The IT Nerd

Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk management, today announced the release of ThreatTrace™, its new capability that improves threat detection using NetFlow and DNS telemetry to strengthen an organization’s visibility into third-party cyber risk. Black Kite is the first TPCRM vendor to incorporate this deep level of visibility into third-party cyber risk monitoring and ratings, enabling teams to proactively take targeted action with their vendors.

NetFlow and DNS telemetry have long been valuable data sources in the SecOps world for detecting suspicious activity and deepening cyber investigations. With the release of ThreatTrace™, risk teams can detect new IOCs and anomalies to act faster and stay ahead of third-party threats through: 

• Stronger cyber intelligence with a new set of controls added under the IP Reputation risk category, informed by NetFlow and DNS telemetry
• Broader IOC and anomaly detection, including botnet-related activity, reconnaissance/C2 communication, potential data exfiltration, and more
• Greater supply chain visibility by uncovering new subdomains and connected third-party service providers.

With ThreatTrace™, TPRM teams can now proactively detect new indicators of compromise (IOCs) and anomalies, including:

• Botnet Infection: Identifies IP addresses that have been blacklisted by multiple threat intelligence sources, indicating that an internal asset, like a server, IoT device, or workstation, is likely compromised and actively participating in malicious activity, such as spamming, DDoS attacks, or C2 operations.
• Suspicious Outbound Activity: Detects active compromises by correlating DNS queries to high-risk domains (e.g., Tor sites, hacker forums, or C2 servers) with corresponding network traffic from the company’s IPs.
• Active Threat Actor Targeting: Detects when known malicious IP addresses, such as botnets or C2 servers, are actively interacting with a company’s digital assets, indicating an organization is being targeted for reconnaissance or attack.
• Traffic Baseline Deviation: Flags significant deviations from established traffic patterns, including unusual data volume spikes, connections to previously unseen high-risk IPs, and the use of abnormal ports, which are potential markers of data exfiltration.
• Geopolitical and Service Risks: Identifies unauthorized services and suspicious data flows directed toward high-risk or sanctioned countries to detect both potential data leakage and compliance violations.

ThreatTrace™ leverages NetFlow and DNS telemetry to strengthen cyber intelligence, helping teams detect threats earlier and stay ahead of third-party cyber risk. To learn more, visit https://blackkite.com/solution-briefs/black-kite-threattrace.

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