03 Jun 2022

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Cyber Security, Incident Response, Vulnerability Assessment Permalink

CVE-2022-30190 Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability and Digital Forensics

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On June 3, 2022

Microsoft issued CVE-2022-30190 regarding a vulnerability regarding the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT). This exists when MSDT is called using the URL protocol from a calling application (Word products such as Word/Excel/Outlook).

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CVE-2022-30190 Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability and Digital Forensics June 3rd, 2022HAWKEYE

12 Apr 2022

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Malware Protection, Managed Security Services, Managed SOC Services Permalink

Wiper Malware – What is it and How to Detect?

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On April 12, 2022

In the world of different malware types and strains, the most disruptive malware type besides ransomware might be Wiper malware. The original wiper malware was first seen back in 2012 but did not enter the spotlight until 2014 when Sony company was hit with this destructive strain.

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Wiper Malware – What is it and How to Detect? April 12th, 2022HAWKEYE

29 Mar 2022

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Ransomware Protection Permalink

Ransomware Detection Using Machine Learning

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On March 29, 2022

Gone are the days of manual security analysis that cyber security teams used to perform to track down and stop ransomware attacks.

Due to the vast amount of data that is being generated every minute of every day, it has become impossible to rely on a few cyber security professionals to stop ransomware attacks without significant assistance from automated security tools.

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Ransomware Detection Using Machine Learning March 29th, 2022HAWKEYE

15 Mar 2022

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Compromise Assessment, Ransomware Protection Permalink

How to Detect Ransomware Early

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On March 15, 2022

The proliferation of ransomware attacks in the past decade has brought many challenges to companies and cyber security teams worldwide. What started as simple ransomware attacks that a knowledgeable person could reverse has now exploded into a large industry with attackers reaping large profits with advanced forms of ransomware that is impossible to reverse.

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How to Detect Ransomware Early March 29th, 2022HAWKEYE

28 Feb 2022

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Cyber Security, DARKINT, EDR, OSINT, SIEM, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Assessment, XDR Permalink

CSOC Analysts Cybersecurity Toolkit Arsenal

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On February 28, 2022

It is safe to say that organizations worldwide have different infrastructure setups, technology, software, and different network architecture types. No matter how diverse these organizations are, they have one thing in common, a CSOC analyst who is watching over their infrastructure.

Cyber Security Operation Centers or CSOC is comprised of a team of cyber security analysts whose responsibilities are fully dedicated to hunting for vulnerabilities, indicators of compromise and investigating incidents and alarms generated by SIEM, XDR and other monitoring security platforms and tools.

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CSOC Analysts Cybersecurity Toolkit Arsenal March 3rd, 2022HAWKEYE

20 Jan 2022

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Managed SOC Services, Security Operations Center, XDR Permalink

XDR Software – The Journey Beyond

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On January 20, 2022

We are still in the early days of the XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) era, understanding XDR technology in the threat detection field and the benefits it brings plays a key role into understanding how this can fit into your overall cybersecurity ecosystem.

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XDR Software – The Journey Beyond February 7th, 2022HAWKEYE

15 Dec 2021

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Vulnerability Assessment Permalink

Log4j Critical RCE

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On December 15, 2021

The Log4j Vulnerability commonly known as Log4Shell zero day vulnerability was made public on December 9th 2021. This vulnerability is being tracked as CVE-2021-44228 and has been given a CVSS 3.0 severity score of 10.0 (Critical).

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Log4j Critical RCE December 29th, 2021HAWKEYE

06 Nov 2021

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Managed SOC Services, Security Operations Center Permalink

How Threat Actors Steal Your Data with Reverse Tunnelling

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On November 6, 2021

Reverse tunnelling is a technique used to ‘sneak into’ a secured network by hiding applications within traffic which originates from within the network.

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How Threat Actors Steal Your Data with Reverse Tunnelling January 6th, 2022HAWKEYE

12 Oct 2021

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Cyber Security, Managed Security Services, Managed SOC Services, Security Operations Center Permalink

Using Windows Event Forwarding for Centralized Windows Monitoring – Part 3

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On October 12, 2021

Reading security logs requires a higher level of permission that other logs. Below are the steps to configure the right permissions for reading security logs.

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Using Windows Event Forwarding for Centralized Windows Monitoring – Part 3 January 9th, 2022HAWKEYE

09 Sep 2021

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Cyber Security, Managed Security Services, Managed SOC Services, Security Operations Center Permalink

Using Windows Event Forwarding for Centralized Windows Monitoring – Part 2

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On September 9, 2021

From a security perspective, generally, it would be better to allow communication from user segments to outside rather than from outside to user segments. Hence, we will be discussing Source Initiated Windows Event Forwarding in this article.

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Using Windows Event Forwarding for Centralized Windows Monitoring – Part 2 January 9th, 2022HAWKEYE

27 Aug 2021

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Using Windows Event Forwarding for Centralized Windows Monitoring – Part 1

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On August 27, 2021

Staying on top of cyber threats in your environment could be challenging even with a lot of protective measures in place. The threat landscape is constantly evolving and often the case is that your protective measures are playing catch up.

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Using Windows Event Forwarding for Centralized Windows Monitoring – Part 1 January 9th, 2022HAWKEYE

07 Mar 2021

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Azure Sentinel Permalink

Deep-dive into Azure Sentinel – Part 2 – Data Collection and Processing

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On March 7, 2021

From our experience in deploying various SIEM platform, we would rank Azure sentinel number one when it comes to the variety of data collection options it provides. Virtually any log sources and type of data can be ingested in the Azure Sentinel with the different options it provides

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Deep-dive into Azure Sentinel – Part 2 – Data Collection and Processing July 7th, 2021HAWKEYE

07 Feb 2021

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Deep-dive into Azure Sentinel – Part 1 – Introduction to Sentinel as a SIEM

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On February 7, 2021

You might have heard of the North Sentinel Island in the middle of Bay of Bengal that hosts the most isolated tribe in the world. Despite several attempts to break in or contact the island, it was always defended violently by the natives and the island still remains untouched. It is considered to be one of the most secured places on planet earth guarded both by the local tribes and the government. When it came to naming the most powerful weapon in Azure cloud security arsenal, Microsoft have chosen the right name for it- Azure Sentinel.

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Deep-dive into Azure Sentinel – Part 1 – Introduction to Sentinel as a SIEM July 7th, 2021HAWKEYE

10 Jan 2021

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Managed SOC Services, Security Operations Center, Security Orchestration, SOAR Permalink

SOAR Features and Use Cases

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On January 10, 2021

Organizations are getting bigger and bigger and, because of that a lot of events, activities and data are being generated and triggered, and the scale of these events sometimes reaches to a peak, where analysts are not able to handle them anymore.

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SOAR Features and Use Cases May 16th, 2021HAWKEYE

31 Dec 2020

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Cyber Threat Intelligence, Managed SOC Services Permalink

Dark Web and Threat Intelligence (DARKINT)

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On December 31, 2020

Security researchers and Cybersecurity professionals have an immense interest in discovering threat intelligence on the deep web and darknet. This intelligence allows organizations to detect block and prevent threats of all kinds—But first, we need to know, what exactly is the deep web and the Dark Web?

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Dark Web and Threat Intelligence (DARKINT) January 7th, 2021HAWKEYE

23 Dec 2020

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Cyber Security, Incident Response Permalink

Ransomware Incident Response Plan – Part 2

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On December 23, 2020

Ransomware was and still is one of the most dangerous attacks that can cause catastrophic consequences to the endpoint system if not responded properly. The following article is specially created for preparing incident response teams against this particular attack, but it is generally excellent guidance for everyone who would like to have clear and step-by-step approach on how to prepare, identify, contain, remediate and recover from the dangerous attacks of ransomware.

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Ransomware Incident Response Plan – Part 2 December 31st, 2020HAWKEYE

18 Nov 2020

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Ransomware Incident Response Plan – Part 1

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On November 18, 2020

Ransomware was and still is one of the most dangerous attacks that can cause catastrophic consequences to the endpoint system if not responded properly. The following article is specially created for preparing incident response teams against this particular attack, but it is generally excellent guidance for everyone who would like to have clear and step-by-step approach on how to prepare, identify, contain, remediate and recover from the dangerous attacks of ransomware.

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Ransomware Incident Response Plan – Part 1 December 23rd, 2020HAWKEYE

19 Aug 2020

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Cyber Security, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Operations Center Permalink

Cyber Threat Intelligence and OSINT

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On August 19, 2020

We are living in a world where any number of cyber threats can bring an organization to its knees and it can be downright terrifying. Few years ago, threat intelligence first became a new buzzword in cybersecurity. Threat intelligence was not always a concept easily understood by typical IT security professionals.

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Cyber Threat Intelligence and OSINT November 17th, 2020HAWKEYE

16 Aug 2020

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Cyber Security, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, Threat Modeling Permalink

Threat Model and Security Considerations For Remote Workers

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On August 16, 2020

As the world faces uncertain times, due to the spread of the pandemic COVID19 (coronavirus) outbreak, organizations around the world sent hundreds of thousands of employees to work from their home.

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Threat Model and Security Considerations For Remote Workers August 16th, 2020HAWKEYE

14 Jun 2020

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE Posted in Cyber Security, Incident Response Permalink

12 Steps to Secure Your Organization’s Office 365 Accounts Effectively

Sticky Post By HAWKEYE On June 14, 2020

Recently, our Incident response team at HAWKEYE received a frantic call from one of our clients saying that their o365 email accounts seems to have been hacked. One of their investors received an email from an attacker asking them to transfer a huge amount of money to the client with the bank account details.

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12 Steps to Secure Your Organization’s Office 365 Accounts Effectively June 14th, 2020HAWKEYE