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New Era of Cyber Attacks – Know Thy Adversary

In February 2014 at the RSA Conference, my colleague George Kurtz and I presented a session titled “Hacking Exposed: Day of Destruction.” We walked through a historical timeline of destructive…

Maximizing Network Threat Intel with Bro

There are multiple ways to use threat intelligence to monitor networks for suspicious activity -- our Falcon Host platform does it by integrating with Falcon Intelligence, and many other tools…

Unprecedented Announcement by FBI Implicates North Korea in Destructive Attacks

The Adversary Line-up / The Front Lines 19 Dec 2014 Dmitri Alperovitch

There is a curse that is purported to translate to an old Chinese Proverb - “May you live in interesting times.” These past few weeks have certainly been that. Today…

The Battle for Safe Networks Could End with Open Sharing of Information

The Front Lines 17 Dec 2014 Editorial Team

In our last post, Shawn Henry, president of CrowdStrike Services and sought-after cybersecurity expert, talked with us about cybersecurity trends in 2014 and 2015. In this installment of that conversation,…

Advanced Falconry: Seeking out the Prey with Machine Learning

The Lab 16 Dec 2014 Sven Krasser

Interest in Machine Learning is on the rise. This was also evidenced by the attendance of our recent CrowdCast on the topic — if you haven’t seen it yet, head…

Moving Cybersecurity from Reactive to Proactive with Shawn Henry

Blog / The Front Lines 12 Dec 2014 Editorial Team

We recently spoke with cybersecurity expert Shawn Henry, president of CrowdStrike Services and former Executive Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, about the state of cybersecurity looking back…

Indicators of Attack vs. Indicators of Compromise

The Falcon's Nest / The Front Lines 9 Dec 2014 Jessica DeCianno

What is an Indicator of Attack (IOA) and why is it necessary to take an IOA-based detection and prevention approach when dealing with advanced adversaries? Unlike Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) used…

December CrowdCast: Rockin’ Around Your Unsecured Network

The Adversary Line-up / The Tool Box 8 Dec 2014 Jessica DeCianno

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…until your network gets compromised. We’ve had a busy year here at CrowdStrike fighting adversaries. We’ve been watching their every move (and blocking…

I am Ironman: DEEP PANDA Uses Sakula Malware to Target Organizations in Multiple Sectors

The Adversary Line-up 24 Nov 2014 Matt Dahl

Over the last few months, the CrowdStrike Intelligence team has been tracking a campaign of highly targeted events focused on entities in the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (DIB), healthcare, government,…

Cloud-Based Security: The Next Generation of Defense for the Good Guys

The Bottom Line 21 Nov 2014 Steve Chabinsky

How does your company use the cloud? Almost certainly it allows your employees to work more efficiently by enabling them to access email and vital documents wherever they are in…