Tag: carey nachenberg
-
VB2020 presentation: Behind the Black Mirror: simulating attacks with mock C2 servers
Dynamic analysis of a malicious sample in a lab setup can be hampered by the absence of the malware’s C2 server listening and providing responses – potentially resulting in only a partial picture of the sample’s behaviour and capabilities being revealed. At VB2020 localhost, Carbon Black ‘s Scott Knight presented an approach he and his colleagues…
-
Book review: The Florentine Deception, by Carey Nachenberg
John Hawes reviews Carey Nachenberg’s debut novel. There’s a rather serious problem with fiction involving computers, and computer security in particular. It seems like any time a computer appears in a work of fiction, especially in a Hollywood movie or a TV show, any attempt to adhere to reality goes out the window. The ubiquitous…