Government and public service organizations experienced a 40% increase in cyberattacks during Q2 2023 compared with Q1, according to the latest “BlackBerry Global Threat Intelligence Report.” These include public transit, utilities, schools, and other government services people rely on daily.
With limited resources and often immature cyber-defense programs, these publicly funded organizations are struggling against the double-pronged threat of attacks from nation-states and the criminal underground.
The latest edition of BlackBerry’s quarterly cybersecurity benchmarking guide covers events between March and May 2023. It provides new information for the cybersecurity industry worldwide based on a detailed geopolitical analysis. BlackBerry observed and stopped 1.5 million attacks within the 90-day period.
Here are a few highlights from the report:
In keeping with the report’s primary goal of providing actionable and contextual cyber-threat intelligence, readers will find a summary of the top 20 techniques used by threat groups during the period and a comparison to the previous quarter. The BlackBerry research team also utilized the MITRE D3FEND framework to develop a complete list of countermeasures for the techniques observed during the study period. Additionally, the report lists the most effective Sigma rules to detect malicious behavior, based on the 224,851 unique samples encountered and stopped by the BlackBerry Cylance® AI engine.
The global researchers within the BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team are delivering cutting-edge, pioneering research. The report aims to enlighten and educate readers while continuously enhancing BlackBerry’s data-centric and Cylance AI-driven offerings. We hope you will benefit from the detailed and actionable data in the “Q3 2023 Global Threat Intelligence Report.”
About the Author
Ismael Valenzuela is Vice President of Threat Research & Intelligence at BlackBerry, where he leads threat research, intelligence, and defensive innovation. Ismael has participated as a security professional in numerous projects across the globe for over 20+ years, which included being the founder of one of the first IT security consultancies in Spain.