Insights from Jake Lomas, MDR Analyst at CrowdStrike
Jake Lomas, an MDR analyst at CrowdStrike's Falcon Complete team, recently shared his expertise on various aspects of cyber security during a guest lecture.
Jake explained CrowdStrike's cloud-native security solutions and their extensive range of services, including incident response and cyber threat intelligence. He emphasised the importance of understanding adversaries, who often include nation-states, e-crime groups, and hacktivists, highlighting the human element in cyber threats.
Jake highlighted the broad spectrum of companies CrowdStrike protects, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies, and he touched on the rise of identity-based attacks and cloud exploitation, noting the increasing sophistication of adversaries. He provided examples of living off the land binaries (LOLBins), which adversaries use to perform malicious actions without downloading malware.
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