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Credential Stuffing: How Cybercriminals Exploit Stolen Credentials

Credential stuffing is shaping up to be one of the most predominant hacking methods of 2024. In early June, Ticketmaster fell victim to a data breach via credential stuffing, exposing information from 560 million customers. Credential stuffing attacks involve using stolen usernames and passwords to access accounts. In these attacks, threat actors also often use automation to try different combinations of credentials until they find a successful match.

Meeting the Need for Speed in the SOC

Every day, in a high-stakes race against the clock, protectors must hunt down and stop threats before damage is done. As adversaries work faster and smarter, protectors must operate with greater agility. But legacy SIEMs are holding them back. Designed decades ago when log volumes and adversary speed were a fraction of what they are today, legacy SIEMs hinder investigations with agonizingly slow search speeds.

Considerations for Risk Rating Security Alerts

Security incidents and data breaches are the cybersecurity version of the definition of squares and rectangles in geometry. While all data breaches are security incidents, not all security incidents are data breaches. Before investigating an incident, many security teams know whether the alert will relate to a minor incident or a large-scale breach.

Introducing the SIEM of the Future: Splunk Enterprise Security 8.0

It’s been an exciting year for Splunk Enterprise Security! In May, we celebrated being recognized as a Leader ten times in a row in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM. We’re not stopping there. We’re excited to introduce the SIEM of the Future to keep the momentum going. Splunk Enterprise Security 8.0 is available now in a private preview.

CrowdStrike Expands Support and Protection for AWS Services

At AWS re:Inforce 2024, CrowdStrike is announcing expanded AWS support to provide breach protection, enhanced visibility and faster response across your cloud environment. Let’s explore three cutting-edge CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security and CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM features that are changing the way organizations manage security risks.

The SIEM vs. XDR debate: industry perspectives

How many times can we say, “It’s been a busy week for the security industry,” before it becomes cliche? We recently discussed changes in the SIEM market, with mergers and acquisitions disrupting the traditional SIEM vendor landscape and XDR vendors introducing new SIEM solutions. This week, we continue to see a range of mixed messages from the market around the future of XDR and SIEM.

Building a next-gen SOC at Pinewood, a leading MSSP, underpinned by Elastic SIEM

Cybersecurity is a critical and challenging domain that requires constant vigilance, innovation, and adaptation. As cyber threats evolve and become more sophisticated, so do the tools and techniques to defend against them. One of the most effective ways to achieve comprehensive and proactive security is to implement a security information and event management (SIEM) platform that can collect, analyze, and correlate data from various sources to provide actionable insights and alerts.

Securing open source infrastructure - Log all the things

The last time we wrote about open source software (OSS) for security, we explored how community-driven innovation addresses security problems stemming from the rapid pace of business-driven technological advancements. We posed the question: Can open source security solutions adequately secure and protect the OSS that modern businesses depend on?

The Biggest Cybersecurity Challenges CISOs Face Today

CISOs face more cybersecurity challenges today than ever. As technology gets more advanced, so do the bad guys. Cyberattacks are becoming more clever and dangerous. On top of that, there’s no shortage of rules, regulations, and personal risk that CISOs must navigate. We surveyed 200 CISOs to better understand the biggest challenges they face today. Here’s some of what we learned.

Understanding The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)

The 2020 EU Cybersecurity Strategy, published by the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, aimed to establish safeguards against security risks arising from increased digital connectivity. As part of the strategy, the strategy included updates to Directive (EU) 2022/2555 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS2).