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NEW CROWDSTRIKE THREAT HUNTING REPORT REVEALS DRAMATIC RISE IN E-CRIME ACTIVITY
CrowdStrike , a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection , has announced the release of the CrowdStrike Falcon OverWatch 2020 Threat Hunting Report : Insights from the CrowdStrike OverWatch Team . The report is comprised of threat data from CrowdStrike Falcon OverWatch , CrowdStrike ’ s industryleading managed threat hunting team , with contributions from CrowdStrike intelligence and services teams .
The annual report from CrowdStrike
reviews intrusion trends during the first half of 2020 and provides insights into the current landscape of adversary tactics , which has been heavily impacted this year by the remote workforce environment of COVID-19 . The report also includes recommendations for defending against the prevalent tools , techniques and procedures ( TTPs ) utilized by threat actors .
“ Just like everything this year , the threat landscape has proven unpredictable and precarious as e-crime and state-sponsored actors have opportunistically taken aim at industries unable to escape the chaos of COVID-19 , demonstrating clearly how cyberthreat activity is intrinsically linked to global economic and geo-political forces ,” said Jennifer Ayers , Vice President of OverWatch and Security Response .
“ OverWatch threat hunting data demonstrates how adversaries are keenly attuned to their victim ’ s environment and ready to pivot to meet changing objectives or emerging opportunities . For this reason , organizations must implement a layered defense system that incorporates basic security hygiene , endpoint detection and
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OVERWATCH OBSERVED AN EXPLOSION IN HANDS-ON- KEYBOARD INTRUSIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2020 THAT HAS ALREADY SURPASSED THE TOTAL SEEN THROUGHOUT ALL OF 2019 . www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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