionable Tracking, User Tracking, Surveillance, Must Read, Demise of Privacy, Information Security, Information Sharing, Intelligence Sharing, Intelligence, IoT, IoT Security

Tracking, that is, with the assistance of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), that benevolent arbiter of all things computational... El Reg has conveniently provided a FAQ (direct from the chip fabricator) in their superlatively reported post. Today's Must Read.

January 18, 2017 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Tracking, Dubious Methodology, Questionable Tracking, User Tracking, Surveillance, Must Read, Demise of Privacy, Information Security, Information Sharing, Intelligence Sharing, Intelligence, IoT, IoT Security

J4VV4D, Defining Threat Intelligence →

May 03, 2016 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Information Security, Intelligence, Intelligence Sharing, Threat Intelligence
May 03, 2016 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Information Security, Intelligence, Intelligence Sharing, Threat Intelligence

Threat Intelligence, The Primer

November 17, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Information Security, Information Sharing, Intelligence, Intelligence Sharing, Threat Intelligence

Wang Wei talks threat intelligence at The Hacker News, and provides a primer, thereto.

November 17, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Information Security, Information Sharing, Intelligence, Intelligence Sharing, Threat Intelligence

Infosec Lessons, Information Sharing →

October 23, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Information Security, Intelligence Sharing, Education
October 23, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Information Security, Intelligence Sharing, Education