In 2020 Toll Group went twice through a ransomware attack, now Sophos which acted as a response and investigation team for the events, announces that the entry point was an account of an employee who died but remained active in the system.
Nefilim Ransomware Attack Used “Ghost” Credentials.
According to the report by Sophos, the Nefilim group responsible for the infidelity attack that was on the company’s network for about a month without the defense systems identifying suspicious activity, the user used by the attack group belonged to a deceased employee but his account was locked/deleted due to being integrated into various services.
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🛡 Free Threat Hunting Playbooks CISOs Love to Reuse 🛡
Proactive threat hunting is key for detecting attacks before they escalate, but building playbooks from scratch is time-consuming. Luckily, several free resources provide tested playbooks CISOs can adapt immediately.
Here are the top free threat hunting playbooks:
1️⃣ MITRE ATT&CK Playbooks – Prebuilt hunting workflows mapped to TTPs.
🔗 https://attack.mitre.org/resources/
2️⃣ SANS Institute Hunt Playbooks – Free guides for Windows, Linux, and cloud environments.
🔗 https://www.sans.org/white-papers/
3️⃣ Elastic Security Labs Playbooks – Open-source examples for SIEM-based hunting.
🔗 https://www.elastic.co/security-labs
4️⃣ Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Playbooks – Step-by-step threat investigation templates.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc
5️⃣ SOC Prime Threat Hunting Library – Free community-contributed queries and use cases.
🔗 https://socprime.com/community
6️⃣ Red Canary Threat Detection Playbooks – Guides for endpoint and network threat hunting.
🔗 https://redcanary.com/resources/
7️⃣ Aumint.io Sample Playbooks – Our curated templates for simulating social engineering and insider attack scenarios.
🔗 https://aumint.io/resources
⚡ Using these free playbooks, CISOs can standardize threat hunts, reduce response time, and increase detection confidence.
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Zipline Social Engineering: How Manufacturing Firms Became the New Cyber Battleground
🚨 Manufacturing Firms Under Stealth Cyber Siege
😱 The Zipline campaign is targeting U.S. manufacturers using sophisticated social engineering and custom malware.
📧 Attackers craft believable communications to exploit employees, gaining access to sensitive designs, operations, and financial information.
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📋 Free NIST Compliance Tools That Simplify Audits 📋
Meeting NIST standards can feel overwhelming, but several free tools help CISOs streamline audits and maintain compliance without expensive software.
Here are the top free NIST compliance tools:
1️⃣ NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) Online Tool – Interactive tool to map controls and track maturity.
🔗 https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework
2️⃣ CSET (Cyber Security Evaluation Tool) – NIST-based assessment tool to evaluate security posture.
🔗 https://cset.nist.gov/
3️⃣ SP 800-53 Security Control Templates – Free Excel/Word templates for documentation and audit tracking.
🔗 https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/sp800
4️⃣ OpenControl – Open-source framework to manage NIST and other compliance frameworks.
🔗 https://www.opencontrol.org/
5️⃣ Vanta Free Resources – Guides and checklists for NIST CSF and audit prep.
🔗 https://www.vanta.com/resources
6️⃣ ComplianceForge NIST Guides – Free guides and sample documentation for NIST 800-53 and CSF.
🔗 https://www.complianceforge.com/free-resources
7️⃣ NIST 800-171 Assessment Templates – Helps organizations prepare for controlled unclassified information (CUI) compliance.
🔗 https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/sp800
⚡ Takeaway: These tools help CISOs map controls, track gaps, and prepare for audits efficiently, saving hours of manual work.
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