Live Webinar
TRUINTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET | 8:00 - 8:45 AM PT
4:00 - 4:45 PM BST
Join us on September 10th for this month’s TRU Intelligence Briefing
eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU) is a team of industry-renowned experts with real-world experience who are battle-tested to protect you against the most advanced cyber threats.
TRU is foundational to our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service – no add-ons or additional cost required. Every month, TRU hosts a live webinar to share new research-driven observations of malware, notable vulnerabilities, threat actor groups, and cyber activity affecting the threat landscape.
Our Threat Response Unit (TRU) will review:
- Unpacking Trends Around Windows Installer Packages: An analysis of recent trends observed among our customers and the broader threat landscape, focusing on the misuse of Windows installer packages for malware infections. This discussion will cover MSI, MISX, and Inno Setup packages, how they are abused, recommendations for analysis, and the underground services fueling this trend.
- Tactical Threat Response – App Installer Abuse: An overview of how threat actors utilize application installers to distribute malware, along with best practices for mitigating these risks.
- Threat Landscape: A review of malware recently observed by eSentire’s Security Operation Center (SOC) over the past month including Poseidon Stealer, Go Injector, and Play Ransomware, as well as notable vulnerabilities impacting Versa (CVE-2024-39717), SolarWinds (CVE-2024-28986), and Apache (CVE-2024-38856).
- A brief update on cyberactivity relating to ongoing geopolitical tensions.
Session Speakers
Paul Aitken
Team Lead, Threat Intelligence
Dan Inglis
Threat Intelligence Researcher
Spence Hutchinson
Staff Threat Intelligence Researcher
Mohammad Amr Khan
Senior Threat Researcher
