Experts Talk. Why master YARA: from routine to extreme threat hunting cases

YARA is often called the “pattern matching Swiss knife for malware researchers and everyone else”, and for a good reason: YARA detection rules help find malware, exploits and 0-days that couldn’t be found by other methods. How could YARA benefit you and your organization? What are the ingredients of a good YARA rule? How can you use YARA to find unknown threats and anomalies? Join our online session with Costin Raiu, Director of Kaspersky’s Global Research an Analysis Team (GReAT) and Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Adjunct Professor of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS, and moderated by Dan Demeter, senior security researcher at Kaspersky’s GReAT – cybersecurity experts who have been using YARA more than 6 years— for their insights and tips on using it for threat hunting. Held on September 3 at 2 PM GMT, the webinar will also include an exclusive preview by Yury Namestnikov, Head of GReAT EEMEA Research Center, of the new Kaspersky online self-study training ‘Hunt APTs with YARA like a GReAT Ninja’ which will launch in September. Armed with the knowledge, tools and YARA rules from this training, any IT security professional interested can study the Kaspersky Global Research & Analysis Team’s best practices on threat hunting with YARA. In addition to the practical insights from the company’s world-renowned cybersecurity experts, training includes access to a special virtual lab where learners can practice their new skills by working on 20+ threat hunting exercises – all based on Kaspersky’s exclusive research. In this webinar you will be able to: - Hear from cybersecurity experts their tips and insights on efficient threat hunting with YARA - See a detailed demo of our renowned training and have a chance to win a free YARA training worth 1400 USD - Tune into a threat hunting panel discussion Learn more about Kaspersky’s online cybersecurity training on threat hunting with YARA: xtraining.kaspersky.com