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A SOC of the future is a resilient SOC that fosters a collaborative and proactive cybersecurity approach with a modern technology foundation. At the core of the SOC of the future is a unified threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) platform, representing the real-world requirements for how tools contribute to the SOC’s mission and strategy, providing integration and efficient process execution. The foundation for the unified TDIR platform is a modern SIEM.

The Splunk Threat Research Team has identified a campaign targeting ISP infrastructure providers on the West Coast of the United States and the country of China. This mass exploitation campaign originates from Eastern Europe and uses simple tools that abuse victim’s computer processing power to install cryptomining payloads and binaries with diverse functions such as.

We already know that cybercriminals exploit the weakest link in your IT networks. The best defense against these exploits comes down to safeguarding the most vulnerable entry points. But what if the weakest link in your cybersecurity defense lies beyond your IT network itself?

Windows permission misconfigurations remain a common attack vector in enterprise environments. Attackers consistently leverage these misconfigurations for privilege escalation, with Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) emerging as a blind spot. From LockBit's manipulation of event log permissions to RomCom's exploitation of Task Scheduler vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-49039), SDDL misconfigurations have become a prime target for sophisticated attacks.

2024 was a year of incredible progression for Artificial Intelligence. As large language models (LLMs) have evolved, they have become invaluable tools for enriching the capabilities of defenders – instantly providing the knowledge, procedures, opinions, visualizations, or code any given situation demands. However, these same models provide outputs that enable even low-sophistication attackers to uplift their own skill-levels.