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Getting prepared for XSOAR 8 migration can be challenging! The Cortex XSOAR team worked hard to cover everything you need to know to plan ahead for the migration. 

As part of our Rapid Breach Response program, following the Russia/Ukraine Cyber conflict, Cortex XSOAR released a new content pack: "WhisperGate & CVE-2021-32648'' that can help automatically detect and mitigate the two threats.

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New XSOAR TIM integration for Indicators Sync

  July 2024   UPCOMING EVENTS Customer Success Webinar: On-Prem v6 Migration to v8 SaaS Join us on July 24th to learn everything you need about the on-prem migration to the XSOAR 8 SaaS.  >>Register here  CS Webinar Topics Suggestion Survey We value your input! Help shape our next webinars by sharing the topic you'd like to learn more about.  >> Fill out the form      Recent CS Webinar Elevate your Threat Hunting skills with the first session of the webinar series: Proactive Threat Hunting Part 2    Watch More   New How-to Videos  Review the final video in the Getting Started with XSOAR 8 series: Engines Watch this video and learn how to handle and analyze cybersecurity evidence efficiently: Evidence and Evidence Fields  Get your alerts in order by watching this video: Alert Tuning  Are you familiar with Webhook? Check out this video to learn more about: Generic Webhook View More   Latest Security Blogs & Articles tay in the known: Threat Brief CVE-2024-6387 OpenSSH RegreSSHion Vulnerability. You can review and download the content pack under the product updates below.   Read the latest updates about Cortex: New Wave of Innovations  Read More   XSOAR PRODUCT UPDATES On July 1, 2024, a critical signal handler race condition vulnerability was disclosed in OpenSSH servers (sshd) on glibc-based Linux systems, tracked as CVE-2024-6387.  Cortex XSOAR has released a response pack and playbook for CVE-2024-6387 to help automate and expedite the mitigation process. To learn more and download the pack >> Click here On-prem XSOAR 8.6 version will be released on July 14 and includes the following features: XSOAR cluster high availability - for XSOAR cluster with three nodes or more Multi-Role API keys - to improve operational efficiency and dynamic RBAC management of API keys Enhanced role-based access control for dashboards - restrict access to specific dashboards for designated users through role assignment  Add integration logs for non-Python scripts and integrations You may review the full release notes, available after July 14th, here. It is recommended that you update to the latest version available. Start Planning Your XSOAR On-Premises to SaaS Migration! Calling all XSOAR 6 On-Prem customers! The migration to XSOAR 8 SaaS is planned for the third quarter of 2024. We want to remind you to connect with your Customer Success or Account Team to kickstart the migration process. To familiarize yourself with the new features and improvements in Cortex XSOAR 8, we recommend reviewing the following resources:  Cortex XSOAR 8 Release Announcement Cortex XSOAR 8 Feature Changes Cortex XSOAR 8 FAQs Cortex XSOAR 6 to Cortex XSOAR 8 Migration Guide  Cortex XSOAR Content Release June 2024 Learn about newly released content packs and their capabilities. >> Read more Cortex XSOAR Marketplace Explore additional content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors. >> Marketplace site     XSOAR Product Release Notes  Read the Cortex XSOAR Feature Release Notes >> Documentation Help Center Read the Cortex XSOAR Version Release Announcements >> LIVEcommunity  

June 2024   UPCOMING EVENTS Customer Success Webinar Series: Proactive Threat Hunting Part 2 The event concluded on June 12, 2024. Visit our events page later this month to learn about our next event.    CS Webinar Topics Suggestion Survey We value your input! Help shape our next webinars by sharing the topic you'd like to learn more about.  >> Fill out the form      Recent CS Webinar Elevate your Threat Hunting skills with the first session of the webinar series: Proactive Threat Hunting Part 1    Watch More   New How-to Videos  Learn how to export indicators: How to Export Indicators to 3rd Party Systems Catch the new video in the XSOAR 8 Analyst Training: Playbook Tasks & To-Do Tasks Learn how to generate Reports and use Timers in XSOAR 8: Reports & Timers    View More   Latest Security Blogs & Articles Read the latest blog and learn how to: Migrating Historical Data into XSAOR from 3rd party products Read More   XSOAR PRODUCT UPDATES With the release of the XSOAR 6 On-Prem to XSOAR 8 SaaS and with our successfully migrated hosted customers, we would like to remind you to connect with your Customer Success or Account team to kickstart the migration process. To familiarize yourself with the new features and improvements in Cortex XSOAR 8, we recommend reviewing the following resources:  Cortex XSOAR 8 Release Announcement Cortex XSOAR 8 Feature Changes Cortex XSOAR 8 FAQs Cortex XSOAR 6 to Cortex XSOAR 8 Migration Guide    Playbook of the Week Blogs Explore our latest playbooks, featured in our Playbook of the Week blog series, designed to enhance your automation skills.  Automating Response to Living-Off-the-Land (LOTL) Attacks Read All   Cortex XSOAR Content Release May 2024 Learn about newly released content packs and their capabilities. >> Read more   Cortex XSOAR Marketplace Explore additional content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors. >> Marketplace site      XSOAR Product Release Notes  Read the Cortex XSOAR Feature Release Notes >> Documentation Help Center Read the Cortex XSOAR Version Release Announcements >> LIVEcommunity    

    May 2024   UPCOMING EVENTS Customer Success Webinar Series: Proactive Threat Hunting  Join us on May 22nd for the first session of the next webinar series, Proactive Threat Hunting! Register the series below:  Part 1 | Part 2      Symphony 2024: AI and Automation  In case you missed it, catch the recording of Symphony 2024 below >> Watch now     CS Webinar Topics Suggestion Survey We value your input! Help shape our next webinars by sharing the topic you'd like to learn more about.  >> Fill out the form    Recent CS Webinar Learn about the benefits of SLAs, how to use them, and the available content pack: SLAs & Timers Fields   Watch More   New How-to Videos  Getting Started with XSOAR 8: Content Management  Learn about Job creation: Setting up Jobs  Ready to make a progress? Learn how to: Creating Incident Summary Reports Check out the new analyst training video: Notes & Evidence Board     View More   Latest Security Blogs & Articles Read the latest blog to learn: What's New in Cortex    Read More   XSOAR PRODUCT UPDATES Did You Start Planning Your XSOAR 8 SaaS Migration? With the End-of-Life product line of XSOAR 6 hosted planned for the end of June 2024, and with over 300 customers who have successfully migrated, we would like to remind you to connect with your Customer Success or Account team to kickstart the migration process. To familiarize yourself with the new features and improvements in Cortex XSOAR 8, we recommend reviewing the following resources:  Cortex XSOAR 8 Release Announcement Cortex XSOAR 8 Feature Changes Cortex XSOAR 8 FAQs Cortex XSOAR 6 to Cortex XSOAR 8 Migration Guide   Playbook of the Week Blogs Explore our latest playbooks, featured in our Playbook of the Week blog series, designed to enhance your automation skills.   Streamlining Suspicious Data Upload Alert Investigations Prisma Cloud Compute - Compliance Alert v2 Read All   Cortex XSOAR Content Release April 2024 Learn about newly released content packs and their capabilities. >> Read more Cortex XSOAR Marketplace Explore additional content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors. >> Marketplace site   XSOAR Product Release Notes  Read the Cortex XSOAR Feature Release Notes >> Documentation Help Center Read the Cortex XSOAR Version Release Announcements >> LIVEcommunity  

  April 2024   UPCOMING EVENTS Customer Success Webinar: Customer Success Webinar: SLAs & Timers  Join us on April 17th to learn about the benefits of SLAs & Timers fields and how to use them.  Proficiency level recommended: Beginners - Intermediate >> Register Here    Symphony 2024: AI and Automation  Come see where security operations are headed next! Join us on April 17-18 for a virtual event. Register below  >> Register here     CS Webinar Topics Suggestion Survey We value your input! Help shape our next webinars by sharing the topic you'd like to learn more about.  >> Fill out the form      Recent CS Webinar Review the Indicator Management Lifecycle part 3 here: Indicator Management Maintenance & Optimization Watch More   New How-to Videos  Our third analyst training video is waiting for you here: War Room  Review the latest episodes of the XSOAR 8 Engineering Training series:  Fields Display Scripts SLA Breach Scripts   View More   Latest Security Blogs & Articles Read the recent blog to learn how to leverage the integration between: Cortex XSOAR and TAXII  Learn how to take advantage of automation opportunities: Unveiling the Power of Automation for MSSP Read More   XSOAR PRODUCT UPDATES XSOAR 8 SaaS Migration Reminder In 2023, we announced that XSOAR 8 SaaS, our latest version, is available for migration for XSOAR 6-hosted customers. We already have over 300 customers working with the SaaS offering. As the XSOAR 6 hosted product line is planned to be End of Life by the end of June 2024, connect with your assigned Customer Success or Account team to kickstart the migration process. To familiarize yourself with the new features and improvements in Cortex XSOAR 8, we recommend reviewing the following resources:  Cortex XSOAR 8 Release Announcement Cortex XSOAR 8 Feature Changes Cortex XSOAR 8 FAQs Cortex XSOAR 6 to Cortex XSOAR 8 Migration Guide     Playbook of the Week Blogs Explore our latest playbooks, featured in our Playbook of the Week blog series, designed to enhance your automation skills.  Automating Management of XDR Identity Analytics Alerts   Read All   Cortex XSOAR Content Release March 2024 Learn about newly released content packs and their capabilities. >> Read more Cortex XSOAR Marketplace Explore additional content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors. >> Marketplace site   XSOAR Product Release Notes  Cortex XSOAR Feature Release Notes >> Documentation Help Center Cortex XSOAR Version Release Announcements >> LIVEcommunity

March 2024   UPCOMING EVENTS Customer Success Webinar Series: Indicator Management  Join us on March 20th for the last webinar series session, where we share best practices for maintenance and optimization! Proficiency level recommended: Advanced XSOAR Engineer Part 3   CS Webinar Topics Suggestion Survey We value your input! Help shape our next webinars by sharing the topic you'd like to learn more about.  >> Fill out the form      Recent CS Webinar Review the Indicator Management Tuning Creation Fidelity part 2 here    Watch More   New How-to Videos  Check out the latest features introduced in XSOAR 8.5: What's New in 8.5   Getting Started with XSOAR 8? You should review this video: Server Configurations and Security Settings. You may review all Getting Started with XSOAR 8 videos here Catch the latest parts of XSOAR 8 Engineering training:  Writing our First Automation Field Change Scripts   Review XSOAR 8 API video: Using the API  Check out the second video in the XSOAR 8 Analyst series: Working an Incident  View More   Latest Security Blogs & Articles Read the recent blog to discover best practices for spam detection using XSOAR: The Low-Hanging Fruits of Phishing and Spam Detection Read More   XSOAR PRODUCT UPDATES XSOAR 8 SaaS Migration Reminder In 2023, we announced that XSOAR 8 SaaS, our latest version, is available for migration for XSOAR 6-hosted customers. We already have over 200 customers working with the SaaS offering. As the XSOAR 6 hosted product line is planned to be End of Life by June 2024, connect with your assigned Customer Success or Account team to kickstart the migration process. To familiarize yourself with the new features and improvements in Cortex XSOAR 8, we recommend reviewing the following resources:  Cortex XSOAR 8 Release Announcement Cortex XSOAR 8 Feature Changes Cortex XSOAR 8 FAQs Cortex XSOAR 6 to Cortex XSOAR 8 Migration Guide   Playbook of the Week Blogs Explore our latest playbooks designed to enhance your automation skills, featured in our Playbook of the Week blog series.  Using YARA to Automate Malware Identification    Read All   Cortex XSOAR Content Release Feb 2024 Learn about newly released content packs and their capabilities. >> Read more   Cortex XSOAR Marketplace Explore additional content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors. >> Marketplace site       XSOAR Product Release Notes  Cortex XSOAR Feature Release Notes >> Documentation Help Center Cortex XSOAR Version Release Announcements >> LIVEcommunity  

  February 2024 UPCOMING EVENTS Customer Success Webinar Series: Indicator Management  Join us on Feb 21st for part 2 of the webinar series, where we cover the process of tuning creation fidelity for Indicators. Click below to register for the webinar series: You may catch the recording for part 1 in the On-Demand section below    Part 2   |  Part 3   CS Webinar Topics Suggestion Survey We value your input! Help shape our next webinars by sharing the topic you'd like to learn more about.  >> Fill out the form    Operation Automation: 2024 Virtual User Group  When: Feb 20th, 9am - 12pm PT Meet your peers, share ideas, and learn from each other as you embark on your SecOps automation journey in 2024. This three-hour interactive virtual event promises valuable insights, customer peer discussions, and a tour of the latest features and playbooks designed to improve your user experience and get the most out of Cortex XSOAR®.  >> Register Here Recent CS Webinar Review the Indicator Management Lifecycle part 1 here: Indicator Management Lifecycle  Did you register for Part 2? Click here to secure your spot Watch More   New How-to Videos  Catch the latest parts of XSOAR 8 Engineering training:  Quiet Mode  Data Collections  Check out our latest XSOAR training video: Case  Management  Review XSOAR 8 EDL video: External Dynamic Lists (EDL) Check out the first part of XSOAR 8 Analyst series: Searching in XSOAR  View More   XSOAR PRODUCT UPDATES XSOAR 8 SaaS Migration Reminder In 2023, we announced that XSOAR 8 SaaS, our latest version, is available for migration for XSOAR 6-hosted customers. We already have over 100 customers working with the SaaS offering. As the XSOAR 6 hosted product line is planned to be End of Life by March 2024, connect with your assigned Customer Success or Account team to kickstart the migration process. To familiarize yourself with the new features and improvements in Cortex XSOAR 8, we recommend reviewing the following resources:  Cortex XSOAR 8 Release Announcement Cortex XSOAR 8 Feature Changes Cortex XSOAR 8 FAQs Cortex XSOAR 6 to Cortex XSOAR 8 Migration Guide  Playbook of the Week Blogs Explore our latest playbooks designed to enhance your automation skills, featured in our Playbook of the Week blog series.  Common Playbooks Pack  Prisma Cloud Audit Alert v3    Read All   Cortex XSOAR Content Release Jan 2024 Learn about newly released content packs and their capabilities. >> Read more   Cortex XSOAR Marketplace Explore additional content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors. >> Marketplace site      XSOAR Product Release Notes  Cortex XSOAR Feature Release Notes >> Documentation Help Center Cortex XSOAR Version Release Announcements >> LIVEcommunity    

  January 2024 UPCOMING EVENTS Customer Success Webinar Series: Indicator Management  Join us for a 3-part webinar series where we will dove deep into the indicator lifecycle, from creation through optimization! Click below to register in advance for this webinar series: Part 1 |  Part 2 |  Part 3    CS Webinar Topics Suggestion Survey We value your input! Help shape our next webinars by sharing the topic you'd like to learn more about.  >> Fill out the form    New How-to Videos  Check out our latest XSOAR 8 onboarding video: XSOAR Marketplace  Learn about the Indicator Exclusion List feature in XSOAR 8: Indicator Exclusion List Check out the latest episode of the Engineering Training: Looping with Automations & Sub-Playbooks    View More   Latest Security Blogs & Articles    Increase your security operations with QR code readability ability in XSOAR. Read this blog for more information: QR & XSOAR: How to Make it Work?    Read More   XSOAR PRODUCT UPDATES A New Data Retention License is Now Available  Extending data retention to an additional 31 days. Read more about the new policy here. To learn more about this license add-on, you may contact your Customer Success or Account team.    Playbook of the Week Blogs Explore our latest playbooks designed to enhance your automation skills, featured in our Playbook of the Week blog series. Capture the Flag Threat Intell Management    Read All   Cortex XSOAR Content Release Dec 2023 Learn about newly released content packs: AWS organizations, community dashboards, and more. >> Read more   Cortex XSOAR Marketplace Explore additional content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors. >> Marketplace site   XSOAR Product Release Notes  Cortex XSOAR Feature Release Notes >> Documentation Help Center Cortex XSOAR Version Release Announcements >> LIVEcommunity        

XSOAR has several areas in the console that provide insight into performance of the configuration and content. Review these and the associated dashboards to identify areas to investigate performance.  Are there excessive integration commands or is there a playbook or automation used extensively consuming significant resources?

New Content Packs Release For more info on use cases, integrations, and related documentation, click on the Pack title:   Suspicious Domain Hunting This pack provides all the necessary tools for the Suspicious Domain Hunting use case. It uses the CertStream integration to ingest new SSL certificates and alert for type-squatting.   NVD Feed 2.0 CVE feed from the National Vulnerability Database.   Gem Integrate with Gem to use alerts as a trigger for Cortex XSOAR’s custom playbooks, and automate response to specific TTPs and scenarios.   Check Point Infinity NDR Collect network security events from Check Point Infinity NDR for your secured SaaS periodically.   Ollama Get up and running with large language models locally.   Zoom Mail Use the Zoom Mail integration manage your ZMail.   Exabeam Security Operations Platform Exabeam Security Operations Platform.   ExabeamDataLake Exabeam Data Lake provides a highly scalable, cost-effective, and searchable log management system. Data Lake is used for log collection, storage, processing, and presentation.   Stellar Cyber Integration to retrieve and update cases from the Stellar Cyber platform.   Claroty xDome Use xDome to manage assets and alerts.   To explore more content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors, visit our Marketplace Site! Cortex XSOAR       

New Content Packs Release For more info on use cases, integrations, and related documentation, click on the Pack title:   Spur Context API Enrich IP addresses with data from the Spur Context API   Redmine A project management and issue-tracking system   To explore more content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors, visit our Marketplace Site! Cortex XSOAR 

New Content Packs Release For more info on use cases, integrations, and related documentation, click on the Pack title:   AWS - Security Lake Amazon Security Lake is a fully managed security data lake service.   CTM360 CyberBlindspot Take action on incidents derived from threat intelligence that is directly linked to your organization.   IRIS DFIR IRIS is a collaborative platform aiming to help incident responders to share technical details during investigations.   Ivanti Critical Vulnerabilities This pack handles CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887, CVE-2024-21888, and CVE-2024-21893 - Ivanti critical vulnerabilities.   MetaDefender Sandbox Unique adaptive threat analysis technology.   Generic Webhook (Form Data) A version of the Generic Webhook integration that accepts a form data body. Note: raw_json field is required.   AWS-SNS-Listener A long running AWS SNS Listener service that can subscribe to an SNS topic and create incidents from the messages received.   SpyCloud Enterprise Protection Create breach and malware incidents in Cortex® XSOAR™ using the SpyCloud Enterprise Protection API. Provide enrichment for domains, IPs, emails, usernames, and passwords.   GreyNoise Indicator Feed This content pack fetches IPv4 Internet Scanner indicators from GreyNoise.   To explore more content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors, visit our Marketplace Site!   Cortex XSOAR     

New Content Packs Release For more info on use cases, integrations, and related documentation, click on the Pack title:   GoogleThreatIntelligence Analyze suspicious hashes, URLs, domains, and IP addresses.   GitHub Feed A feed to ingest indicators of compromise from Github repositories. The feed supports general extraction of IOCs, extracting from STIX data format and parsing of YARA Rules out of the box.    SaaS Security by Palo Alto Networks SaaS Security connects directly to your sanctioned SaaS applications to provide data classification, sharing and permission visibility, and threat detection.   CSCDomainManager CSCDomainManager is the world's first multilingual domain management tool, available in English, French, and German. It uses rules-based technology, customizable reporting, granular user management, and more to enable you to manage your domain.   To explore more content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors, visit our Marketplace Site! Cortex XSOAR     

New Content Packs Release For more info on use cases, integrations, and related documentation, click on the Pack title: AWS - EKS The AWS EKS integration allows for the management and operation of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) clusters.   Palo Alto Networks AIOps Best Practice Assessment (BPA) analyzes NGFW and Panorama configurations.   SafeBreach - Breach and Attack Simulation platform Breach and Attack Simulation platform.   CertStream Gets a stream of newly created certificates from Certificate Transparency (https://certificate.transparency.dev/).   Google Chat via Webhook Test Contribution branch 'master'. Invoked from the script.   To explore more content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors, visit our Marketplace Site! Cortex XSOAR 

New Content Packs Release For more info on use cases, integrations, and related documentation, click on the Pack title:   Fortimail FortiMail is a comprehensive email security solution by Fortinet, offering advanced threat protection, data loss prevention, encryption, and email authentication.    Brandefense Branddefense is looking for data for each brand and collecting information and alarming the related brand about dark web findings.    Varonis SaaS Streamline alerts, events, and related forensic information from Varonis SaaS.      To explore more content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors, visit our Marketplace Site! Cortex XSOAR 

New Content Packs Release For more info on use cases, integrations, and related documentation, click on the Pack title: AWS Organizations AWS Organizations offers policy-based management for multiple AWS accounts.   Community Common Dashboards A pack that contains community dashboards.   Tessian XSOAR integration for interacting with Tessian's events.   ORKL Threat Intel Feed Ingest indicators from the ORKL feed.   IP2LocationIO API integration to query IP geolocation.   HashiCorp Terraform Hashicorp Terraform provides infrastructure automation to provision and manage resources in any cloud or data center with Terraform.   Email Hippo Use this tool to verify email sources as fake emails that were used as part of phishing attacks.   To explore more content packs and test drive use cases from Cortex XSOAR and other contributors, visit our Marketplace Site! Cortex XSOAR     

Learn about recommended configurations, integration and playbook monitoring, indicator exclusions, and performance optimization.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) repository is designed to provide a reference for a publicly known information security vulnerability.   

In today’s security landscape, there are three important players - threat actors with the intent, capability and opportunity to cause widescale disruption to business functions, defenders working to undermine attacks and safeguarding these business functions and assets, and people, who ultimately become privy to collateral damage as a result of compromises in security and privacy.    

Check out our new System Readiness Guides and ensure your XSOAR deployment is installed and configured with best practices in mind.

This document provides a template for defining a use case to be implemented in XSOAR TIM. The Use Case is defined by the process, logic, and tasks that are being done as part of the Threat Intelligence Lifecycle. The TIM UCD template can be reviewed and downloaded HERE.    Have a question? Post it on the Discussion Forum  Cortex XSOAR 

Python Development Quick Start   The Marketplace content packs provide out-of-the-box (OOTB) integrations and playbooks supported by a common base of commands and automation scripts. While automations support JavaScript and PowerShell, the most comprehensive support is for Python-based development. This guide was created to help you kick-start your automation process using Python.  Click here to read the complete guide: Cortex XSOAR Python Development Quick Start Guide   Have a question? Post it on the Discussion Forum  Cortex XSOAR       

Check out our new XSOAR Playbook Design Guide. This detailed manual is designed to inform playbook creators on best practices for creating stable playbooks and a foundational pipeline from development to production.   Have a question? Post it on our Discussions Page Cortex XSOAR 

Pro recommendation! Read our playbook of the week blog to learn how to use Cortex XSOAR effectively using new playbooks.

Check out this week's Playbook of the Week blog featuring the Cortex XSOAR Phishing Content Pack that helps cut down 75% of SOC investigation efforts.

Playbook of The Week: Malware Investigation and Response   To help scale and automate investigations like this, we at Cortex XSOAR built the Malware Investigation and Response pack. We wanted to better understand the challenges customers faced when managing their endpoint alerts. Click here to read more in the Malware Investigation And Response blog.    We invite you to learn more by joining us for the Cortex XSOAR Malware Investigation and Response content pack Webinar, on June 30th at 7 a.m. PDT / 4 p.m. CEST.    Cortex XSOAR