Tag: threat intelligence
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VB2020 TIPS presentation: Business Email Compromise – Scalable Attribution Powering Industry and Law Enforcement Collaboration
As part of VB2020 localhost we were proud to co-host the Threat Intelligence Practitioners’ Summit (TIPS), put together by the Cyber Threat Alliance. In a series of blog posts we highlight some of the talks presented in the Summit and the important contribution of threat intelligence sharing. Business Email Compromise (BEC) is now the most…
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VB2020 TIPS presentation: Collaborating with Competitors: A Better Strategy to Beat Adversaries
As part of VB2020 localhost we were proud to co-host the Threat Intelligence Practitioners’ Summit (TIPS), put together by the Cyber Threat Alliance. In a series of blog posts we highlight some of the talks presented in the Summit and the important contribution of threat intelligence sharing. Threat intelligence sharing has steadily been improving over…
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VB2019 presentation: Building secure sharing systems that treat humans as features not bugs
There are certain paradigms that continue to permeate information security: Humans are the weakest link in security. Always assume breach. Privacy is dead. And along with these paradigms goes the tendency to lock down data. But rather than making our systems more secure this actually weakens our defences by curtailing innovation and collaboration. Andrea Limbago…
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VB2020 call for papers – now open!
In the October 1990 edition of Virus Bulletin ( pdf ), then a printed monthly magazine sent to subscribers around the world by post, the very first Virus Bulletin conference was announced. Today, we open the call for papers for VB2020 , the 30th Virus Bulletin conference, which is to take place in Dublin, 30…
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Guest blog: Threat intelligence – a unifying force of the future
In a guest blog post VB2019 Platinum partner Reason Cybersecurity looks to the future of threat intelligence. The advent of the Internet and Internet-enabled technologies not only ushered in the era of cyberattacks, but it also influenced the development of complex systems that are frustratingly and increasingly difficult to secure and protect against these attacks.…
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Programme for VB2019 Threat Intelligence Practitioners’ Summit announced
In its almost 30-year history, the Virus Bulletin Conference has evolved to become perhaps the most international threat intelligence event of the year. This is yet again reflected on this year’s conference programme, which features speakers from around the globe who will come to London to discuss the latest threats and the tools to analyse…
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VB2018 presentation: Levelling up: why sharing threat intelligence makes you more competitive
Here at VB we often talk about the importance of sharing intelligence, and many of us coming into the industry for the first time have been genuinely surprised by the willingness to share information among competitors. Yet even within this relatively open industry, there are still barriers to sharing threat intelligence data, be they technical,…
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VB2018 presentation: Levelling up: why sharing threat intelligence makes you more competitive
Here at VB we often talk about the importance of sharing intelligence, and many of us coming into the industry for the first time have been genuinely surprised by the willingness to share information among competitors. Yet even within this relatively open industry, there are still barriers to sharing threat intelligence data, be they technical,…
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Threat intelligence teams should consider recruiting journalists
These aren’t easy times for journalists. Last week’s laying off of dozens of journalists at BuzzFeed , including its full national security desk, contributed to more than 1,000 media jobs being lost last week . The reasons for these lay-offs are complicated and beyond the topic of this blog. What piqued my interest, though, was…
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Threat intelligence teams should consider recruiting journalists
These aren’t easy times for journalists. Last week’s laying off of dozens of journalists at BuzzFeed , including its full national security desk, contributed to more than 1,000 media jobs being lost last week . The reasons for these lay-offs are complicated and beyond the topic of this blog. What piqued my interest, though, was…