2024 was a record-setting year for Augur, with more predictions and confirmations than any other year so far. And this year, the stakes were higher than ever, with threats becoming more prevalent and sophisticated pretty much right across the board. Last year, Augur predicted more than 166K CIDRs (3 million IPs) would be malicious, which tripled the 2023 total. 

During this same period, we also had third-party confirmations for 360K predicted IPs (all time) and confirmations for 147K of our 2024 predictions. These numbers are all up significantly from 2023.

Those are big numbers that put into context the impact that Augur can have on your security posture. This year alone, that’s 360k malicious IPs Augur subscribers had advance protection against, keeping their networks safe and boosting their cyber resilience.

Let's take a look at some of the most active threats Augur predicted and protected against in 2024.

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Industries Under Attack

We track sector threat activity for a number of industry sectors with a specific focus on the Energy sector, telecommunications and the financial industry. This year, the telecom space was the most popular target by a significant margin.

Confirmed IPs per Sector:

• Telecom: 298,351
• Energy: 48,939
• Financial: 31,399

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What To Watch Out For

Every year, our research team surfaces the top threat identifiers that third-party researchers associate with Augur predictions, and we share what we’ve learned with the security community.

Top Threat Identifiers By Confirmed IP

• Vaultcrypt
• Cobalt Strike
• Darkcomet
• Naikon
• Redline Stealer

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Knowing which threats are most prevalent allows you to understand the TTPs associated with these threats and be proactive in your defensive strategies. In this case, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound ton of cure

How Does Augur Predict Future Threats?

Augur uses behavioral modeling to detect the buildup of cybercriminal infrastructure online before attacks. We identify thousands of malicious IPs, IP ranges, and domains every month. Augur predicts attacks on average 50 days before they are first reported. Our predictions are highly accurate, with a low false-positive rate of 0.01%, giving Augur clients a heads up on cyberattacks, zero-days, and novel threats.

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Your Early Warning System

Augur is your best early warning system and your insurance policy against novel threats.

Over the last few years, Augur predicted major elements of highly visible compromises like  MOVEit, Solar Winds, Log4JShell, Colonial Pipeline and ProxyNotShell months ahead of first reports.

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Find Out More About How Augur Can Improve Your Security Posture

Curious to see how Augur works and how Augur’s predictive intelligence can improve your Patient Zero protection and overall security posture? You can learn more about how Augur works and how it solves real-world security problems. If you want to talk to someone about how Augur’s predictive intelligence can improve your overall security posture, email us at augur@seclytics.com.

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