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Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading April 2022
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Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading April 2022

Check out our Splunk security experts' curated list of presentations, white papers, and customer case studies that we feel are worth a read in the month of April.
The Upsurge in Ransomware Attacks in Australia and Opportunities to Protect Data
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The Upsurge in Ransomware Attacks in Australia and Opportunities to Protect Data

Splunk's Mark Troselj explores the findings of Splunk SURGe's recent ransomware report and explains the importance of making risk mitigation a proactive and strategic focus.
STRT-TA03 CPE - Destructive Software
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STRT-TA03 CPE - Destructive Software

The Splunk Threat Research Team is monitoring several malicious payloads targeting Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) devices. These are defined as devices that are at customer (Commercial, Residential) premises and that provide connectivity and services to the internet backbone
Play Now with BOTS Partner Experiences: Dragos
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Play Now with BOTS Partner Experiences: Dragos

We are pleased to announce a new Partner Experience – capture the flag (CTF) on-demand challenges, built by Splunk technology partner Dragos, running in Splunk, hosted on the BOTS platform and available for free!
State of Security Research Details Essential Strategies for the Year Ahead
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State of Security Research Details Essential Strategies for the Year Ahead

Splunk's new research report, The State of Security 2022, shares a closer look into the challenges that security organizations face and the strategies they're relying on.
You Bet Your Lsass: Hunting LSASS Access
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You Bet Your Lsass: Hunting LSASS Access

Dive in as the Splunk Threat Research Team shares how Mimikatz, and a few other tools found in Atomic Red Team, access credentials via LSASS memory.
Risk-Based Alerting: The New Frontier for SIEM
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Risk-Based Alerting: The New Frontier for SIEM

Risk-Based Alerting (RBA) is an intelligent alerting method with SIEM for security operations to operationalize cyber security frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, Lockheed Martin's Killchain, or CIS20.
Threat Update: CaddyWiper
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Threat Update: CaddyWiper

Get a breakdown of the features of the new malicious payload used against Ukraine, CaddyWiper.
Living Off The Land: Threat Research February 2022 Release
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Living Off The Land: Threat Research February 2022 Release

In this February 2022 release, the Splunk Threat Research Team (STRT) focused on comparing currently created living off the land security content with Sigma and the LOLBas project.