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12.6.18
We Busted A Fake Chrome Extension That Was Trying to Steal Data
A mysterious (and fake) Chrome extension. A clever data exfiltration scheme. They would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling security analysts using ExtraHop Reveal(x)! Follow along as we go from threat detection to response in this real-life threat hunt with network traffic analysis.
Jeff Costlow
8.29.18
How to Detect Apache Struts 2 Exploit with ExtraHop (CVE-2018-11776)
There is a new Apache Struts vulnerability and it's a doozy. ExtraHop customers can use this technique to monitor for IOCs while they work to update their software.
Jeff Costlow
6.8.18
Detect & Stop This New Android Worm with ExtraHop
ExtraHop users, there's a nasty new Android worm that spreads via remote debugging services, but don't worry—install this remote ADP connections dashboard to quickly find and shut down at-risk devices.
Jeff Costlow
12.21.17
Your Windows Proxy Autodiscovery Could Be Compromised
How to defend against WPAD exploit aPAColypse now
Jeff Costlow
9.19.17
Visibility into TLS: Perfect Forward Secrecy
What is Perfect Forward Secrecy encryption and how ExtraHop allows you to decrypt Perfect Forward Secrecy in real time.
Jeff Costlow
8.28.17
BlackHat and Defcon: Highlights from a Week of Computer Security
For those of us in the computer security industry, the end of July in Las Vegas means the annual week of conferences; BlackHat and DefCon. It's always a great—albeit exhausting—week.
Jeff Costlow
6.27.17
Protect Your Organization from "Petya"
New ransomware campaign utilizes the EternalBlue exploit to infect systems across the globe.
Jeff Costlow
6.19.17
Takeaways from Securing a Cloud-Powered, SOC2-Certified Analytics Service
The public cloud is a natural place to perform machine learning and deep analytics, but your IT data is on-premises. What's needed to bridge the gap securely?
Jeff Costlow
5.17.17
WannaCry Ransomware Update
ExtraHop Bundle Now Directly Detects EternalBlue Portion of WannaCrypt.
Jeff Costlow
3.3.17
Gathering Steam: 2017 FIRST Robotics Challenge
If you have younger kids - especially if they are interested in STEM - take them to your local FIRST Robotics competition and encourage them to participate.
Jeff Costlow
3.1.17
RSA 2017 Recap: Always a Learning Experience
The RSA Conference is the largest security industry convention in the world. This year, ExtraHop had a booth there for the first time...and it was busy!
Jeff Costlow