Company:Cyber Threat Intelligence League
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Founded | March 14, 2020 |
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The Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) League is a cybersecurity volunteer trust group, created on 14, March 2020 to protect healthcare organizations from cyber threats in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
Analysis of content on cybercrime forums related to targeted of healthcare organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic,[3][4] showed that healthcare organizations were targeted in "every populated content", with nearly two-thirds of being within North America and Europe.[5]
The CTI League website lists the goals of the group are to reduce or neutralize threats to medical organizations and support law enforcement agencies in combating public safety threats.
In 2020, WIRED magazine recognized the CTI League in its 'WIRED25: People Who Are Making Things Better' list.[6] The magazine highlighted the league's formation of a 1,500-member volunteer team to defend healthcare sectors against cyber threats during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CTI League was chosen as one of the 2020 Difference Maker Award Winners by the SANS Institute.[7] The award recognized the league's rapid growth and significant contribution in neutralizing cyber threats during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Membership
Members of the group are volunteer Cyber threat intelligence experts, law-enforcement and government personnel.[8][9] The CTI-League was founded by:
- Ohad Zaidenberg
- Nate Warfield
- Marc Rogers (security researcher)
In 2020, membership in the group was over 1400 volunteers from 76 countries.
References
- ↑ Menn, Joseph (2020-03-26). "Cybersecurity experts come together to fight coronavirus-related hacking" (in en-US). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN21D09E/.
- ↑ "The Cyber-Avengers Protecting Hospitals From Ransomware". Wired. September 29, 2020. https://www.wired.com/story/cyber-avengers-protecting-hospitals-ransomware/.
- ↑ "Growing Collaboration Among Criminal Groups Heightens Ransomware Threat for Healthcare Sector" (in en). https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/growing-collaboration-among-criminal-groups-heightens-ransomware-threat-for-healthcare-sector.
- ↑ "CTI-League: Darknet Report 2021". https://cti-league.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CTI-League-Darknet-Report-2021.pdf.
- ↑ "Playing with Lives: Cyberattacks on Healthcare are Attacks on People". The CyberPeace Institute. March 2021. https://cyberpeaceinstitute.org/report/2021-03-CyberPeaceInstitute-SAR001-Healthcare.pdf.
- ↑ Hacia, Graham. "Meet This Year's WIRED25: People Who Are Making Things Better". Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-2020-people-making-things-better/.
- ↑ "SANS 2020 Difference Maker Awards | SANS Institute". https://www.sans.org/about/awards/difference-makers/2020/.
- ↑ Lyngaas, Sean (2020-04-21). "Volunteer cybersecurity pros say they've stymied hacks against health care organizations" (in en-US). https://cyberscoop.com/cti-league-coronavirus-czech-republic/.
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/cisakrebs/status/1252688018546348034" (in en). https://twitter.com/cisakrebs/status/1252688018546348034.
External links
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber Threat Intelligence League.
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