Threat Intelligence and Malware Analysis: Staying Ahead of Adversaries

Threat Intelligence and Malware Analysis: Staying Ahead of Adversaries Threat actors evolve quickly, changing targets, tools, and techniques. To stay ahead, security teams combine threat intelligence with hands-on malware analysis. This pairing helps organizations understand who is coming, why they act, and how to block them before harm occurs. Threat intelligence is more than a list of names. Good intel connects signals into a story: the actor, their methods, the campaigns, and their infrastructure. Teams collect data from open feeds, vendor intelligence, and information sharing groups, then enrich it with internal telemetry from firewalls, EDR, and DNS logs. The goal is timely, contextual intel that can drive decisions, not a pile of raw data. ...

September 22, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words

Cyber Threat Intelligence: From Indicators to Response

Cyber Threat Intelligence: From Indicators to Response Cyber threat intelligence helps security teams turn raw signals into timely, actionable steps. CTI connects indicators with context, risk, and outcomes. Indicators come in two main flavors: IOCs and IOAs. IOCs identify artifacts such as hashes, IPs, or domains that appeared in malicious activity. IOAs describe attacker behavior, like credential theft patterns or unusual file activity. By linking these signals, teams can detect threats earlier and respond faster. ...

September 21, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words