November 23, 2016

Relax and Shop, We’re Keeping Watch

2 min read - The IBM X-Force Threat Research team is keeping watch on all things retail during the upcoming Black Friday through Cyber Monday shopping weekend.

November 15, 2016

Researchers Try to Create Malware Chip

2 min read - The NSF is sponsoring an attempt to build a malware chip capable of detecting anomalies in system processes and alerting local security software.

Intelligence & Analytics October 10, 2016

Threat Monitoring Alerts in the Night: Is Anybody Watching?

2 min read - Threat monitoring is an essential practice for any security program, but there are many approaches that can be taken when embracing this strategy.

September 7, 2016

Antivirus Aggravation: False Positive Detection Delivers Negative Outcome for Windows Users

2 min read - Excessive false positive detection can impair users' ability to perform basic functions or administrative actions, producing results akin to an attack.

May 16, 2016

Breach Detection: Financial IT Pros Overdrawn on Confidence?

2 min read - A recent survey indicated that security professionals in the financial industry were overly confident in their breach detection capabilities.

April 12, 2016

Critically Overconfident? Execs Double Down on Total Threat Detection

2 min read - Energy executives are highly confident in their ability to handle threat detection and cyberattacks, but security pros on the ground don't agree.

Intelligence & Analytics June 24, 2015

Signature-Based Detection With YARA

4 min read - Security researchers on the lookout for another resource to help with malware detection should consider the pattern-matching tool YARA.

Malware June 4, 2015

Detecting and Analyzing Kernel-Based Malware

3 min read - The intricacies of kernel-based malware make it difficult for security teams to identify potential problems, but the task is not impossible.

X-Force May 28, 2015

Proactive Threat Hunting and Memory Forensics Against Rombertik

5 min read - The right free analysis tools can aid proactive threat hunting and help security professionals detect even the most advanced threats in their networks.

Data Protection May 20, 2015

Security Breaches: An Ounce of Prevention?

2 min read - There has been an increased focus on the detection of security breaches, but organizations shouldn't lose sight of the value of prevention.