Today's cyber threat landscape is rough: savvy ransomware actors, supply chain attacks, and exponential vulnerabilities. Laurance Dine from X-Force IR delves into how these trends are affecting incident responders. Worth a read. lnkd.in/dRY_Qh4e #CyberResponders

Cultural and generational factors may have more impact on your organization's security posture than you realize. Kudos to my colleague Claire Nunes for this thoughtful piece on GenZ and how to connect with this group to build a stronger security culture. securityintelligence.com/posts/gen-z-cy…

The 2023 IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index shows that 2022 was a year of economic, geopolitical and societal upheaval—creating exactly the kind of chaos in which cybercriminals thrive. Read the full report:

The 2023 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index dropped today! Definitely worth a read: ibm.com/reports/threat…

Want a quick rundown of X-Force Threat Intelligence Index insights? Andy Piazza gives a great 30-second rundown right here. It will be 30 seconds well-spent. :)

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Was an honor to speak to the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index at #BSidesSLC this morning. Many thanks to Michael Worley and Chris Caridi who put the report together and made this talk possible, and to BSidesSLC for putting together an amazing event--it gets better every year

Loved listening to this absolutely on-point talk about ransomware recovery by Rich Eicher @ Work at #BSidesSLC. Rich has obviously been there and gets it. Many of these points echo what IBM also stresses in its Definitive Guide to Ransomware: ibm.com/downloads/cas/…

Thanks to Sherrie Cowley and Liz Benegas from #WiCyS Utah for this fabulous #BSidesSLC talk on the realities of security response and effectively using legal counsel. I loved their emphasis on collaboration--and how they demonstrated that by example.

Thanks to Vincent Matteo for his mesmerizing talk “I Came in Like a Wrecking Ball” at #BSidesSLC this morning. A fascinating look at pentesting small businesses.

Thanks to Audrey Long for a fascinating discussion on threat modeling--with Star Wars examples!--at #BSidesSLC today. So well-done!

BlackCat is one of the most active ransomware groups X-Force has observed on client networks so far this year. And as the group enhances its malware and techniques for evasion, it's likely that a high tempo of attacks will continue. securityintelligence.com/posts/blackcat…

A crypter can tell you more than you might think. Kudos to Ole Villadsen and Charlotte Hammond for this fascinating deep dive on TrickBot/Conti crypters and what they tell us about relationships between TrickBot actors and their associates: securityintelligence.com/posts/trickbot…

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

Latin American threat groups deserve more scrutiny and attention. Huge kudos to Melissa Frydrych and Golo Mühr for their work uncovering a Latin American-based threat group we track as Hive0129 and their malware we have named BlotchyQuasar. securityintelligence.com/posts/x-force-…

The average cost of a data breach has reached an all-time high of $4.45 million per incident. Explore the Cost of a Data Breach Report that unpacks the rising costs, along with recommendations to upgrade your #cybersecurity strategy and minimize losses: ibm.biz/BdyVaH

I’m honored to be speaking at #squadcon as part of #hackersummercamp in Las Vegas this year. If you’d like to join (at a discount!) you can use the promo code BetterwithFriendsSpeakers to unlock 15% off the cost of admission. Tickets are available at SquadCon.me

Hundreds of organizations fell victim to MFT attacks in recent months - so how can we prevent further exploits? @TactiKoolSec presents the IBM X-Force team’s new framework for detection and response and explores how #AI can scale detection guidance: ibm.biz/BdMdQM

The Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 indicates organizations investing in #AI are experiencing lower data breach costs. Learn how #security analysts can get started with IBM QRadar Suite - offering features like AI, automation, ML, and more: ibm.co/3qOYdV8

Amazing analysis on the Russian threat actor Hive0051. If you want specific detections to find GammaLoad and GammaSteel malware and activity on networks, here is where to look.