This post discusses the following event - “On October 10, 2017, Kaspersky Lab’s advanced exploit prevention systems identified a new Adobe Flash zero day exploit used in the wild against our customers. "

Bitglass’ fourth-annual Healthcare Breach Report analyzes data from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ “Wall of Shame,” where organizations that store or handle PHI are required to disclose breaches that affect at least 500 individuals. Read on to learn more about the breaches that caused the most damage in 2017 and to look at the year ahead in data security.

This Quarterly report continues Rapid7’s excellent work of providing insight to the threats they have witnessed during the 2nd Quarter of 2018.

This is Akamai’s State of The Internet Security report from the fourth quarter of 2017

This report is based on a survey that revealed new data that companies are struggling to keep up with the demands of their security needs due lack of resources, both on the security tools sid and personnel side.

This article, edited in 2008, compiles a list of cyber crimes that impacted business in 2005.

This report contains observations from DDoS attack attempts in Q2 2017 and Q3 2017, as well as comparisons against previous quarters. The data represents the frequency and sophistication of DDoS attacks that organizations face today.

This Infographic lays out details of the State of Security Operations. It reveals data that discusses how much time and budget are being spent on cybersecurity issues.

The data and observations presented in this report are sourced from the continuous work PhishLabs does to fight back against phishing attacks and the threat actors behind them. The information highlighted in this report will help organizations better assess and mitigate the risk posed by modern phishing attacks.

In early 2016, Hexadite commissioned the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) to complete a study of 100 IT and cybersecurity professionals with knowledge of or responsibility for incident response (IR) processes and technologies at their organizations. This research project was intended to assess the current practices and challenges associated with incident response processes and technologies. Furthermore, respondents were asked about their future strategic plans intended to improve the efficacy and efficiency of IR activities. This paper presents the details of those findings.

Contributors to this paper include security professionals, including the Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), the Threat Research Unit, Information Security, and the Custom Analytics group.

There is already a wealth of research that highlights the unending growth in security alerts, a widening security skills gap, and the ensuing fatigue that is heaped upon understaffed security teams. Demisto conducted a large study to delve deeper into these issues, their manifestations, and possible solutions. Their results yielded fascinating insights into the state of cybersecurity in businesses of all sizes.

This report contains observations from DDoS attack attempts in Q4 2016 and Q1 2017, as well as comparisons against previous quarters. The data represents the frequency and sophistication of DDoS attacks that organizations face today.

This is Akamai’s State of The Internet Security report from the third quarter of 2017

This Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack glossary is intended to provide a high level overview of the various DDoS attack types and typical DDoS attack characteristics.

This report takes a look at the DDoS threats that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2017.

In the Akamai State of the Internet - Security Report, you’ll get detailed cloud security insights about DDoS and web application attack trends observed across the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ for Q3 2016.

This report provides statistics on attacks performed against web applications during the fourth quarter of 2017.

This report takes a look at the DDoS threats that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2016.

Details research regarding the company Recorded Future. Shows how this company aided in the effeciency of dealing with cyber attacks and threats.

This is Akamai’s State of The Internet Security report from the second quarter of 2017