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In 2022, nearly 1,700 entities across the globe fell victim to software supply chain attacks, impacting over 10 million people. Nearly each of these attacks included some element of faulty or nefarious open-source code. Software developers commonly rely on open-source components to speed up the development process, but as we can see, this practice has the potential to introduce malicious packages and vulnerabilities into the code due to the lack of proper curation and maintenance.

Cloud-based applications and services are booming in 2023, in both the public and private sector. One of the largest and most sought-after clients for any tech company is the U.S. government. In fact, the federal government is investing billions of dollars annually in transitioning IT resources away from on-premises to secure and cost-effective commercial cloud services such as IaaS (infrastructure as a service), PaaS (platform as a service), and SaaS (software as a service).

The Rhysida ransomware as a service (RaaS) group was first revealed in May 2023. Since then, the group has claimed 41 victims, including some high-profile ones such as the Chilean army and five educational institutions in the U.S. The group is also suspected to be behind the attack against Prospect Medical Holdings, which affected 17 hospitals and 166 clinics in the U.S., although Prospect is not listed as a victim on Rhysida’s website.

In order to better meet organizations’ specific requirements for securing their environments, we are making changes to our Cloud Security Management product. On August 1, Datadog introduced new offerings in Cloud Security Management: CSM Pro and CSM Enterprise. Alongside Datadog Cloud Workload Security, these distinct packages provide customers with security capabilities tailored to their particular use cases and needs.

Consider the following scenario: you are asked by your leadership to find dedicated time for threat hunting activities within your network. After some time, access to the shiny new tool of choice is granted and you are super excited to get started. You log into the tool and are greeted with a lovely search bar; how do you proceed from here? The tool presenting the blank search bar is undoubtedly powerful and feature packed.

Vulnerability management (VM) is the process of detecting, prioritizing, remediating, and auditing security vulnerabilities in systems and software. This critical process minimizes the organization’s “attack surface” by installing the most current software updates and properly hardening computer configuration.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a U.S. federal law regulating consumer credit information collection, dissemination, and use by consumer reporting agencies. Understanding the FCRA is vital for organizations directly utilizing consumer credit information and individuals who want to exercise their rights over their personal credit information. Monitor your organization’s attack surface and stay FCRA compliant with UpGuard BreachSight >

Today, we are going to look at using the Splunk Stream App to hunt for threats across your network. Sing along with us! 🎼 “Islands in the stream” of our data… (Part of our Threat Hunting with Splunk series, this article was originally written by John Stoner. We’ve updated it recently to maximize your value.)

It comes as no surprise that analysts spend a lot of their time investigating and responding to a continuous flood of incidents on a daily basis. While the sheer volume of alerts alone make for a time consuming endeavor, trying to manually tackle so many of these alerts results in slow incident response and can trap your team into a series of reactive security operations.