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My Username Fields Have Passwords in Them! What Do I Do?
Security
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My Username Fields Have Passwords in Them! What Do I Do?

Sometimes, users put their password into a username field and it gets logged into Splunk – learn how to identify this behavior and remediate it with SOAR.
Breaking the Chain: Defending Against Certificate Services Abuse
Security
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Breaking the Chain: Defending Against Certificate Services Abuse

Explore the common certificate abuses leveraged by current and relevant adversaries in the wild, the multiple methods they use to obtain certificates, how to gather relevant logs and ways to mitigate adversaries stealing certificates.
Machine Learning in Security: Detecting Suspicious Processes Using Recurrent Neural Networks
Security
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Machine Learning in Security: Detecting Suspicious Processes Using Recurrent Neural Networks

Splunk's Kumar Sharad explains how to detect suspicious processes using recurrent neural networks.
Strengthen Digital Resilience with Unified Security Operations
Security
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Strengthen Digital Resilience with Unified Security Operations

Splunk Mission Control offers a unified, simplified, and modernized security operations experience which reduces complexity and reduces risk.
Overcome Cybersecurity Challenges to Improve Digital Resilience
Security
7 Minute Read

Overcome Cybersecurity Challenges to Improve Digital Resilience

Discover how embracing automation, unifying security operations and tackling security as a data problem helps organizations overcome the challenges posed to cybersecurity effectiveness and digital resilience.
Threat Advisory: SwiftSlicer Wiper STRT-TA03
Security
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Threat Advisory: SwiftSlicer Wiper STRT-TA03

The Splunk Threat Research Team shares a closer look at the SwiftSlicer wiper, a new payload discovered by ESET and found in a recent January 2023 campaign.
Don’t boil the ocean: A technologist’s take on prioritisation in sustainability
Security
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Don’t boil the ocean: A technologist’s take on prioritisation in sustainability

Even if manufacturing isn’t close to your heart, you’d have to be pretty cold not to care about sustainability in 2023. Let's get a technologist’s take on prioritisation in sustainability.
Splunk Observability & Security Weeks - Best Practices for Strong Cyber Resilience and Business Success
Security
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Splunk Observability & Security Weeks - Best Practices for Strong Cyber Resilience and Business Success

This March, we are holding two weeks of virtual sessions across EMEA, packed with thought provoking and educational content to suit everyone. Whether your area of expertise is in security or IT & observability — we’ve got you covered.
Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading February 2023
Security
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Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading February 2023

Explore the latest list of presentations, whitepapers, and customer case studies that our Splunk security experts feel are worth a read.