While SIEM solutions have existed for decades now, the market has faced recent upheaval with the advent of cloud-native solutions and a surge of mergers and acquisitions in the last year. As the SIEM market undergoes seismic shifts, CrowdStrike and Cribl have joined forces to help SOCs with their modernization journey. We’re pleased to share that CrowdStrike and Cribl are expanding our partnership to help organizations take the next step in their SIEM journey.

The United States, is a prime target for cyber attacks. The U.S. retail sector, which holds nearly one-third of the global market share, has seen a significant rise in ransomware incidents, accounting for 45% of global retail ransomware cases in the past three quarters—a 9% increase from 2023. New groups like Ransomhub and Hunters have emerged and supply chain threats have increased. Social engineering tactics are on the rise, with attackers impersonating IT personnel.

The holiday season is here, and with it comes the thrill of Black Friday deals and holiday shopping sprees. But it's not just shoppers who are gearing up – cybercriminals are ready to take advantage of the holiday rush, hoping to catch unsuspecting consumers off guard. While Trustwave generally focuses on protecting enterprises from cyberattacks and scams, we feel it’s important to help consumers, as well. After all, many people use work devices for online shopping and accessing social media.

In this blog we will cover what we know about the Finastra breach, what we know about who might have been compromised and an analysis of the validity of the Threat Actor abyss0.