Stories from the SOC is a blog series that describes recent real-world security incident investigations conducted and reported by the AT&T SOC analyst team for AT&T Managed Threat Detection and Response customers.
Executive Summary
While freeware does not have monetary cost, it may come at a price. There may be limitations to freeware such as infrequent updates, limited support and hidden malicious software. Some freeware programs may have added software packages that can include malicious software such as trojans, spyware, or adware. It’s important to have additional layers of defense to provide that your environment is protected.
The Managed Threat Detection and Response (MTDR) analyst team was notified of malware on a customer’s assets who frequently uses freeware. The primary piece of malware that was detected by Cisco® Secure Endpoint (formerly AMP for Endpoints) did not appear to be particularly…
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Posted by: Dustin Swening |
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March 24, 2021 at 09:10PM
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