Threat intelligence news stories

According to NCC Group's Strategic Threat Intelligence team, ransomware attacks increased by 52.89% compared to January. 

A survey of 800 data security decision-makers across 11 countries from enterprises with 5,000 or more employees has disclosed a series of alarming results.

Ransomware is not slowing down and continues to be relentless and more destructive, a new report has revealed.

Following an assessment of security solutions, certifications and qualified practitioners, IT services company Datacom has secured MISA membership.

Nucleus Security has entered into a strategic partnership with Mandiant, the leader in dynamic cyber defense and response.

Software vendors saw the largest year-on-year growth in 2021 at 146%, according to the 2022 Security Report from Check Point Research (CPR), the threat intelligence arm of the organisation.

Cybercrime flourished in 2021, and there are no signs that it will slow down in 2022. There are several factors behind this high-confidence prediction.

NETSCOUT enters the security market with 'groundbreaking' cyber intelligence technology

SonicWall recorded a 148% increase in global ransomware attacks through the third quarter of 2021.

"When a reactive approach to cybersecurity is not enough, MSPs have to seriously address the choice of threat intelligence service providers."

CrowdStrike states that these statistics show that threat actors are constantly adapting tactics, techniques, and procedures to accelerate their march toward their objectives.

“We are seeing an increase in effective and destructive cyber attacks affecting thousands of organisations in a single incident creating an important inflection point for the war on cyber crime."

Group-IB has been named one of the leaders in the global cyber threat intelligence market by Frost & Sullivan, the international research and consulting firm.

An effective CTI program requires the alignment of people, processes and technology, writes ThreatQuotient APJC regional director Anthony Stitt.

Digital security and privacy company Avast, and RiskIQ, an internet security intelligence company, have announced a threat intelligence partnership.

“Both IntSights and Rapid7 have a shared belief that organisations will succeed only when they have a unified view of internal and external threats, complete with contextualised intelligence and automated threat mitigation."

To enhance vulnerability detection and response, Secureworks has completed the integration of threat intelligence feeds from Secureworks Counter Threat Unit into Secureworks Taegis VDR.

While many organisations use a TIP to make data actionable for detection and protection, far fewer use a TIP for forensics.

Splunk's Security Cloud platform is designed to deliver enterprise-grade advanced security analytics, automated security operations, and integrated threat intelligence with an open ecosystem.

Understanding the limitations of defences requires examining how blocking and detection systems leverage cyber threat intelligence.

Organisations need to be proactively fortifying and enhancing their cyber defences against targeted attacks.

ThreatQuotient is throwing its weight behind the development of automotive cybersecurity, specifically threat intelligence sharing for automotive products.

There is opportunity for organisations to better manage their cyber-threat intelligence for greater security and threat intelligence effectiveness by adopting the right tools and processes.

The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing organisations of all sizes to up their security game, for one implementing Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) programmes.