The New Face of Organized Cybercrime

The need for trusted threat intelligence is greater than ever, as 80 percent of cyber attacks are driven by highly organized crime rings in which data, tools and expertise are widely shared. Though hackers have mobilized, their targets have not. A majority (65 percent) of in-house cybersecurity teams use multiple sources of trusted and untrusted external intelligence to fight attackers.

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Built by IBM Security, the IBM X-Force Exchange is a new, cloud-based platform that allows organizations to easily collaborate on security incidents, as well as benefit from the ongoing contributions of IBM experts and community members. By freely consuming, sharing and acting on real-time threat intelligence from their networks and IBM’s own repository of known threat intelligence, users can identify and help stop threats.

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Pamela Cobb

Market Segment Manager, IBM X-Force and Security Intelligence

Hive0137 and AI-supplemented malware distribution

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Q&A with Valentina Palmiotti, aka chompie

4 min read - The Pwn2Own computer hacking contest has been around since 2007, and during that time, there has never been a female to score a full win — until now.This milestone was reached at Pwn2Own 2024 in Vancouver, where two women, Valentina Palmiotti and Emma Kirkpatrick, each secured full wins by exploiting kernel vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 11. Prior to this year, only Amy Burnett and Alisa Esage had competed in the contest's 17-year history, with Esage achieving a partial win in…

X-Force discovers new vulnerabilities in smart treadmill

7 min read - This research was made possible thanks to contributions from Joshua Merrill. Smart gym equipment is seeing rapid growth in the fitness industry, enabling users to follow customized workouts, stream entertainment on the built-in display, and conveniently track their progress. With the multitude of features available on these internet-connected machines, a group of researchers at IBM X-Force Red considered whether user data was secure and, more importantly, whether there was any risk to the physical safety of users. One of the most…

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