Sometimes the easiest way to gain a foothold on a corporate network is to place a Wireless Access Point (WAP) right outside the door and wait to see who connects to it. Other times, the easiest way into a network is to drive by (literally) and monitor for networks that are not using modern security protocols. Either way, it helps to know what wireless networks are in the range of your office and whether they are official corporate WAPs. There are many ways to do this, but in this example, we dusted off a Raspberry Pi 3 and took it for a spin around the office to see what WAPs were broadcasting in our vicinity.

A common security operations task involves investigating newly discovered servers on an organization's network. Whether detected by a scanning system or through a network detection system, the playbook below is triggered into action once a ticket is created to investigate the newly discovered server.

This blog entry continues an ongoing series of articles describing Phantom Playbooks; which the platform uses to automate and orchestrate your security operations plan. This example examines one of the playbooks included with the Phantom Platform. In May of 2017, Phantom's Co-Founder and CTO Sourabh Satish held two consecutive Tech Sessions covering capabilities of the Phantom … Continue reading Playbook: Using Filters, Decision-Making Logic, Custom Lists, User Prompts, and Scheduled Actions

New domains are created everyday as part of the normal operation of the Internet Domain Name Service (DNS). Unfortunately, bad actors commonly use newly created domains for criminal activities like spam, malware distribution, or botnet command and control (C&C). They commonly use the new domains within the first few minutes of creating them—making it difficult to build effective domain-based blocking policies.

A lost or stolen device not only presents an inconvenience for the owner, but also commonly triggers a data security incident if the device contains company-owned information. Responding to reports of lost or stolen devices promptly and efficiently helps protect your sensitive information and other assets. Moreover, depending on your industry and geography, a rapid and consistent response process ensures that you remain in compliance with state and federal law.