Employ real time file integrity monitoring (FIM) to meet always-on security requirements as well as data protection compliance standards such as PCI DSS. Cyberattacks can be sneaky fast, executing their programs, altering your files and source code, and deleting traces of the activity. Many file integrity monitoring (FIM) programs run on a timer based model, […]
By Scott Shinn Ghidra is an open source reverse engineering tool developed by the NSA. Four years mature, Ghidra is a solid tool that can be used to disable attacks at the root, enabling you to take the malware apart and build immunities. It’s reverse engineering via an open source tool today. At the February […]
Comprising more than half of all cyberattacks, file-based attacks (.DOCX, .pdf, etc.) enable malware to spread into other files and across different systems. These attacks can be sophisticated, able to use deception to take path-traversal courses to get at sensitive data or spread silently, closing portals and deleting files behind them to hide their presence. […]
Mike Shinn is Atomicorp CEO and will be presenting at the upcoming OSSEC Conference on using OSSEC for FIM. He recently sat down for a Q&A on the history of FIM and why OSSEC is becoming an increasingly popular option for enterprises. Tell us about how FIM originated and what it is used for? Mike […]