AvosLocker recently made headlines as a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) that commenced operations in June, represented by a purple bug brand logo. Operating based on a similar modus operandi to most RaaS, AvosLocker has started promoting its RaaS program via various forums on the dark web in its search for affiliates. AvosLocker’s primary mode of malware …

Proactive Threat Hunting helps in the early detection of new threats and in the discovery of weak spots that can be leveraged by an attacker to gain or maintain access to an infrastructure.  Traditional IOCs, combined with ATT&CK Mitre TTPs and Artificial Intelligence for discovery of new behaviors raises the bar for the attackers, helping responders to identify …

When datasets are hard to label or highly skewed, Active Learning shows great potential to help both the algorithms and the analyst to make sense of data faster and more efficiently. The promise of AI in cyber-security has long been that of helping humans to automate and simplify the daunting task of preventing data loss …