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Threat Hunting Report: One attack every 7 minutes
Threat Hunting Report: One attack every 7 minutes

CrowdStrike's annual threat hunting report shows that cybercrime actors are not taking a break. The report shows that a potential cyber attack is identified every seven minutes. The breakout time for eCrime actors has also fallen. CrowdStrike, a leading provider of cloud-based protection for endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data, today released its fourth annual threat hunting report Nowhere to Hide: 2022 Falcon OverWatch Threat Hunting Report. The global report reveals a record-breaking 50 percent year-over-year increase in hands-on attack attempts, along with significant shifts in attack trends and tactics...

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CNAPP capabilities for container security and cloud vulnerabilities 
CNAPP capabilities for container security and cloud vulnerabilities

CrowdStrike extends CNAPP capabilities to secure containers and help developers quickly identify and remediate cloud vulnerabilities. The extension of agent-based and agentless protection adds support for Amazon ECS and enables DevSecOps teams to develop in AWS environments even more securely. CrowdStrike, a leading provider of cloud-based protection for endpoints, workloads, identity and data, announced powerful new capabilities of the Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP). Thanks to the new features, CrowdStrike Cloud Security now also offers support for Amazon Elastic Container Services (ECS) within AWS Fargate, extends image registry scanning to include...

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Cloud threat hunting service against cloud-based attacks
Cloud threat hunting service against cloud-based attacks

CrowdStrike introduces the industry's first cloud threat hunting service to stop advanced cloud-based attacks. Falcon OverWatch Cloud Threat Hunting gives organizations access to an elite team of threat hunters to prevent incidents in cloud environments. CrowdStrike, a leading provider of cloud-based endpoint, workload, identity and data protection, today introduced Falcon OverWatch Cloud Threat Hunting. It is the industry's first standalone threat hunting service for hidden and advanced threats that originate, operate or exist in cloud environments. Armed with the industry's first cloud-centric attack indicators (Indicators of...

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Proactively identify and eliminate IT blind spots
Proactively identify and eliminate IT blind spots

CrowdStrike Asset Graph helps organizations proactively identify and eliminate attack surface blind spots. It provides a unique view of resources in an IT environment to optimize cyber defense strategies and manage risk. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based protection for endpoints, workloads, identity and data, has introduced CrowdStrike Asset Graph. It's a new graph database built on CrowdStrike Security Cloud that gives IT and security leaders a 360-degree view of all assets (both managed and unmanaged) and a unique insight...

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Cloud: Adversary-focused CNAPP features at CrowdStrike
Adversary-focused CNAPP features at CrowdStrike

The Falcon platform gives organizations the flexibility to secure their cloud environments with agent-based and agentless cloud security. CrowdStrike introduces the new, opponent-focused CNAPP functions. CrowdStrike, a leading provider of cloud-based protection for endpoints, workloads, identity and data, introduces new, adversary-focused Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) capabilities to accelerate threat hunting for cloud environments and workloads and reduce average response time. Delivered through the Falcon platform, the new capabilities introduce CrowdStrike's Falcon Horizon (Cloud Security Posture Management, or CSPM) and Falcon Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) modules within a...

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BSI lists CrowdStrike as a qualified APT response service provider
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

CrowdStrike, a leading provider of cloud-based protection for endpoints, workloads, identity and data, has been included in the list of qualified APT response service providers by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). The BSI list helps companies, operators of critical infrastructures and government institutions in their search for qualified security service providers to defend against ongoing or past attacks on their IT infrastructures. CrowdStrike's full-service IR offering meets the strict criteria of the BSI law according to § 3 BSIG and is recommended for responding to APT attacks (Advanced Persistent Threats). BSI recognition underscores CrowdStrike’s leadership role…

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Identity Threats: New Identity Threat Protection

CrowdStrike, a leading provider of cloud-based protection for endpoints, workloads, identity and data, has introduced Falcon Identity Threat Protection Complete, the industry's first fully managed identity threat protection solution. It brings together the Falcon Identity Threat Protection module and Falcon Complete managed service to prevent identity threats, enforce IT policies and provide professional management, monitoring and remediation. Protecting Identity and Credentials With the rise of remote working, identity is becoming the focus of attackers, who are increasingly targeting credentials to infiltrate an organization. According to the...

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Global Threat Report shows rise in ransomware
Global Threat Report shows rise in ransomware

New CrowdStrike Global Threats Report Shows Rise in Ransomware and Disruptive Operations. The report shows that attackers are using “lock-and-leak” operations and cloud service providers are increasingly being targeted by Russia-affiliated cyber actors. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based protection for endpoints, workloads, identity and data, announces the release of the 2022 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report. Among other things, the report not only reveals an 82 percent increase in ransomware-related data leaks, but also introduces two completely new groups of nation-state attackers, WOLF (Turkey) and OCELOT (Colombia). In addition, the experts add to the list…

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CrowdStrike: Zero Trust support on macOS and Linux

CrowdStrike Falcon ZTA helps organizations implement a holistic cybersecurity approach to protect data and users from supply chain attacks, ransomware and wormable exploits. CrowdStrike extends Zero Trust support to macOS and Linux, enabling cross-platform protection. CrowdStrike Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based endpoint, workload, identity and data protection, announced that Zero Trust Assessment is now available for macOS and Linux. With this, CrowdStrike extends its comprehensive protection to all platforms with an identity- and data-centric approach. Additionally, CrowdStrike announced new Zero…

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SE Labs EDR testing with AAA for CrowdStrike Falcon
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

CrowdStrike Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based endpoint and workload protection, has announced that CrowdStrike Falcon has received another AAA award from the independent testing organization SE Labs. In the latest Advanced Security Test, which belongs to the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) test category, CrowdStrike Falcon achieved a 100 percent detection rate for attacks. This independent assessment confirms the extensive and comprehensive capabilities of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform in detecting relevant threat activity in complex attack chains. Falcon Platform Against Hacker Attacks SE Labs tested the Falcon platform against a number of hacker attacks aimed at compromising systems and in ...

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