The sheer volume of security events included in the OTX Trends Report reflects the importance of keeping up with the latest threat intelligence. A trend that we have seen grow over the years.” This openness and collaboration has resulted not only in organisations being able to defend themselves better - but increasing circles of trust within the industry where actual threat intelligence is being shared more openly. According to the report, “As more companies and researchers look at ways to share threat data, we see more usable and useful information flow into OTX. For example, this year’s report reveals a rise in server exploits, as well as marking the first time an exploit targeting IoT devices (GPON Routers) has made the list of most-seen exploits.Įncouragingly, the OTX Trends Report shows an uptick in information sharing across the InfoSec industry, including a plethora of independent research sharing on Twitter. The analysis reveals changes in the threat landscape, including a shift in the most reported exploits. Like the 2017 report, this analysis reveals trends across exploits, malware, and threat actors, including top-ten rankings of the most seen exploits and adversaries recorded in vendor reports. To provide big-picture perspective on the billions of security artifacts contributed to OTX this year, AlienVault Security Advocate Javvad Malik and Threat Engineer Chris Doman have created the OTX Trends Report for 2018 Q1 and Q2. With the growth in OTX membership, we all benefit from the diversity of threat intelligence from an even wider variety of participants.” We can’t be everywhere at once, but they can learn from each others’ experience. As Russell Spitler, SVP of Product for AlienVault, an AT&T company, explains, “Attackers rely on isolation - they benefit when defenders don’t talk to each other. OTX enables companies and government agencies to gather and share relevant, timely, and accurate information about new or ongoing cyber-attacks and threats as quickly as possible to avoid major breaches (or minimize the damage from an attack). Every day, participants from more than 140 countries contribute 19 million pieces of threat data to the community.

AlienVault OTX, launched in 2012, is the world’s first free threat intelligence community that enables real-time collaboration between security researchers and IT security practitioners from around the world. Today, I’m excited to announce that AlienVault® Open Threat Exchange® (OTX™) has grown to 100,000 global participants, representing 36% percent year-over-year growth.

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