Malware

Using containers to analyze malware at scale coming to BSides Nova 2023

By |2023-08-15T07:29:29-04:00August 15th, 2023|Categories: Containers, Cyber, Defensive Methodology, Events, Training, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

🕵‍Our President, Jose Fernandez will run our Using containers to analyze malware at scale (UCTAMAS) workshop at BSidesNoVA on Sep 8, 2023. This is the 4th run of this workshop which takes participant feedback to improve each iteration in technical content and delivery of workshop objectives.👨‍💻 If you are interested in containers, malware analysis and red [...]

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Malware analysis workshop at AvengerCon VII

By |2022-12-05T10:15:54-05:00December 5th, 2022|Categories: Automation, Containers, Cyber, Defensive Methodology, Hunting, Training|Tags: , , , , |

Our President, Jose Fernandez, ran a malware analysis workshop using containers during AvengerCon VII. The event, hosted at Dreamport in Columbia, MD allowed participants to use Kleared4, our disassociated cyber-range, to safely analyze and triage malware samples in a controlled environment. Participants analyzed ransomware samples, and random samples in both Linux and Windows containers. If you [...]

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CompSec Direct receives media mentions as the result from incident response services offered to Hacienda of Puerto Rico

By |2022-06-15T00:46:16-04:00March 18th, 2017|Categories: Attribution, Contracts, Cyber, Defensive Methodology, Hunting, Incident Response, Reports|Tags: , , , , |

The Center of Investigative News (Centro de Periodismo Investigativo) published an excellent summary of events from the situation the department of Hacienda faced in early March of 2017. Our early involvement in this event helped the citizens of Puerto Rico during an already difficult economic situation. We will continue to work with the department of Hacienda [...]

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Security firm sued for filing “woefully inadequate” forensics report -Arstechnica

By |2022-06-15T01:27:43-04:00January 15th, 2016|Categories: Breach, Forensic, Lawsuit|Tags: , , |

Arstechnica's Dan Goodin has reported that Trustwave is being sued by Affinity Gaming for not eliminating malware presence after a forensic investigation had been done. Mandiant uncovered the malware during a follow up PCI forensic investigation. See full-article below. Security firm sued for filing “woefully inadequate” forensics report

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IT threat evolution Q2 2014 – Kaspersky

By |2022-06-15T01:06:41-04:00September 7th, 2014|Categories: Hacking, Reports|Tags: , , , |

Please take time to read this insightful publication by David Emm, Roman Unuchek, Victor Chebyshev, Maria Garnaeva and Denis Makrushin from Kaspersky Labs. The publication offers unparalleled insight and examples of current evolving threats through the info sec lens. Click to Download

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Ransomware going strong, despite takedown of Gameover Zeus – ArsTechnica

By |2022-06-15T01:08:52-04:00September 7th, 2014|Categories: Hacking|Tags: , , , |

Despite numerous public takedowns, cyber criminals will continue to extort users by leveraging their own data as ransom.Click Here for Original Post

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