Software
ThreatLocker
software:threatlocker
Also: Threatlocker
Endpoint security software that blocks applications by default, supports allow-listing, and provides logs and policy controls.
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ThreatLocker hospital ransomware incident
INVOLVES
ThreatLocker
Ark’s team installed ThreatLocker on the hospital’s servers and computers, and ThreatLocker later blocked tools the threat actor attempted to use.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 167
Details
“we brought in ThreatLocker, installed it on all the servers and computers”
“ThreatLocker had blocked the solutions that the threat actor had planned on leveraging”
Ark Technology Consultants
USES
ThreatLocker
Hunter says he and his team at Ark brought ThreatLocker into the hospital environment they were securing.
Explicit
Confidence 90%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 167
Details
“we brought in ThreatLocker, installed it on all the servers and computers”
ThreatLocker
DEVELOPED_BY
Danny Jenkins
Danny says he is ThreatLocker’s CEO and co-founder and that he coded its first version.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Danny Jenkins
EP 167
Details
“I’m Danny Jenkins. I’m CEO and co-founder of ThreatLocker”
“I coded the first of it. So, I coded the first version”
ThreatLocker
USES
application control
ThreatLocker is presented as providing application control by preventing unapproved applications from running.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 167
Details
“what ThreatLocker does is it says, okay, let’s start by blocking every app from opening and running”
ThreatLocker
USES
application allow-listing
ThreatLocker uses application allow-listing: applications are learned and added to an allow list before secure mode is enabled.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 167
Details
“you add those apps to the allow list”
ThreatLocker
USES
deny by default
ThreatLocker is described as blocking everything by default unless the application is permitted.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Danny Jenkins
EP 167
Details
“I want to change the way the world thinks about security from default allow to default deny”
“we’re gonna block everything”
ThreatLocker
ASSOCIATED_WITH
zero-trust
Danny presents ThreatLocker’s deny-by-default and access-granting model as a way to implement zero-trust principles.
Explicit
Confidence 96%
· Danny Jenkins
EP 167
Details
“we can deploy application control. We can block software by default”
“We want to change the market so that ninety percent of the world are using a zero-trust approach”