Three Attacks from 2025 That Show Why Alerts Alone Are No Longer Enough

How missed signals, silent progression, and alert fatigue enabled some of last year’s most damaging breaches In 2025, organizations across industries invested heavily in security tools, monitoring platforms, and managed detection services. Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), SIEM, and SOC operations have never been more mature. And yet, some of the most damaging cyber incidents […]
Market Insight: The Shift From Ransomware Encryption to Data-Theft-Only Extortion

CyTwist Research has identified a material shift in adversary behavior during 2025: a move away from ransomware toward data-theft-only extortion campaigns.
One Missed Alert Is All It Takes

Why modern breaches occur despite alerts – and how post-initial-access detection closes the gap
Implementing AI at the SOC – A Practical Outlook

The Security Operations Center (SOC) is the command center of an organization’s cyber defense where technology, people, and process converge to protect digital and physical assets.
Effective Modern Security Operations

Effective security operations are not defined by a single tool or model, but by a living process that must evolve with the threat landscape.
Next-Generation Threat Detection: Staying Ahead of AI-Driven Evasive Threats

The evolution of cyber threats, especially AI-driven malware, sophisticated APTs, and trusted platform exploitation, has fundamentally changed the security landscape.
Black Basta Cyber Attack: Understanding the Threat and How It Evaded Detection

Black Basta Cyber Attack: Understanding the Threat and How It Evaded Detection The Black Basta ransomware group, which emerged in early 2022, quickly rose to prominence as a major cyber threat, targeting organizations across various industries. Known for its sophisticated attacks, Black Basta employs advanced techniques to infiltrate systems, steal sensitive data, and then encrypt […]
Enterprise Challenges with Patch Tuesday and Vulnerability Management

Every second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft releases its “Patch Tuesday” updates, addressing security vulnerabilities and bugs across its product range. While these patches are critical for protecting systems, they present significant challenges for enterprises.
Legit-Actions – How attackers bypass your security defenses

In the last few years we see a growing proliferation of targeted attacks (APTs) by cyber criminals, that results in ransomware and data breaches which result in great financial and reputational damage. Cyber criminals are employing new tools and sophisticated methodes to execute their attacks which make most detection tools not effective and make it hard for the security teams to detect their activities.