OTX Trends 2018 Q1 and Q2

In this OTX trends report covering Q1 and Q2 of 2018, AlienVault Threat Researcher Chris Doman and Security Advocate Javvad Malik have repeated their analysis from 2017 combining data sets of security events from AlienVault customers and other vendors’ threat reports in our Open Threat Exchange (OTX) platform to see what’s changed.

Key findings on exploits, threat actors and threat intelligence sharing include:

• Server exploits have increased; IoT makes the top exploit list for the first time
• Chinese-based threat actors have increased their activities, but Lazarus Group has been the most active
• Twitter is having a growing influence as a place where threat data is shared and sourced

Download this report today to learn valuable OTX trends and gain insight into where defenders should prioritize their resources.