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X-Force Report: No Shortage of Resources Aimed at Hacking Cloud Environments

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As cybercriminals remain steadfast in their pursuit of unsuspecting ways to infiltrate today’s businesses, a new report by IBM Security X-Force highlights the top tactics of cybercriminals, the open doors users are leaving for them and the burgeoning marketplace for stolen cloud resources on the dark web. The big takeaway from the data is businesses […]

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3 Biggest Factors in Data Breach Costs and How To Reduce Them

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The cost of a data breach has increased slightly in the last six years on average. Costs are up 10% since 2014 to $3.86 million, according to the annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, published by IBM Security and based on research conducted by the Ponemon Institute. Three areas in particular proved to have […]

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A New Botnet Attack Just Mozied Into Town

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A relatively new player in the threat arena, the Mozi botnet, has spiked among Internet of things (IoT) devices, IBM X-Force has discovered. This malware has been active since late 2019 and has code overlap with Mirai and its variants. Mozi accounted for nearly 90% of the observed IoT network traffic from October 2019 through […]

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How Threat Actors Are Adapting to the Cloud

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With organizations increasingly moving to cloud environments, cloud security is more critical than ever. Cloud environments often hold large troves of valuable and sensitive data that can put organizations and their customers at risk if they are breached. At the same time, many organizations are still discovering best practices surrounding cloud security and incident response. […]

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What’s Old Is New, What’s New Is Old: Aged Vulnerabilities Still in Use in Attacks Today

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Two vulnerabilities that were reported and patched in 2017 were used in nearly 90 percent of malspam messages in 2019. Why would threat actors use these old, well-known exploits in their attacks?

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The Dark Web Market Is Moving Toward IaaS and MaaS — Here’s Why

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The dark web market is shifting from commodities to cybercrime services such as infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and malware-as-a-service (MaaS), creating benefits and challenges for security teams.

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I Can’t Believe Mirais: Tracking the Infamous IoT Malware

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Mirai malware is often perceived as a low-risk threat to enterprise security, but consumer devices in the home, when connected to corporate networks, can expose corporate networks to botnet attacks.

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Cryptojacking Attacks: Who’s Mining on Your Coin?

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X-Force data revealed that while browser-based cryptojacking was increasingly popular through most of 2018, cryptomining malware made a resurgence at the end of 2018 and into Q1 2019.

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Spectre, Meltdown and More: What You Need to Know About Hardware Vulnerabilities

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According to IBM X-Force IRIS research, threat actors will continue to search for ways to leverage Spectre, Meltdown and other hardware vulnerabilities to steal data in the coming years.

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