What It Takes to Defend a Cybersecurity Company from Today's Adversaries

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 ... Read full article.