For many organizations, the issue isn’t a lack of cyber threat intelligence. Instead, internal security teams grapple with an excess of threat intelligence data, including alerts, indicators, and dashboards, yet their brand protection still falls short.Why is that? Because merely having threat intelligence data doesn’t automatically enhance your security posture. Without the proper context,...

Thanks to new technologies, phishing threat actors have access to even more ways to gain our trust. The future of phishing is granular personalization, and that future starts now.

Of the three forms of threat intelligence (strategic, operational, and tactical), tactical threat intelligence is the most directly actionable. Tactical threat intelligence also enables defenders to engage in threat hunting or root cause analysis activities when examining historical (attempted) intrusions. This is useful in detecting breaches that may have occurred, understanding the cause of a previous breach, and understanding whether a particular adversary or TTP is being attempted against your organization.

Understanding how cyberattacks unfold is key to stopping them. In this blog, Fortra’s threat researchers break down the anatomy of a recent smishing campaign, revealing the tactics, techniques, and infrastructure behind the attack. The Smishing Attack The smishing text contains a banking alert about a transaction being put on hold and urges the reader...

Threat actors exploit the dark web to trade stolen data and illicit goods anonymously, often without the victim organization’s awareness. Malicious activity takes many forms across underground channels, but the technical barriers to accessing the dark web limit visibility — making it challenging to identify which assets may be exposed.If sensitive information is undetected on the dark web,...