Company
Date Published
Author
Mark Settle
Word count
1369
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Elastic Security 7.15 introduces extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities to enhance protection against various cyber threats by implementing malicious behavior analytics, memory threat protection, and host isolation across multiple operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and macOS. The update strengthens defenses against advanced attack techniques, such as memory manipulation and credential theft, by mapping protections to the MITRE ATT&CK framework and ensuring the ability to quarantine compromised systems. Additionally, new integrations with platforms like Carbon Black EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon, Cloudflare, Hashicorp Vault, and Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR enhance data ingestion and analysis, providing security teams with comprehensive visibility across their attack surface. The update also improves alert triage processes with enhanced filtering and interaction options, while osquery enhancements offer standardized query results and more granular access controls, enabling organizations to better manage and respond to security incidents.