Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Have you ever sat in an interview and felt that something wasn't quite right? Your intuition may have been closer to the truth than you realized. A new kind of adversary has emerged, and they aren’t trying to break through your firewall; instead, they are logging in through your VPN using their freshly issued business credentials.

For several years now, adversaries and red teams have increasingly leveraged Living-off-the-Land Binaries (LOLBins) techniques to compromise targeted systems. By exploiting pre-installed, legitimate software, these attackers are able to evade detection tools, seamlessly blending malicious activities with normal system processes. This approach presents a significant challenge for traditional security measures, which often struggle to differentiate between legitimate use and malicious intent.

Databases are an integral part of modern IT infrastructure and power almost every modern application. After all, databases store the persistent information that applications run on. That’s why monitoring these databases is crucial: ensuring system health and performance and forming a vital component of any observability practice.

If you’ve been doing digital forensics, detection engineering, or threat hunting for some time, you already know how essential Windows event logs are for spotting malicious activities. Although Windows’ default logging has improved over the years, it still falls short of delivering the depth of visibility needed to catch sophisticated threats. That’s where Windows Advanced Audit Policies come into play. It offers additional, high-value events that are crucial for detection and hunting.

Security operations teams face increasing threats, staffing shortages, and gaps in automation and orchestration. These challenges lead to alert fatigue, slower investigations, and increased risk. Enter Splunk SOAR 6.4, designed to streamline and enhance your security operations.

Let’s start with an obvious statement, and then let’s dig into it. Security incident investigations are expensive. Period. Especially when multiple highly-skilled team members are involved. Every hour spent hunting down threats or false alarms carries a real dollar cost. Industry research shows that the fully-loaded labor rate for IT security staff averages about $62.50 per hour.

The market-leading momentum of our partnership and ongoing engineering roadmap with Microsoft continues! Splunk Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) is now available as a native SaaS solution on Azure, enabling customers to even further improve their security posture and create greater digital resilience. Splunk SOAR on Azure acts as the efficiency engine for SOC analysts by connecting Azure services and third-party tools, automating workflows and tasks, and speeding response times.

Are you worried about your privacy online? You're not alone. In one U.S. survey, three out of every four respondents expressed growing concerns about their data privacy. In the past five years, the vast majority of businesses and organizations have been victim to cyberattacks, and the average cost of data breaches has increased by $137,000.