Shachar Gritzman

Mobile Malware Researcher, IBM

Shachar Gritzman is a Mobile Malware Researcher at IBM Security's Trusteer's group and holds a B.Sc in Computer Software Engineering. Shachar has a keen interest in Android internals, reverse engineering, and malware analysis.

CISO November 23, 2022

Emotional Blowback: Dealing With Post-Incident Stress

4 min read - Cyberattacks are on the rise as adversaries find new ways of creating chaos and increasing profits. Attacks evolve constantly and often involve real-world consequences. The growing criminal Software-as-a-Service enterprise puts ready-made tools in the hands of threat actors who can…

Intelligence & Analytics November 22, 2022

RansomExx Upgrades to Rust

4 min read - IBM Security X-Force Threat Researchers have discovered a new variant of the RansomExx ransomware that has been rewritten in the Rust programming language, joining a growing trend of ransomware developers switching to the language. Malware written in Rust often benefits…

Risk Management November 22, 2022

Why Operational Technology Security Cannot Be Avoided

8 min read - Operational technology (OT) includes any hardware and software that directly monitors and controls industrial equipment and all its assets, processes and events to detect or initiate a change. Yet despite occupying a critical role in a large number of essential…

Data Protection November 21, 2022

Resilient Companies Have a Disaster Recovery Plan

3 min read - Historically, disaster recovery (DR) planning focused on protection against unlikely events such as fires, floods and natural disasters. Some companies mistakenly view DR as an insurance policy for which the likelihood of a claim is low. With the current financial…

Security Services November 18, 2022

What People Get Wrong About Incident Responders

4 min read - Today’s threat landscape is ever-evolving and skyrocketing in complexity as bad actors possess more advanced tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) than ever before. To address these advanced threats, deploying an incident response team is critical for modern organizations. An incident…

Risk Management November 17, 2022

Tech Stack Diversity: Security Benefits and Costs

4 min read - If your remit protects the information technology estate, you might be tired of the constant fire drills and reminders of upcoming disruptions. The barrage from cybersecurity vendors claiming “we have the solution” is almost equally exhausting. Start here: there is…

Intelligence & Analytics November 16, 2022

Moving at the Speed of Business — Challenging Our Assumptions About Cybersecurity

3 min read - The traditional narrative for cybersecurity has been about limited visibility and operational constraints — not business opportunities. These conversations are grounded in various assumptions, such as limited budgets, scarce resources, skills being at a premium, the attack surface growing, and…

News November 16, 2022

Costa Rica State of Emergency Declared After Ransomware Attacks

2 min read - In late April, after weeks of major ransomware attacks, Costa Rica declared a state of emergency. Newly-elected President Rodrigo Chaves took this measure, usually reserved to deal with natural disasters, to free up the government to react more decisively to…

Zero Trust November 15, 2022

Effectively Enforce a Least Privilege Strategy

3 min read - Every security officer wants to minimize their attack surface. One of the best ways to do this is by implementing a least privilege strategy. One report revealed that data breaches from insiders could cost as much as 20% of annual…

Risk Management November 14, 2022

How the DNSChanger Shutdown Changed Cybersecurity

3 min read - On the morning of July 9, 2012, the world braced for an “internet doomsday”: a full-scale crash of the global internet. Except it didn’t happen. And that non-event represented the culmination of a long and successful coordinated action taken between…

CISO November 10, 2022

Reporting Healthcare Cyber Incidents Under New CIRCIA Rules

4 min read - Numerous high-profile cybersecurity events in recent years, such as the Colonial Pipeline and SolarWinds attacks, spurred the US government to implement new legislation. In response to the growing threat, President Biden signed the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act…

News November 9, 2022

Ransomware-as-a-Service Transforms Gangs Into Businesses

3 min read - Malware-as-a-Service is getting easier and easier to access, according to a recent threat report. Self-named the ‘Eternity Project’, this cyber threat group offers services from a Tor website and on their Telegram channel. They sell a wide variety of malware…

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Topics

Emotional Blowback: Dealing With Post-Incident Stress

RansomExx Upgrades to Rust

Why Operational Technology Security Cannot Be Avoided

Resilient Companies Have a Disaster Recovery Plan

What People Get Wrong About Incident Responders

Tech Stack Diversity: Security Benefits and Costs

Moving at the Speed of Business — Challenging Our Assumptions About Cybersecurity

Costa Rica State of Emergency Declared After Ransomware Attacks

Effectively Enforce a Least Privilege Strategy

How the DNSChanger Shutdown Changed Cybersecurity

Reporting Healthcare Cyber Incidents Under New CIRCIA Rules

Ransomware-as-a-Service Transforms Gangs Into Businesses

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