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Detecting SeriousSAM CVE-2021-36934 With Splunk
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Detecting SeriousSAM CVE-2021-36934 With Splunk

SeriousSAM or CVE-2021-36934 is a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. The Splunk Threat Research team recommends performing an assessment to better understand the impact of this vulnerability in corporate environments.
Security Modernization Starts with Data and Splunk at Black Hat 2021
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Security Modernization Starts with Data and Splunk at Black Hat 2021

It’s time to take that breach vacation and get the inside scoop at what Splunk has happening at Black Hat 2021.
Get Started with Splunk for Security: Splunk Security Essentials
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Get Started with Splunk for Security: Splunk Security Essentials

Splunk Security Essentials (SSE) is now part of the Splunk security portfolio and fully supported with an active Splunk Cloud or Splunk Enterprise license. Start using SSE and apply prescriptive guidance and deploy pre-built security detections in your Splunk environment.
Detecting Trickbot with Splunk
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Detecting Trickbot with Splunk

The Splunk Threat Research Team has assessed several samples of Trickbot, a popular crimeware carrier that allows malicious actors to deliver multiple types of payloads. Use our pre-built Splunk detections to detect Trickbots.
API 2.0: TruSTAR Operationalizes Data Orchestration and Normalization for a New Era in Intelligence Management
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API 2.0: TruSTAR Operationalizes Data Orchestration and Normalization for a New Era in Intelligence Management

TruSTAR announces new features making intelligence more actionable by simplifying intelligence ingestion, automating data flows and better informing SIEM, SOAR and Vulnerability Management programs.
Data Exfiltration Detections: Threat Research Release, June 2021
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Data Exfiltration Detections: Threat Research Release, June 2021

Check out detections from the Splunk Threat Research team to detect data exfiltration – also known as data extrusion, data exportation, and data theft – in your environment.
Five Questions Your Organization Must Ask to Prepare For a Ransomware Attack
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Five Questions Your Organization Must Ask to Prepare For a Ransomware Attack

What questions should organizations be asking themselves and what steps should they take to prevent or mitigate the next ransomware threat? Splunk's Yassir Abousselham has put together a quick set of questions we’re asking at Splunk that can help you.
What's New with Splunk Enterprise Security 6.6?
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What's New with Splunk Enterprise Security 6.6?

Learn about the latest and greatest features of Splunk Enterprise Security 6.6.
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For BOTS!
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For BOTS!

We are excited to announce our August Boss of the SOC (BOTS) V event! What’s new in BOTS V? I’m glad you asked. This year, we find our favorite brewery, Frothly, converting to a remote model and embracing the cloud for ‘all the things.'