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The “fog of war” is a military term used to denote the uncertainty and confusion experienced on the battlefield. During periods of growing geopolitical conflict, it becomes increasingly hard to keep pace with new developments. With the goal of clearing the fog of war, Forescout Vedere Labs’ new threat briefing examines two recently published cyberattacks […]

The cybersecurity landscape is currently undergoing significant changes. Many organizations have followed the guidance of analysts by investing in top-of-the-line products and solutions. However, they are now facing unexpected challenges. These challenges include steep financial burdens, a lack of the expected return on investment, and the persistent ability of hackers to breach their security defenses. […]

Forescout Vedere Labs has identified a total of 21 new vulnerabilities affecting Sierra Wireless AirLink cellular routers and some of its open source components such as TinyXML and OpenNDS, which are used in a variety of other products. This new research confirms some trends that we have been tracking: Vulnerabilities on routers and network infrastructure […]

Almost a year ago to the day, on December 1 2022, Forescout Vedere Labs published a report detailing several hacktivist operations that targeted critical infrastructure in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other geopolitical developments. Since the most recent chapter in the Hamas-Israel conflict started on October 7, there have been multiple similar […]

On July 14, CISA published an industrial control system (ICS) advisory about two new critical vulnerabilities affecting Rockwell Automation ControlLogix communication modules: CVE-2023-3595 and CVE-2023-3596. CISA and Rockwell Automation recommended that asset owners patch vulnerable devices and add controls such as segmenting networks and using network intrusion detection. Two days later, passive vulnerability matching was […]

This year for the 13th year in a row, the healthcare industry continues to experience the most expensive data breaches worldwide, at an average cost of nearly $11 million – double the cost for the next-highest industry, finance. That’s not surprising; ransomware attacks on hospitals and health systems are constantly in the news. Add to […]

The threat intelligence data that Forescout Research – Vedere Labs curates comes from the millions of connected devices that we monitor, attacks we observe and dissect in our sandboxes, data relating to attacks that is traded on the Darknet, and from our Adversary Engagement Environment. We see a lot of data. One thing no cybersecurity […]

Since unveiling R4IoT, Forescout launched our own threat detection and response solution, Forescout XDR, part of the Forescout Platform. The following video tells the full story of what an R4IoT attack looks like and how Forescout XDR can work with your other security tools, including almost any endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution, to detect a cross-device attack like R4IoT as it unfolds, alert the SOC of a true threat and initiate policy-based remediation.

If you’re confused about cybersecurity tools and product categories, join the club. Security market confusion is a major side effect of years of increasingly sophisticated security threats and vendor innovation designed to prevent and respond to them. Add to that the growing use of AI and machine learning by both attackers and defenders and you […]