As always in cybersecurity, hardly a dull day went by in 2024. So much happened we thought it might be helpful to remind everyone what went down over the last 12 months. At least from a Trustwave SpiderLabs perspective. Here are the top SpiderLabs’ blogs, as voted by viewer readership analytics: Trustwave SpiderLabs would like to thank all its readers and we hope we informed, inspired and maybe made you laugh a few times in 2024. See you all next week in 2025.

As 2024 comes to a close, we went around the room and asked some of Trustwave’s top executives what cybersecurity issues and technology they saw playing a prominent role in 2025. Here is the latest installment.

Cybersecurity industry analysts were not the only group touting Trustwave. In 2024, a variety of media and workplace reviewing sources hailed Trustwave not only for our security solutions but as a great place to work. Because Trustwave is proud of how our employees perceive us let's take a look at the awards issued by Comparably, a leading workplace culture and compensation monitoring employee review platform. Trustwave was awarded three Comparably awards in 2024.

As we reflect on the past year, we're incredibly proud to share that Trustwave has been recognized by some of the most respected industry analyst firms. These accolades, spanning a variety of security services and global regions, solidify our position as a global leader in cybersecurity.

Fact: An organization of any size has employees that receive email. Fact: Threat actors, with the help of apps like ChatGPT, are becoming more efficient at creating compelling phishing emails. Fact: The law of averages mandates an attack will succeed when a staffer is fooled and opens a malicious email or clicks on the wrong link. Fact: A robust email security strategy, which includes a Secure Email Gateway, is a must to protect against email-borne attacks.

As 2024 comes to a close, we went around the room and asked some of Trustwave’s top executives what cybersecurity issues and technology they saw playing a prominent role in 2025. Here is the latest installment. As we look ahead to 2025, the landscape of cyber threats continues to evolve, presenting new challenges for cybersecurity professionals.

... At least according to a recent report posted by the password manager firm NordPass. NordPasses 2024's Top 200 Most Commonly Used Passwords list reflects the sad truth that many people don't take password security seriously and believe codes like "123456" are acceptable. Then some figure, "Hey, the bad guys will never figure it out if I add a couple more digits", and use "123456789". Finally, we have those who seemingly just gave up all hope and used "password".

As we look ahead to 2025, the cybersecurity landscape is poised for significant shifts and challenges. Here are some key predictions that I believe will take place or start to happen in the coming year.

Salt Typhoon is a Chinese-speaking threat actor that the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have tied to a series of attacks that breached and exfiltrated data from several of the world's most prominent telecommunications companies. Trustwave SpiderLabs has created a deep analysis of the threat group Salt Typhoon, detailing the group's history, techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTP), and preferred targets.