January was an interesting moth for CTI practitioners! I took some time and collected the major articles and presentations that I read and watched during January 2019.
I hope you enjoy it. Continue reading “Threat Intel Reads – January 2019”
Author: andreas.sfakianakis
ENISA Threat Landscape 2018 Report
Reading ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018
The annual ENISA Threat Landscape report for 2018 is out! The report focuses on the threat landscape changes and developments in motives and tactics of the most important threat agent groups, namely cyber-criminals and state-sponsored actors. Continue reading “ENISA Threat Landscape 2018 Report”
My Top 20 CTI/DFIR Talks for 2018
Another year has passed and lots of good CTI/DFIR stuff have been presented! I took some time to watch again some of my favourite talks within 2018 and list my favourite 20 ones. The list provided below has a CTI focus, however some of the most representative talks related to blue team/red team as well as ICS have been selected. I hope you enjoy it! Continue reading “My Top 20 CTI/DFIR Talks for 2018”
Cooperation between CSIRTs and Law Enforcement: interaction with the Judiciary
ENISA has recently published a report on “Cooperation between CSIRTs and Law Enforcement: interaction with the Judiciary”.
The report aims to support the cooperation between CSIRTs and Law Enforcement, as well as their interaction with the judiciary in their fight against cybercrime, by providing information on the legal, organisational, technical and cultural aspects, identifying current shortcomings and making recommendations to further enhance cooperation. Continue reading “Cooperation between CSIRTs and Law Enforcement: interaction with the Judiciary”
Let’s make CTI great (again)!
On 5th and 6th November 2018, the annual CTI-EU event took place in Brussels. CTI-EU is organised by European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) in cooperation with DG Connect, CERT-EU and EDA
The event had various sessions with different focus (see full agenda here):
NCSC-UK Annual Review 2018 and Active Defence
On 16 October, NCSC-UK (part of GCHQ) released their second annual review for 2018. The report is really well-written and provides insights on how large scale impact can be achieved. This is a really good example of planning and implementing a well structured and funded cyber security program and National Cyber Security Strategy.
What caught my attention is the Active Cyber Defence (ACD) services and their impact:
Continue reading “NCSC-UK Annual Review 2018 and Active Defence”
CrowdStrike’s 2018 Mid-Year Review
During the past week CrowdStrike published its 2018 Mid-Year Review call “Observation from the front lines of threat hunting“. This report provides insights, trends and details on today’s most sophisticated cyber attacks observed by CrowdStrike Falcon OverWatch team.
Some interesting points of the report include:
