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By the National Cyber Security Alliance, a partner of the Cyber Threat Alliance  From ransomware to SolarWinds, the cybersecurity space has been as hectic as ever over the last 12-24 months. However, for all of the emerging threats that are cropping up on the horizon, phishing — one of the oldest pain points in cybersecurity […]

As the digital world becomes a bigger part of all of our lives, cyber criminals are becoming more prevalent and working together (including state-sponsored attacks) to wreak havoc on all of us, amplifying the global cyber security problem. This global problem heightens the need to work together, share threat intelligence, and align strategies to better […]

By the National Cyber Security Alliance, a partner of the Cyber Threat Alliance Get Familiar with the Cyber Basics At a time when we are more connected than ever, being “cyber smart” is of the utmost importance. This year has already seen more than a fair share of attacks and breaches, including the SolarWinds and […]

When you read superhero comics, you know something exciting is going to happen when you get an issue with a milestone number, like 100, 250, or 500. Those anniversary issues are always giant-sized and start or end a huge storyline (like Amazing Spider-Man #300, when Venom first appears and Spidey gets the blue and red […]

As a member of the Cyber Threat Alliance, I am proud to be part of a community of cybersecurity organizations that care about more than just business. We come together to contribute to something much bigger than ourselves—creating a shared defense of global cyber infrastructure. Overall, I am incredibly impressed, not only with the information […]

The Cyber Threat Alliance is beginning a blog series profiling our board of directors. Our intent is to showcase the interesting and impactful cyber industry leaders helping to drive CTA. We want our audience to learn more about these impressive cybersecurity visionaries. We are excited to share more of these feature blogs over the coming […]

Written by Carol Hildebrand, Senior Writer, Security, NETSCOUT The COVID-19 pandemic handed some Herculean tasks to many enterprise IT and cybersecurity teams.  First, IT had to adjust architectures and practices to support a massive, unplanned shift to remote work for those who were able to work at home. Many companies implemented large-scale remote-access architectures, as […]

On Friday, 2 July, CTA members became aware of a ransomware campaign targeting Kaseya’s VSA product. VSA is used by Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to monitor and manage information technology for their clients, provide automation, and assist with software patch management. In this incident, an affiliate of REvil leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in VSA to […]

Written by: Yongjia Chen, Dathan Duplichen, Andrew Shu, Anna Nguyen Yip Although the ransomware threat currently gets the most attention, botnets remain a significant problem in the digital ecosystem. As part of our capstone project in the Master’s in International Policy degree program at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, our team reviewed the […]

Written by Jon-Louis Heimerl, CISSP, Sr. Manager, Threat Intelligence Communications, NTT Ltd. As 2020 drew to a close, NTT Ltd worked on our annual Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR). The data showed some interesting results, so I asked Michael Daniel what kind of impact he thought COVID-19 was having on the world of cybersecurity. Michael […]