Summer is here, bringing thoughts of the beach, travel, and relaxation. However, summer isn’t without its chores; gardens need work, and summer houses require maintenance. Sometimes these chores can be enjoyable and even therapeutic, but most importantly, they keep our projects in good condition, allowing us to unwind and enjoy the summer months.

Managed Cloud Security is an IT model that involves outsourcing the monitoring and security operations of cloud-based infrastructure to specialised third-party providers. This enables internal IT teams to concentrate on proactive initiatives rather than being bogged down by day-to-day security management, making it a strategic choice for organisations of all sizes. This approach integrates automation to enhance data breach protection, providing real-time threat alerts and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Real-time feedback on risky behavior stops sensitive data exfiltration and educates employees on security best practices, based on research from Cyberhaven Labs analyzing data on warning and blocking policy implementations.

Large language models are fascinating tools for cybersecurity. They can analyze large quantities of text and are excellent for data extraction. One application is researching and analyzing vulnerability data, specifically Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) information. As an application security company with roots in open source software vulnerability detection and remediation, the research team at Mend.io found this a particularly relevant area of exploration.

On July 24, 2024, an unattributed threat actor distributed a password-protected installer masquerading as an inauthentic Falcon Crash Reporter Installer to a German entity in an unattributed spear-phishing attempt. Subsequent analysis revealed that executing the installer with the threat actor-provided password leads to a novel execution chain in which an agent written to the Mythic command-and-control (C2)1 framework is executed as LLVM Intermediate Representation (IR) bitcode.