OPSWAT announced new
malware analysis capabilities for IT and OT at the Black Hat USA 2022
Conference. These enhancements include OPSWAT Sandbox for OT
with detection of malicious communications on OT network protocols and support
for open-source third-party tools in its MetaDefender Malware Analyzer
solution.
With increased threats and growing concerns around
propagation into OT networks within critical infrastructure environments,
threat intelligence for both the IT and OT sides of the business is essential
in providing the necessary data and analysis capabilities to the entire
organization. OPSWAT MetaDefender Malware Analyzer now offers the ability to
map malware detected via OPSWAT Sandbox to the MITRE ATT&CK Industrial
Control Systems (ICS) framework, enabling malware analysis teams to quickly
understand malware tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) specifically targeting
OT environments. This alignment to a common security lexicon about cyberattacks
targeting ICS/OT environments also helps bridge the communication gaps between
IT and OT security teams.
"There is no better time and place than Black Hat to launch
these new enhancements for OPSWAT MetaDefender Malware Analyzer," said Yiyi
Miao, Senior Vice President of Products. "Not only are we showcasing our heavy
investment in R&D for our products, but through better malware analysis for
OT, we are furthering our mission of protecting critical infrastructure. We're
excited for thousands of industry-leading InfoSec professionals to be the first
to see these new capabilities and understand how we can help protect their
critical environments."
As an automation and orchestration platform, MetaDefender
Malware Analyzer orchestrates the process of receiving suspicious files and
submitting them to different tools like OPSWAT Sandbox, aggregating results,
and then submitting those results, with actionable information and indicators
of compromise (IOCs), to threat intelligence platforms. The solution also
enables organizations to efficiently process and triage high volumes of
suspicious files while correlating against multiple in-house and cloud threat
intelligence sources. These capabilities extend the breadth of intel for
malware analysis teams, giving them more actionable insights on premises about
known threats and then ultimately helping them mitigate these
threats.
These enhancements follow OPSWAT's State of
Malware Analysis 2022 report and the initial launch of
OPSWAT MetaDefender Malware Analyzer earlier this year.
To learn more about these enhancements, visit
https://www.opswat.com/solutions/malware-analysis.