IBM 2015 Cyber Security Intelligence Index

The 2016 IBM Cyber Security Intelligence Index is now available. Download the complete report today.

IBM continuously monitors billions of security events every year for clients in more than 100 countries, which means we can give you a clear picture of what the cyber threat landscape looks like today.

Get all the details from IBM’s annual Cyber Security Intelligence Index report, based on data we collected from over 8,000 client devices around the world. Read the report find out more about:

The volume of attacks that occurred in 2014
The most affected industries and countries
The most prevalent types of attacks, attackers and industries
The key factors that enable these attacks

You’ll also get information on the impact that security breaches are having on companies today, and what you can do now to help prevent them from happening to your organization.

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Strela Stealer: Today’s invoice is tomorrow’s phish

12 min read - As of November 2024, IBM X-Force has tracked ongoing Hive0145 campaigns delivering Strela Stealer malware to victims throughout Europe - primarily Spain, Germany and Ukraine. The phishing emails used in these campaigns are real invoice notifications, which have been stolen through previously exfiltrated email credentials. Strela Stealer is designed to extract user credentials stored in Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird. During the past 18 months, the group tested various techniques to enhance its operation's effectiveness. Hive0145 is likely to be…

Hive0147 serving juicy Picanha with a side of Mekotio

17 min read - IBM X-Force tracks multiple threat actors operating within the flourishing Latin American (LATAM) threat landscape. X-Force has observed Hive0147 to be one of the most active threat groups operating in the region, targeting employee inboxes at scale, with a primary focus on phishing and malware distribution. After a 3-month break, Hive0147 returned in July with even larger campaign volumes, and the debut of a new malicious downloader X-Force named "Picanha,” likely under continued development, deploying the Mekotio banking trojan. Hive0147…

FYSA – Critical RCE Flaw in GNU-Linux Systems

2 min read - Summary The first of a series of blog posts has been published detailing a vulnerability in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), which purportedly allows attackers to gain remote access to UNIX-based systems. The vulnerability, which affects various UNIX-based operating systems, can be exploited by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the CUPS service. Threat Topography Threat Type: Remote code execution vulnerability in CUPS service Industries Impacted: UNIX-based systems across various industries, including but not limited to, finance, healthcare,…

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