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SpecterOps Extends Attack Path Management Across Hybrid and Agentic AI Workflows
New AI agent interface and support for AWS and Entra Agent ID within BloodHound Enterprise help defenders stay ahead of cross-system and AI-accelerated attacks. SpecterOps, creator of BloodHound and leader in identity Attack Path Management, today announced new capabilities built to give defenders a dynamic understanding of how adversaries traverse their hybrid environment and the ability to proactively eliminate pathways before they can be abused.
SpecterOps Research Finds Identity Attack Path Management Moving Beyond Experimentation as AI Raises the Stakes
New survey shows growing adoption of identity-based APM, alongside rising urgency to operationalize the practice as non-human identities and AI-driven workflows expand. SpecterOps, creator of BloodHound, today announced the results of new survey research, a commissioned study conducted by Omdia on behalf of SpecterOps, examining how security and identity leaders are adopting and operationalizing Identity Attack Path Management (APM) within broader identity security strategies.
SpecterOps Expands Identity Attack Path Management to Okta, GitHub, and Mac
New BloodHound Enterprise with OpenGraph extensions reveal identity attack paths across complex hybrid environments SpecterOps, creators of BloodHound and leader in identity Attack Path Management (APM), today announced new coverage for Okta, GitHub, and Mac environments.
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Drawing on years of adversary tradecraft, SpecterOps experts work alongside customers to analyze and eliminate attack paths, protect critical assets, and stay ahead of emerging threats. SpecterOps, creator of BloodHound and leader in identity Attack Path Management (APM), today announced BloodHound Scentry, a new service designed to help customers accelerate their APM practice and reduce identity risk.
SpecterOps, creator of BloodHound and leader in identity Attack Path Management (APM), today announced BloodHound Scentry, a new service designed to help customers accelerate their APM practice and reduce identity risk.
SpecterOps and Tines Partner to Automate Attack Path Management with Native BloodHound Integration
SpecterOps, creator of BloodHound and the pioneer of Attack Path Management, today announced a strategic partnership with Tines, the leader in intelligent workflows. This partnership introduces a native BloodHound integration to Tines, enabling customers to operationalize their Attack Path Management through intelligent workflows that combine automation, AI, and human decision-making.
SpecterOps/MSSQLHound: PowerShell collector for adding MSSQL attack paths to BloodHound with OpenGraph
A PowerShell collector for adding MSSQL attack paths to BloodHound with OpenGraph by Chris Thompson at SpecterOps Blog post coming soon! In the meantime, please hit me up on the BloodHound Slack (@Mayyhem), Twitter (@_Mayyhem), or open an issue if you have any questions I can help with! Overview System Requirements Minimum Permissions Recommended Permissions Usage Info Command Line Options Limitations Future Development MSSQL Graph Model MSSQL Nodes Reference Server Level Database Level MSSQL...
GitHub - SpecterOps/GitHound
GitHound is a BloodHound OpenGraph collector for GitHub, designed to map your organization’s structure and permissions into a navigable attack‑path graph.
SpecterOps EU 2025 Trainings
Join SpecterOps in Amsterdam for a 4-day training event with two of our premier Information Security courses. Amsterdam Marriott Hotel 12 Stadhouderskade 1054 ES Amsterdam Netherlands Refund Policy Refunds up to 7 days before event.
SpecterOps Expands the Power of Attack Path Management to Reduce Identity Risk Across the Enterprise with BloodHound OpenGraph and v8.0
New version of open-source and commercial BloodHound tools reduce risk from hidden identity attack paths through expansion and enrichment SpecterOps, the leader in identity risk management and adversary tradecraft, today announced BloodHound v8.0, the latest version of its industry-leading open-source Attack Path Management security platform.
SpecterOps Launches Privilege Zones in BloodHound Enterprise to Protect Mission-Critical Assets From Identity Compromise
SpecterOps, the leader in identity risk management and adversary tradecraft, today introduced Privilege Zones, a new addition to its flagship BloodHound Enterprise platform. Privilege Zones enable teams to define custom security boundaries around business-critical resources and enforce least privilege access continuously in on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments.
SpecterOps Expands Executive Team Following $75M Series B, Adding New CFO, CRO and CMO to Accelerate Growth in Identity Risk Management
SpecterOps, the leader in identity risk management and adversary tradecraft, today announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the appointments of Tim Bender as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Pat Sheridan as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), and Bryce Hein as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
SpecterOps Raises $75M Series B to Strengthen Identity Security in Round Led by Insight Partners
Latest funding underscores the heightened priority to protect digital identities and the critical role of Attack Path Management in safeguarding organizations SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions with targeted insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced it has raised a $75 million Series B funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from additional investors including Ansa Capital, M12, Ballistic Ventures,...
CRN® Names SpecterOps’ Don Landers to Prestigious 2025 Channel Chiefs List
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CRN® Names SpecterOps’ Don Landers to Prestigious 2025 Channel Chiefs List
15-year channel veteran spearheaded launch of SpecterOps’ fast-growing channel partner program in 2024 SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named SpecterOps’ Head of Channel Don Landers to its prestigious 2025 Channel Chiefs list. The annual list recognizes the leading IT vendor and distribution executives who are driving strategy and setting the channel agenda for their companies.
SpecterOps Receives FedRAMP® High Authorization for BloodHound Enterprise Identity Attack Path Management Platform
Focused on reducing identity risk, the company sees FedRAMP® High Authorization of its flagship product as a win for government agencies SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced they have received their FedRAMP® High Authorization for BloodHound Enterprise (BHE). BHE is an Attack Path Management (APM) security solution for defending Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Azure AD/Entra ID.
BloodHound Enterprise Now Offered Through GuidePoint Security
This new collaboration offers customers access to SpecterOps’ Attack Path Management solution SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born of unique insights into advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced a strategic reseller partnership with GuidePoint Security, the leading cybersecurity solution provider that helps organizations make better decisions and minimize risk.
Kevin Mandia to Join SpecterOps as Chair of Board of Directors
The Mandiant founder will take an active role in guiding the company as they grow their Attack Path Management solution SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced that Kevin Mandia, founder of Mandiant and Co-Founder and General Partner at Ballistic Ventures, will become chair of SpecterOps’ Board of Directors.
detection and response Archives
By Michael Vizard,Anton Chuvakin,SpecterOps,Andy H,RSA Blog,Lital Asher,Maor Franco,Nathanael Lock How do you help your SOC deal with attacks that are well-hidden, already inside the corporate firewall, and have bypassed perimeter-based controls? Leveraging network detection and response, security analyst can reduce mean-time-to-detection ...
Purple Teaming: Evaluate the Efficacy of Security Controls
25 minutes ago bankinfosecurity Jared Atkinson of SpecterOps on Why 'Detection Is Not the End of the Line' Steve King • July 1, 2024 25 Minutes The concept of red teaming has been around since the 1960s. Red teams use tactics, techniques and procedures to emulate a real-world threat and measure the effectiveness of your defenses. "Red teaming is narrative-driven," said Jared Atkinson of SpectorOps.
Stop Managing Identities, Segment them Instead
By Sagie Dulce, VP Research, Zero Networks A Brief History of Identity Management For as long as there have been identities, there have been solutions trying to manage them so that privileges won’t be accidentally or maliciously leaked. It started with passwords, or in other words: a secret. Unsurprisingly, these secrets tend to get leaked, shared, abused, stolen or simply turn out to be not so secret to begin with (Password123 and others, you know who you are).
Stop Managing Identities, Segment them Instead
By Sagie Dulce, VP Research, Zero Networks A Brief History of Identity Management For as long as there have been identities, there have been solutions trying to manage them so that privileges won’t be accidentally or maliciously leaked. It started with passwords, or in other words: a secret. Unsurprisingly, these secrets tend to get leaked, shared, abused, stolen or simply turn out to be not so secret to begin with (Password123 and others, you know who you are).
SpecterOps/Nemesis: An offensive data enrichment pipeline
Nemesis is an offensive data enrichment pipeline and operator support system. Built on Kubernetes with scale in mind, our goal with Nemesis was to create a centralized data processing platform that ingests data produced during offensive security assessments.
SpecterOps Launches Partner Program to Bring Industry-First Attack Path Management Solution to the Channel
Partners can take advantage of existing strong customer base from open-source tools, research, and longtime services and training business SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced the launch of their channel partner program.
SpecterOps Adds Industry-Leading Protection for Active Directory Certificate Services to BloodHound Enterprise
New attack paths added to BHE make it the most comprehensive and most accurate tool on the market for securing ADCS SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions and unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced updates to BloodHound Enterprise (BHE) that add new Attack Paths focused on Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS). These updates make BHE the most advanced tool on the market today for securing ADCS.
Mapping Access - and Attack - Paths in Active Directory
33 minutes ago bankinfosecurity Justin Kohler of SpecterOps on Using BloodHound to Identify Attack Paths and Manage Risk Steve King • November 28, 2023 24 Minutes Active Directory is a directory service for enterprise networks that gives users access to resources across the enterprise. But it can also be described as the mother lode of all vulnerabilities. A directory service should be a "source of truth," said Justin Kohler, vice president of products at Spector Ops.
SpecterOps Introduces Purple Team Assessments Service to Help Customers Understand the Efficacy of their Detection Capabilities
New service tests security controls more comprehensively and in ways that better match real-world conditions than most current red team assessments SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced new Purple Team Assessment Services.
SpecterOps/TierZeroTable: Table of AD and Azure assets and whether they belong to Tier Zero
Table of AD and Azure assets and whether they belong to Tier Zero. View the table here: https://specterops.github.io/TierZeroTable Blog posts: What is Tier Zero - Part 1 What is Tier Zero - Part 2 Webinars: Defining the Undefined: What is Tier Zero Defining the Undefined: What is Tier Zero Part II DISCLAIMER: The table does not include all Tier Zero assets yet. We will add assets to the table throughout the webinar series. So if you think we are missing something, then you are completely right.
SpecterOps Launches BloodHound Community Edition, the Future of the Wildly Popular Open-Source Penetration Testing Tool
New enterprise-grade features coming to the Attack Path mapping tool include containerized deployment, full user management, and REST API support SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced the release of version 5.0 of BloodHound, a free and open-source penetration testing solution that maps attack paths in Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Azure (including Azure AD/Entra ID) environments.
SpecterOps Launches BloodHound Community Edition, the Future of the Wildly Popular Open-Source Penetration Testing Tool
New enterprise-grade features coming to the Attack Path mapping tool include containerized deployment, full user management, and REST API support SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced the release of version 5.0 of BloodHound, a free and open-source penetration testing solution that maps attack paths in Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Azure (including Azure AD/Entra ID) environments.
BloodHound Enterprise from SpecterOps Available to Government Agencies through Palantir FedStart Offering
, /PRNewswire/ -- Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) today announced a new partnership with SpecterOps to provide the government sector with SpecterOps' BloodHound Enterprise solution through Palantir's FedStart offering.
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Investment will drive company-wide expansion across BloodHound Enterprise, BloodHound FOSS, consulting and training programs, and research and development SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced it extended its Series A to include an $8.5M investment from Ballistic Ventures. This brings SpecterOps’ Series A total to $33.5M.
CRN® Names SpecterOps’ Don Landers to Prestigious 2025 Channel Chiefs List
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Investment will drive the company’s next phase of expansion across the BloodHound Enterprise and FOSS platforms, security consulting services, research and more SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced it has raised a $25M Series A venture funding round led by Decibel.
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Investment will drive the company’s next phase of expansion across the BloodHound Enterprise and FOSS platforms, security consulting services, research and more SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced it has raised a $25M Series A venture funding round led by Decibel.
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Investment will drive the company’s next phase of expansion across the BloodHound Enterprise and FOSS platforms, security consulting services, research and more SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced it has raised a $25M Series A venture funding round led by Decibel.
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Investment will drive the company’s next phase of expansion across the BloodHound Enterprise and FOSS platforms, security consulting services, research and more SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced it has raised a $25M Series A venture funding round led by Decibel.
Stock Market | mammothtimes.com
Investment will drive the company’s next phase of expansion across the BloodHound Enterprise and FOSS platforms, security consulting services, research and more SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced it has raised a $25M Series A venture funding round led by Decibel.
Stock Market | smdailypress.com | The Daily Press
Investment will drive the company’s next phase of expansion across the BloodHound Enterprise and FOSS platforms, security consulting services, research and more SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced it has raised a $25M Series A venture funding round led by Decibel.
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Investment will drive the company’s next phase of expansion across the BloodHound Enterprise and FOSS platforms, security consulting services, research and more SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced it has raised a $25M Series A venture funding round led by Decibel.
Stock Market | inyoregister.com
Investment will drive the company’s next phase of expansion across the BloodHound Enterprise and FOSS platforms, security consulting services, research and more SpecterOps, a provider of adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions born out of unique insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, today announced it has raised a $25M Series A venture funding round led by Decibel.
Getting Started with Active Directory Security
Evaluating, Benchmarking and Creating a Strategy By Justin Kohler, Director of BloodHound Enterprise, SpecterOps Over 90% of the Fortune 1000 use Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for identity and access management. This ubiquity makes AD a prime target for attackers because compromising it almost always gives them the access they need to achieve their goals. Additionally, attackers can compromise AD easily by manipulating common errors in user identity and privilege.
Active Directory control: How adversaries score even bigger goals via attack paths
Microsoft Active Directory and Azure Active Directory are directory services products used for identity and access management at most major enterprises all over the world. All Active Directory (AD) environments are vulnerable to a type of attack called identity attack paths. In these attacks (also called identity snowball attacks), the adversary first compromises a host using a phishing email or some other method.
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