Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Cloud security has reached an inflection point. Organizations have accelerated their cloud adoption and must navigate a complex threat landscape where workloads spin up and down in seconds, applications deploy continuously and identities span multiple services and providers.

Organizations of all sizes require security tools to meet their complex hybrid cloud needs. As their cloud environments and workloads evolve, this includes solutions that can scan for vulnerabilities in container images regardless of their location across public and private cloud environments. The problem is, most organizations lack this capability. Many use tools that don’t allow the flexibility to move quickly and scan their full breadth of cloud assets.

On January 7, 2025, CrowdStrike identified a phishing campaign exploiting its recruitment branding to deliver malware disguised as an "employee CRM application." The attack begins with a phishing email impersonating CrowdStrike recruitment, directing recipients to a malicious website. Victims are prompted to download and run a fake application, which serves as a downloader for the cryptominer XMRig.

Adversaries are taking aim at cloud environments, as evidenced by the 75% increase in cloud intrusions in 2023. Organizations are under growing pressure to ensure they have measures in place to effectively detect, investigate and respond to cloud-focused attacks. Cloud detection and response (CDR) is uniquely challenging for SOC teams due to their limited visibility into the cloud control plane, resource configurations and application deployments.

There are rare moments when technology doesn’t just improve — it leaps forward, leaving behind everything we once thought was enough. The launch of CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM was one of those moments. It’s a game-changer that alters the way security teams think, operate and stop breaches.

As most security teams know, vulnerabilities often steal the limelight with sensational headlines and zero-day exploits. However, lurking beneath the surface are misconfigurations — overlooked risks that can leave even well-protected systems exposed. Addressing these configuration errors is essential. Security configuration assessment (SCA), also known as configuration management, is the process of discovering unsafe configuration settings.

As organizations embrace DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate software delivery, their greater dependency on third-party components can introduce security risks. Because malware can infiltrate an environment during development, it’s important to check for it ahead of deployment.

The CrowdStrike Falcon platform started 2024 being recognized as SE Labs’ Best Endpoint Detection and Response 2024 award for the third consecutive year. Adversaries never stop and neither do we — CrowdStrike Falcon is the only platform that provides a unified view of stealthy threats across multiple domains exploited in attack paths.

CrowdStrike has been recognized as a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2024 GigaOm Radar for Container Security, marking another milestone in our mission to secure the cloud with the industry's most unified and comprehensive cloud security solution. Kubernetes has become the fastest-growing project in the history of open-source software — more than 60% of enterprises have adopted it.

Adversaries are advancing faster than ever, exploiting the growing complexity of business IT environments. In this high-stakes threat landscape, generative AI (GenAI) is a necessity. With organizations grappling with skills shortages, sophisticated adversaries and operational complexity, 64% of security professionals have already kicked off their GenAI purchase journey.