Commodity Remote Access Trojans (RATs) -- which are designed, productized and sold to the casual and experienced hacker alike -- put powerful remote access capabilities into the hands of criminals. RATs, such as H-W0rm, njRAT, KilerRAT, DarkComet, Netwire, XtremeRAT, JSocket/AlienSpy/Adwind and o … READ MORE

Metadata gathered from your network can be a powerful ally in the battle against cyberattacks. In fact, you can do seemingly impossible things with the right metadata. In Part 1, we explored how metadata can help you spot phishing emails, find man-in-the-middle attacks, locate weak encryption and … READ MORE

Bloomberg reporter Jordan Robertson recently sat down with Fidelis Cybersecurity Senior VP Mike Buratowski to discuss the malware and other data that attackers used to pull off the breach of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) servers. By examining the clues the attackers left behind, Mi … READ MORE

Network Intrusion Prevention Systems have been a mainstay of the network security stack for well over a decade. When they first entered the mainstream in the early 2000s, the iPhone hadn't been invented. We were still in the age of the PalmPilot (anyone remember using that stylus?). But, at the t … READ MORE

Deception and crime go hand in hand. But knowing when you’re being deceived means you need to think like the bad guys and know what to look for. There are three elements of deception. To see these elements in action, we need look no further than a few notable cases -- including the alleged Rus … READ MORE

Quick! What do you do when you think you’ve been compromised? It’s not a trick question (or the beginning of a bad joke). To investigate, you’d probably look for historical information that you could easily put your hands on. Usually that means pulling logs and NetFlow data to try and under … READ MORE

In November 2015, the Dyre banking trojan seemingly disappeared overnight surprising security researchers worldwide. Months later it was announced that Russian authorities had arrested most of the gang responsible for its operations. Prior to that, it was a relatively rare act for Russian author … READ MORE

For several years now, the Vawtrak trojan has been targeting banking and financial institutions, most recently in Canada as reported last week. The Fidelis Threat Research team recently analyzed a new variant to Vawtrak using HTTPS for C2 communications. Given what we've seen previously with Vawt … READ MORE

Fidelis Cybersecurity is proud to support the Wall of Sheep (WoS) at Def Con 2016, but this Wall needs to come down. Over the past several years, it's been standing-room only for WoS participants. This year's event promises to be even more spectacular. For those who need background, the 'sheep' o … READ MORE