Don't Overlook Twitter's Trove of Threat Intel for Enterprise Cybersecurity – Dark Reading

Tagged, organized, and free for anyone who wants it, social media posts and data are an underused threat intelligence resource for many enterprise cybersecurity teams.Just as cybercriminals have found social media platforms useful for gathering information on targets and launching attacks, network defenders should likewise be looking at Twitter and other similar public-facing social media data sources, so called open source intelligence (OSINT), to help inform cyber defenses, according to experts.”Social media and other digital platforms are invaluable resources for gathering intelligence on external cyber threats, because it is often one of the earliest indicators of trouble brewing,” AJ Nash, vice president of Intelligence at ZeroFox, explains to Dark Reading. “Waiting until a threat materializes to the point where it sets off an alert in your SOC might mean it’s too late to stop it — a truly proactive security posture includes leveraging data from digital platforms to stay ahead of these threats.”Igal Iytzki with Perception Point himself uses Twitter and Reddit to share threat intelligence and advises cybersecurity teams to utilize social media as part of their overall strategy.”There is a lot of threat intelligence being posted on public platforms every day that businesses can tap into,” Iytzki explains to
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