Misconfigurations and access control issues trigger many enterprises security problems, according to IBM’s X-Force security research and threat intelligence group.

ARMONK, N.Y., April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (IBM) (NYSE: IBM) today released the 2025 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index highlighting that cybercriminals continued to pivot to stealthier tactics, ...

AI-generated Slopoly malware used by Hive0163 in 2026 attacks maintained access for over a week, highlighting how AI ...

Vulnerability exploitation emerged as the leading cause of incidents in 2025, accounting for 40% of cases observed by IBM X-Force. At the same time, active ransomware and extortion groups grew 49% ...

Active ransomware and extortion groups surged (49%) year over year, marking ecosystem fragmentation, while publicly disclosed victim counts rose roughly 12%. Large supply chain and third-party ...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released the 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, showing that AI-accelerated cyberattacks are ...

A new malware strain dubbed Slopoly, likely created using generative AI tools, allowed a threat actor to remain on a compromised server for more than a week and steal data in an Interlock ransomware ...

Cybersecurity threats are surging, with the latest IBM X- Force report seeing a 44% increase in exploitation of public-facing applications. Amazingly, 56% of those incidents didn't require ...

IBM Security opened its upgraded European IBM X-Force Command Center, located in Wrocław, Poland. The European center joins a global network of IBM X-Force Command Centers, which process more than 1 ...

Back in the day, who would have thought staid, suit-wearing IBM would have a division as cool sounding as X-Force Red? It's a security group that IBM announced today, a team of white-hat hackers who ...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released the 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, revealing that cybercriminals are exploiting basic security gaps at dramatically higher rates, now accelerated by AI tools ...