The cybersecurity landscape is evolving, and Network Detection and Response (NDR) solutions are becoming indispensable for consistent visibility across an increasing attack surface.

In the constantly evolving world of cybersecurity, staying ahead of emerging threats requires continuous vigilance and adaptation. Fortunately for those of us in the industry, we’ve been able to count on highly respected digital forensics and incident response specialists like Mandiant to publish annual research on the latest security trends seen first-hand by their global teams.

The Black Hat network is unlike an enterprise network. The network operations center (NOC), which Corelight helps to operate, sees traffic that would never be permissible on most enterprise networks. Still, in many ways the Black Hat network is a microcosm of many real-world environments, with similar challenges that require similar solutions.

Welcome to the latest from Corelight Labs! This blog continues our tradition of picking a popular malware family from Any.Run and writing a detector for it! Trending consistently at #1 on Any.Run’s malware trends list, Agent Tesla uses multiple protocols to communicate with its C2 infrastructure, making it more difficult to detect robustly than a malware sample utilizing only one network protocol for its C2.

Fresh from the recent.conf24 user conference in fabulous Las Vegas, I thought I’d share what I thought were some of the key points throughout the week. Along with admiring the traditional display of fezzes and capes throughout the week, we were excited about the great conversations with our customers, business partners, Splunkers, and, of course, the lovely Buttercup.

We are excited to announce a significant enhancement to our Entity Enrichment integration with CrowdStrike Falcon: the 1-Click Response action. This new feature empowers SOC analysts to isolate a host directly from Corelight Investigator, leveraging enriched context and point-in-time evidence to make informed, rapid decisions during security incidents.

Security operations centers (SOCs) play a vital role in detection, containment and mitigation of today’s advanced cyber attacks. SoC teams are also responsible for proactively hunting for threats, and improving the organization’s overall security posture. Modern SOC analysts struggle with alert fatigue.

In this edition of Corelight’s Hunt of the Month blog, we bring you a STRRAT malware detector. In recent months STRRAT has become one of the top malware families submitted to Any.Run’s malware sandbox: STRRAT is a Java-based remote access tool (RAT) that uses a plugin architecture to provide full remote access to an attacker, as well as credential stealing, key logging, and additional plugins.

RSA 2024 is a wrap. After multiple conversations with security leaders and partners on the show floor and during different sessions and happy hours, it’s time to look back and reflect on the biggest takeaways from the conference.

For years, the mantra for achieving visibility into potential threats has been the trio of EDR, NDR, and SIEM. These components form the foundation of a robust security posture, with EDR and NDR offering the depth and breadth needed to monitor activities across endpoints and networks.