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Detecting Cloud Account Takeover Attacks: Threat Research Release, October 2022
Security
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Detecting Cloud Account Takeover Attacks: Threat Research Release, October 2022

The Splunk Threat Research Team shares a closer look at the telemetry available in Azure, AWS and GCP and the options teams have to ingest this data into Splunk.
Peace on Earth and Peace of Mind With Business Resilience
Leadership
3 Minute Read

Peace on Earth and Peace of Mind With Business Resilience

The holidays are upon us and with that comes booming business and bad actors. Ensuring your business and systems are secure, available and resilient is critical.
Security Books & Articles: Must-Read List From InfoSec Experts
Learn
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Security Books & Articles: Must-Read List From InfoSec Experts

Looking for your next read? Our security experts picked the very best security books, guides & articles. From hobbyists to pros, we’ve got books for you!
From Macros to No Macros: Continuous Malware Improvements by QakBot
Security
13 Minute Read

From Macros to No Macros: Continuous Malware Improvements by QakBot

This blog, the Splunk Threat Research Team (STRT) showcases a year's evolution of QakBot. We also dive into a recent change in tradecraft meant to evade security controls. Last, we reverse engineered the QakBot loader to showcase some of its functions.
Splunk & AWS: Ready to re:Invent!
Partners
2 Minute Read

Splunk & AWS: Ready to re:Invent!

Splunk and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are celebrating 10 years of strategic collaboration this year – and what a decade it’s been!
Splunk Integrates with Amazon Security Lake to Deliver Analytics Using the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework
Security
2 Minute Read

Splunk Integrates with Amazon Security Lake to Deliver Analytics Using the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework

We're proud to be one of the early partners of Amazon Security Lake, allowing joint Splunk and AWS customers to efficiently ingest the OCSF-compliant data to help improve threat detection, investigation and response.
How Good is ClamAV at Detecting Commodity Malware?
Security
2 Minute Read

How Good is ClamAV at Detecting Commodity Malware?

We ran over 400,000 instances of malware to see how good ClamAV really is. Here's the data.
NIS2 is coming… What does it mean?
Security
6 Minute Read

NIS2 is coming… What does it mean?

On 28th November, European Member States formally adopted the revision of the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) (EN, DE, FR). The Directive will enter into force before the end of the year, but will only be applicable after EU Member States transpose the Directive into national law - by September 2024. So now is the time for a heads-up about the upcoming changes and what they will mean for your cybersecurity operations.
Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading November 2022
Security
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Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading November 2022

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Splunk staff picks blog. Each month, Splunk security experts curate a list of presentations, whitepapers, and customer case studies that we feel are worth a read. We hope you enjoy.