BlackBerry Security Incident

Global Threat Intelligence Report January 2025 Edition Reporting Period:July 1 September 30, 2024 Actionable Intelligence That Matters This report provides a comprehensive review of the global threat landscape, with a focus on providing actionable intelligence that leaders can use to proactively secure their organizations. This report covers July through September 2024. BlackBerry cybersecurity solutions blocked nearly one million attacks against U.S. customers, identifying 80,000 unique malicious signatures and preventing 430,000 targeted attacks against commercial enterprises. Read Cyberattacks Across the Globe for more information. This quarter, of the 600,000 critical infrastructure attacks detected this quarter, 45% targeted financial institutions . Uncover our Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) teams internal and external findings in the Critical Infrastructure section. PowerShell-based attacks demonstrate threat actors' regional adaptation while maintaining consistent global techniques across NALA, APAC and EMEA. Read how our MDR Team Analysis reveals evolving regional attack patterns and the global persistence of PowerShell-based threats. The Law Enforcement Limelight section reveals ransomware's evolution toward targeted psychological warfare including increasingly weaponized exfiltrated data for reputation damage and strategic leverage rather than just financial gain. Read more on the ransomware epidemic targeting Canada . RansomHub now hosts major affiliates including LockBit and ALPHV, accounting for the majority of ransomware operations detected in Q3 2024. Read more under Threat Actors and Tooling . New ransomware group Lynx employs aggressive double-extortion tactics (combining data theft with encryption) and is expanding from North America and Australia into European markets. Read our Prevalent Threats section to learn about trending threats across all major operating systems. We provide a list of enhanced security protocols and countermeasures to...

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