Month: November 2019
Years of cyberwarfare have taken their toll on businesses today. The old models that kept organizations safe have become expensive posturing in a struggle against adversaries who have long since evolved to newer, more devious modes of attack. These traditional defenses have given businesses an overabundance of information about the data that passes through their […]
Carbon Black Co-Founder backs disruptive cybersecurity solution. Prevailion today announced that Legion Capital Partners, LLC is making a strategic investment in the company. Prevailion is a cybersecurity company that specializes in Compromise Intelligence™, which is transforming the way businesses approach risk discovery, evaluation, and mitigation. The news comes just four months after Prevailion secured $10M […]
The research team at Prevailion has detected and analyzed Linux and Windows remote-access trojans associated with the advanced threat actor known as “HydSeven.” This threat group initially maintained a relatively low profile through the use of bespoke commodity malware. However, they caught the attention of the information security community when performing a highly targeted spear-phishing operation in the summer of 2019.
The current approach to cybersecurity focuses on defending the perimeter. But this “castle and moat” mentality has driven costs up, resulted in “tool sprawl,” and distracted users with too many false alerts.