Recently, X-Force Red released a tool called Windows Feature Hunter, which identifies targets for dynamic link library (DLL) side-loading on a Windows system using Frida. To provide a defensive counter-measure perspective for DLL side-loading, X-Force Incident Response has released SideLoaderHunter, which is a system profiling script and Sysmon configuration designed…
Read MoreI have data breach fatigue. Every day, my inbox is flooded with dozens of emails about the newest data breaches and what causes them. Five years ago, I took note of every company listed and the mistakes made that led to the breach. Today, I barely skim them. How many times…
Read MoreRansomware has become the number one cyber threat to organizations, making up nearly 25% of attacks IBM X-Force Incident Response remediated in 2020. Ransomware is making headlines on a regular basis due to the high impact of certain attacks on victims in critical industries. It’s unlikely that the pace of…
Read MoreOn May 14, the FBI marked a sobering milestone: the receipt of its six millionth digital crime complaint. It took just 14 months for the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to reach its new threshold. Digital crime complaints are on the rise, and we have some ideas as to…
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