$CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.(CRWD)$Biden's Cybersecurity Executive Order Should Worry HackersThe risks that cyber threats pose to American critical infrastructures, supply chains, and government networks have been forewarned by cybersecurity experts for nearly two decades. On May 7, 2021, hackers from Eastern Europe leveraged a ransomware attack against the Colonial Pipeline company, marking the largest, critical infrastructure cyberattack to ever reach American soil.The Colonial Pipeline attack wreaked havoc and chaos in the southeastern US, leading to a panic-driven gas shortage throughout the region. But as damaging as the attack was, experts have cautioned that it could have been potentially more devastating, and that future attacks could occur wi
$CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.(CRWD)$Biden's Cybersecurity Executive Order Should Worry HackersThe risks that cyber threats pose to American critical infrastructures, supply chains, and government networks have been forewarned by cybersecurity experts for nearly two decades. On May 7, 2021, hackers from Eastern Europe leveraged a ransomware attack against the Colonial Pipeline company, marking the largest, critical infrastructure cyberattack to ever reach American soil.The Colonial Pipeline attack wreaked havoc and chaos in the southeastern US, leading to a panic-driven gas shortage throughout the region. But as damaging as the attack was, experts have cautioned that it could have been potentially more devastating, and that future attacks could occur wi
$CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.(CRWD)$CrowdStrike is recognized as a “Leader” placed furthest for completeness of vision in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms. Learn why in the report: https://bit.ly/2Qvrhih
$CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.(CRWD)$Ransomware Actors Evolved Their OperationsIn 2020, CrowdStrike Services observed the continued evolution and proliferation of eCrime adversaries engaging in big game hunting (BGH) ransomware techniques. This trend is continuing into 2021 — a recent high-profile example is the CARBON SPIDER/DarkSide attack on a U.S. fuel pipeline.BGH was first observed by CrowdStrike in 2016 with the introduction of BOSS SPIDER’s Samas (aka SamSam) ransomware. Since then, BGH ransomware variants have multiplied, evolved and become more sophisticated, with their proliferation going virtually unimpeded by legacy endpoint security tools.The year 2020 was marked by the trend continuing at an accelerated rate. The advancemen
$CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.(CRWD)$Truly effective endpoint protection must provide the highest level of security and simplicity. To achieve both, endpoint protection must include five key elements and be delivered through a cloud-native architecture:Prevention to keep out as many malicious elements as possibleDetection to find and remove attackersManaged threat hunting to elevate detection beyond automationThreat intelligence integration to understand and stay ahead of attackersIT hygiene and vulnerability management to prepare and strengthen the environment against threats and attacksHow do you evaluate these elements and find the right solution for your organization? This handy guide helps you ask the right q