New Threat Intelligence Report Provides Actionable Intelligence Against Cyberattacks

In today’s world scenario, it has become a prime requirement for security experts to expand their focus on vulnerabilities that the innovative technologies may possess. They must build expertise when it comes to managing security risk, which can be acquired by a continuous analysis on global threat landscape and study the affects of a business’ decisions on its threat profile. Likewise, business heads must also put efforts into attaining awareness of their security posture, risk exposure and cyber-defense tactics that can subsequently impact their business operations.

BlackBerry Global Threat Intelligence Report

According to the report, modern business leaders get an easy access to this information. The global BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team provided an actionable intelligence on attacks, threat actors and campaigns. The report was based on the telemetry obtained from Blackerry’s AI-based products and analytical capabilities, supplemented by other public and private intelligence sources. This allows you to make informed decisions and take prompt, effective action.

Mentioned below, are some of the key highlights of the ‘Global Threat Intelligence Report’: 

• 90 days by the numbers: In order to create the intelligence report, the team surveyed more than 1.5 million stopped cyberattacks that has occurred between the period Dec. 1, 2022 and Feb. 28, 2023. 

• Top 10 countries experiencing cyberattacks during this period: The US continues to lead in the percentage of attacks that were thwarted. Brazil has just overtaken Canada as the second most frequently targeted nation, with Japan and Canada following. However, the danger landscape has altered. Singapore made its debut appearance in the top 10. 

• Most targeted industries by number of attacks: The telemetry shows that consumers in finance, healthcare services, and retailing of food and essentials were the targets of 60% of all malware-based attacks. 

• Most common weapons: The most often utilized tools were droppers, downloaders, remote access tools (RATs), and ransomware. A targeted attack employing the Warzone RAT against a Taiwanese semiconductor business, cybercriminal gangs using Agent Tesla and RedLine Infostealer, and increased use of BlackCat ransomware were all things BlackBerry noted during the data gathering period. 

• Industry-specific attacks: During this time, the healthcare sector had a sizable number of cyberattacks. This report also goes in-depth on attacks against manufacturing, critical infrastructure, financial institutions, and other key targets of sophisticated and occasionally state-sponsored threat actors engaged in espionage and intellectual property campaigns. However, as this analysis reveals, these crucial sectors are also frequently affected by crimeware and commodity malware.

Moreover, the report also provided actionable defensive countermeasures that a business could adopt, against some of the most notable threat actors, cyber weapons and attacks that they have mentioned. The defenses are apparently in the form of MITRE ATT&CK® and MITRE D3FEND™ mappings.