Category Archives: Security Trends

Cybersecurity Trends: IBM’s Predictions for 2023

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As with many other aspects of life and business, 2022 held fewer overall surprises in cybersecurity than in recent years — thank goodness. Instead, many trends brewing over the past few years began to take clearer form. Some were unexpected, and many were predictable, but all are important to consider when making plans for security […]

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The 5 Most Hotly Contested Security Trends and Questions

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The worst thing that organizations can do is take a hard stance with their cybersecurity efforts. The digital threat landscape is constantly evolving. If organizations settle into a viewpoint, they could elevate one source of risk into something unrealistic—all while missing other digital threats. This reflects just how much assumptions drive cybersecurity-related decisions. Forbes put […]

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Cybersecurity Trends and Emerging Threats in 2021

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The year 2021 is finally here, bringing with it the promise of a brighter future — but a long road ahead. In this piece, we’ll dive into five cybersecurity trends that pose significant potential risk in 2021 and offer practical advice to help entities reduce overall risk. The first quarter of 2021 represents a cybersecurity […]

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What the Data Is Telling Us About the Current Rise in Security Threats During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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IBM X-Force Research has been seeing a significant number of new malicious domains related to COVID-19 appear in the wild since late February 2020, based on Quad 9 data.

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3 Unorthodox Ways to Further Protect your Digital Accounts from Fraud

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Well, it is now World Password Day 2020, and not surprisingly passwords are still not dead. Since we will continue to live with passwords for the foreseeable future, here are some unorthodox tips on how to further protect your digital accounts fro… Continue reading 3 Unorthodox Ways to Further Protect your Digital Accounts from Fraud→

Cyberattackers Ramp Up to 1.5M COVID-19 Emails Per Day

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Research analyzing three months of coronavirus-themed attacks show cybercriminals adjusting threat levels to evolve with pandemic and typical employment trends. Continue reading Cyberattackers Ramp Up to 1.5M COVID-19 Emails Per Day→

PXJ Ransomware Campaign Identified by X-Force IRIS

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In a recent analysis from IBM’s X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), our team discovered activity related to a new strain of ransomware known as PXJ ransomware.

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State of the Phish: IBM X-Force Reveals Current Phishing Attack Trends

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Phishing has long been an infection vector of choice for threat actors, and for good reason — it is relatively easy, inexpensive and consistently successful.

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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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