Top Tier Target | What It Takes to Defend a Cybersecurity Company from Today's Adversaries
Contents
Executive Summary
- In recent months, SentinelOne has observed and defended against a spectrum of attacks from financially motivated crimeware to tailored campaigns by advanced nation-state actors.
- These incidents were real intrusion attempts against a U.S.-based cybersecurity company by adversaries, but incidents such as these are neither new nor unique to SentinelOne.
- Recent adversaries have included:
- DPRK IT workers posing as job applicants
- ransomware operators probing for ways to access/abuse our platform
- Chinese state-sponsored actors targeting organizations aligned with our business and customer base
- This report highlights a rarely-discussed but crucially important attack surface: security vendors themselves.
Overview
At SentinelOne, defending against real-world threats isn’t just part of the job, it’s the reality of operating as a cybersecurity company in today’s landscape. We don’t just study attacks, we experience them firsthand, levied against us. Our teams face the same threats we help others prepare for, and that proximity to the front lines shapes …
- In recent months, SentinelOne has observed and defended against a spectrum of attacks from financially motivated crimeware to tailored campaigns by advanced nation-state actors.
- These incidents were real intrusion attempts against a U.S.-based cybersecurity company by adversaries, but incidents such as these are neither new nor unique to SentinelOne.
- Recent adversaries have included:
- DPRK IT workers posing as job applicants
- ransomware operators probing for ways to access/abuse our platform
- Chinese state-sponsored actors targeting organizations aligned with our business and customer base
- This report highlights a rarely-discussed but crucially important attack surface: security vendors themselves.
Overview
At SentinelOne, defending against real-world threats isn’t just part of the job, it’s the reality of operating as a cybersecurity company in today’s landscape. We don’t just study attacks, we experience them firsthand, levied against us. Our teams face the same threats we help others prepare for, and that proximity to the front lines shapes …
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