Advanced Triage for Fileless Threats Using Automated Endpoint Scanning

We are thrilled to announce an exciting enhancement to Intezer’s Autonomous SOC solution: the automated execution of our Endpoint Scanner for fileless threats as part of the alert triage process. Making memory analysis and advanced endpoint forensics easily accessible to security teams of all skill levels, our solution empowers organizations to enhance and speed up their security operations and incident response. 

If you want the high level view about how automated triage works for fileless threats and other alerts, you can read more about how Intezer works here.

Automated Endpoint Scanning: Streamlining Alert Triage with Intezer

Efficient alert triage is crucial for cybersecurity teams to identify and prioritize potential risks. Intezer’s endpoint scanner saves time for incident response teams by automatically performing a live memory analysis. Intezer’s endpoint scanner will find any traces of advanced in-memory threats such as malicious code injections, packed and fileless malware, or any unrecognized code.

Organizations get several benefits from this unique scanning feature in Intezer:

• Smart Triage Optimization: Intezer’s automated triage process intelligently analyzes incoming alerts, determining whether an endpoint scan is required. (For example: Suspicious behavior, code injection or exploitation attempt alerts.) By focusing solely on relevant alerts based on their type and attributes, teams can minimize unnecessary resource usage.
• Seamless Integration: Leveraging the API provided by your Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) vendor, Intezer seamlessly integrates with your existing security infrastructure. This integration enables the automated execution of scanning operations, eliminating the need for your team to manually launch an endpoint scan.
• Automated Endpoint Scan: Intezer’s Endpoint Scanner initiates a comprehensive scan of the targeted endpoint. This powerful forensic tool specializes in detecting advanced threats within the memory, including malicious code injections, packed and fileless malware, and unidentified code. 

• Efficient Evidence Collection: During the scanning process, Intezer’s Endpoint Scanner collects an array of relevant information from the endpoint. This includes executables, memory modules, shellcodes, and other valuable forensic data. By examining these data points, Intezer distinguishes between benign software, generic malware, and sophisticated threat actors.

The Benefits of Automated Endpoint Scanning

Automating the endpoint scanning process offers several significant advantages for security teams to keep their organizations secure:

• Improved Efficiency: By seamlessly integrating automated scanning into the triage workflow, organizations can save valuable time and resources for incident response. This streamlines the overall alert handling process, allowing security teams to focus their efforts on investigating and mitigating real threats.
• Enhanced Threat Detection: The automated execution of Intezer’s Endpoint Scanner ensures a consistent and comprehensive approach to detecting advanced in-memory threats. By leveraging the scanner’s powerful forensic capabilities, organizations can effectively identify and mitigate potential risks before they escalate. Additionally, this advanced scanning capability enables security teams to cover triage and response for alerts that are fileless or behavior-based. 
• Bridging Skill Gaps: Intezer provides security teams of all skill levels with access to deep memory analysis and endpoint forensics, as well as automated and on-demand tools for malware analysis and sandboxing. This ensures that regardless of the team’s expertise, they can leverage advanced techniques to handle any type of alert, analyze memory, and investigate endpoints for fileless threats. 

Intezer’s Advanced Evidence Collection: Going Beyond Sandboxing

While sandboxing has traditionally been a go-to method for analyzing suspicious activities, it’s important to recognize its limitations in today’s complex threat landscape. Simply sending evidence collected by the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) system to a sandbox solution may not provide the comprehensive insights needed to identify sophisticated threats. That’s where Intezer’s advanced evidence collection capabilities come into play.

Looking Beyond Structured Fields: The evidence collected by the EDR system is typically structured and focuses on known indicators of compromise. However, sophisticated attackers often employ advanced techniques that go unnoticed in structured fields. Intezer takes a different approach by analyzing unstructured fields, such as the command line, where relevant evidence might be hidden. By examining these unstructured fields, our solution uncovers critical details that may be crucial in detecting malicious activities.

Unleashing the Power of Live Endpoint Scans: Many threats today involve in-memory and fileless techniques, which can evade traditional detection methods. Intezer understands the importance of thoroughly examining these areas, which is why we incorporate live endpoint scans into our automated triage process. By performing real-time scans of endpoints, we can uncover hidden in-memory and fileless threats that may otherwise go undetected.

Easy to set up

We have streamlined a simple and transparent setup process, ensuring it’s a one-time task, saving you precious time and resources. Once set up in your environment, Intezer will scan and analyze endpoints when needed, granting you peace of mind and confidence in your cybersecurity defenses.

Learn more about the setup process here with security tools such as CrowdStrike, SentinelOne and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.

Take Your Alert Triage to the Next Level with Intezer’s Automated Endpoint Scanning

With the introduction of automated endpoint scanning, Intezer continues to empower organizations to respond faster to serious threats. By seamlessly integrating memory analysis and endpoint forensics into the alert triage process, you can streamline security operations and reduce incident response time. To learn more about how Intezer’s automated endpoint scanning can enhance your organization’s security posture, read the documentation or reach out to our team today.