Intelligence Analysis
Open source intelligence analysis using Recorded Future.
Navigating the Cyber Threat Landscape: Attackers, Tactics, and Operations
By Ahmad Mukaram on April 14, 2014Read moreThis is the second post in our blog series, “The Contemporary Cyber Threat Landscape.” In 1996, a group of...
0
Unravelling the Connection Between New Infrastructure in Morocco and Renault Stock Price
By Betty Chemier on April 10, 2014Read moreWeb intelligence suggests correlations can be found between international media attention on Moroccan infrastructure and the performance of companies...
Windows XPocalypse and the Spread of ATM Malware
By Greg on April 2, 2014Read moreOn April 8, 2014, Microsoft will stop issuing updates for its old Windows XP operating system. This will impact...
Bear Out of Hibernation or Did the Russian Train Leave 12 Months Ago?
By C on March 31, 2014Read moreWeb intelligence indicates Russian military maneuvers increased significantly in the 12 months leading up to Crimea invasion...
Transnistria: The Next Crimea?
By David on March 19, 2014Read moreTucked along Moldova’s eastern border with Ukraine, the little-known autonomous region of Transnistria might just be the next flashpoint...
How the IT Industry is Expanding the Cyber Threat Landscape
By Ahmad Mukaram on March 17, 2014Read moreThis is the first post in our blog series, “The Contemporary Cyber Threat Landscape.” The flourishing synergy between the...
Why Security Teams Should Pay Attention to the European Cyber Army
By Jennifer Darche on March 12, 2014Read moreThe European Cyber Army (ECA) kicked off 2014 by posting successful cyber attacks on governments, companies, and organizations around...
The Russia-Ukraine Cyber Front Takes Shape
By S3 on March 7, 2014Read moreIn the wake of Kiev protester deaths, Crimea’s occupation, and claimed cyber attacks on the Ukrainian telecommunications systems, the...
South Korea’s Cyber Defense Policy Hasn’t Been Effective
By Gus Swanda on February 25, 2014Read moreAs the most wired nation in the world, South Korea serves as an acid test for cyber defense policy....
Analyzing the Patch Timeline for Zero-Day Exploits
By Lee Kagan on February 18, 2014Read moreIt is a reality today, and has been for some time now, the new and perhaps most critical battlefield...
Predicting Recurring Patterns in Geopolitical Crises
By Eduardo Zachary Albrecht on December 19, 2013Read moreIt is no secret many of today’s most prominent geopolitical crises are not merely random occurrences. The majority of...
3 Malware Trends You Need to Know About
By Lee Kagan on November 14, 2013Read moreThis analysis looks at malware trends; including inception, infection, variations, and destruction as they progress through the net and...
MEND is Maimed: Boko Haram’s Eclipse of Nigeria’s Former Militant Power
By David on October 28, 2013Read moreThis article examines the factors that have led to Boko Haram's eclipse of MEND as the leading militant group...
Forecasting Tensions in the Middle East
By Eduardo Zachary Albrecht on October 27, 2013Read moreThe line graph above is compiled using data from Recorded Future that measures the intensity of sentiment in the...
Forecasting Political Stability in Myanmar
By Eduardo Zachary Albrecht on October 24, 2013Read moreUsing web intelligence and thousands of data sources, we're able to forecast political stability in Myanmar over the next...
The 11-Month Evolution of An0nGhost
By Chris on October 9, 2013Read moreThis web intelligence analysis shows the evolution of An0nGhost, from the group's foundation in November 2012 to its rumored...
Live Look at New and Upcoming Phones by AT&T
By Leonardo Pinheiro on September 30, 2013Read moreThis web intelligence analysis helps reveal what upcoming phones (and technology) AT&T is working on.
Monitoring the Future of Cloud Computing
By Steven Messina on September 5, 2013Read moreCompanies such as Amazon and Google are frontrunners in cloud computing platforms, but what other companies are innovating in...
3 Future Google Projects That Will Change Your Life
By Abdullatif Al Sanea on August 30, 2013Read moreHere are three future Google projects that will change the way you live your life forever.
Apple iPad 5 Release Date, News, and Rumors
By Ahmad Mukaram on August 26, 2013Read moreA convincing analysis using open source information to predict the Apple iPad 5 and iPad Mini release date.
Cyber Attacks as Political Protest: Looking Back at Saudi Aramco
By Chris on August 22, 2013Read moreWe take a look back at the August 2012 cyber attack against Saudi Aramco. Could it happen again?
5 Cyber Security Trends That Will Affect Your Business
By Greg on August 14, 2013Read moreCompanies need to maintain a trusted digital reputation. Here are the top five cyber security trends you and your...
Discover the Incoming Business of Human Organs On-Demand
By Greg on August 6, 2013Read moreAndras Forgacs and his father are building what may become the leading company in a whole new market of...
The Dawn of the Driverless Car: A Horse of a Different Color
By Greg on June 26, 2013Read moreDriverless car technology exists. The pieces just need to be put together. The whole scenario is getting closer and...
Product Updates
Latest improvements to our web intelligence platform.
Now Available: New Recorded Future Workspace
By Chris on April 4, 2014Read moreWe recently rolled out a brand new workspace area in the Home screen that replaces the My Work area....
Effortlessly Create Ready-to-Share Intelligence Products With New Annotation Features
By Chris on March 5, 2014Read moreWe recently rolled out enhanced annotation functionality in Recorded Future so that analyst commentary on visualizations can be directly...
New Event Lists Support Powerful Intelligence Products
By Chris on February 4, 2014Read moreInformation collection and processing can be a time suck for analysts. Recorded Future recently released new event list functionality...
Build and Share Domain Knowledge With Entity Lists
By Chris on January 30, 2014Read moreWe’re going to feature long existing but recently upgraded functionality around building entity lists in this week’s product update....
Exclusion Filtering Enhances Analysis Precision
By Chris on January 24, 2014Read moreWe recently added functionality in Recorded Future that allows analysts to exclude selected entities and sources using the same...
Better Explore Results in Updated Table View
By Chris on January 14, 2014Read moreOver the holidays we detailed how to search across entity types in Recorded Future. This week we’ll show you...
More Tips for Entity Type Analysis and Monitoring
By Chris on December 26, 2013Read moreWe introduced our refined Entity Type query capability recently by showing how to ask and answer big web intelligence...
Answering Big Questions With New Entity Types
By Chris on December 18, 2013Read moreWe have a new product update. Recorded Future users can now design powerful queries for events involving any entity...
Email Alerts Now Available in Recorded Future Enterprise
By Chris on December 6, 2013Read moreThe new alert functionality in our Enterprise platform provides powerful flexibility and the ability define particular events and timeframes.
Building a Comprehensive Open Source Record on Malware
By Chris on November 1, 2013Read moreThe Recorded Future Cyber Intelligence Application includes a detailed ontology of about 12,000 malware street names.
Cyber Application Update: Custom Monitoring Views, IOCs, and Alerts
By Chris on October 11, 2013Read moreWe have several major updates to the Recorded Future Cyber Intelligence Application to share this week: October 2013.
New Feature: Results Indicator Gauge
By Greg on August 16, 2013Read moreVisualizations now include a new indicator gauge showing an estimate of the visible result set, in terms of percentage...
New Enterprise Platform Gives Analysts More Power
By Greg on August 7, 2013Read moreOur new family of Enterprise products is designed for teams of analysts in large organizations focused on threat intelligence...
Introducing Recorded Future’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Application
By Chris on June 24, 2013Read moreOur Cyber Security Monitoring application aggregates, organizes, and effectively surfaces indicators of threats and attacks reported in open web...
Company News
Thought-leader interviews, industry perspectives, company updates, and more.
Heartbleed: Important Security Message for All Recorded Future Users
By Greg on April 11, 2014Read moreEarlier this week, a serious flaw called Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160) was found in a security library used by many software...
The Role of Visualization in Cyber Intelligence
By Twain Taylor on March 25, 2014Read moreThis is the first post in our blog series, “Visualizing Cyber Intelligence.” The weapons have changed, the battlefield is...
How Web Intelligence Adds Another Dimension to Analysis
By Greg on February 10, 2014Read moreAnne Walton says, "Web intelligence provides one analyst with multiple views of the world. It can and should be...
How Web Intelligence Helps Cyber Security Professionals
By Greg on January 4, 2014Read moreThe following interview is with Ken Buckler and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. Ken is a professional...
Why Web Intelligence Promotes Collaboration
By Greg on December 17, 2013Read moreThe following interview is with Pat Ryan and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. Pat is founder and...
The Secret to Rapidly Competing in Your Industry
By Greg on December 15, 2013Read moreThe following interview is with Tony Frazier and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. Tony Frazier is Senior...
The Need for a Cyber Attack Warning System
By Greg on November 21, 2013Read moreIt's clear any modern war will now include cyber warfare capabilities, which means we quickly need a cyber attack...
Look Back at the 2013 RFUN Conference
By Chris on November 12, 2013Read moreLast week, we hosted the second annual Recorded Future User Network (RFUN) Conference at the Newseum's Knight Conference Center...
Tango Down: How The Jester Uses Web Intelligence
By Greg on November 10, 2013Read moreThe following interview is with The Jester and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. The Jester describes himself...
Can Web Intelligence Really Drive Better Business Decisions?
By Greg on November 6, 2013Read moreThe following interview is with Bob Gourley and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. Bob is currently the...
Web Intelligence: The Great Equalizer
By Greg on November 3, 2013Read moreThe following interview is with Chris Sailer and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. Chris is Senior Manager...
Web Intelligence Forces Overlooked Observations to the Surface
By Greg on October 29, 2013Read moreThe following interview is with A_P and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. A_P is a former hacker...
Web Intelligence Will Dwarf the Business Intelligence Industry as We’ve Known It
By Greg on October 27, 2013Read moreThe following interview is with Bernard Liautaud and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. Bernard is currently a...
Announcing the Recorded Future Special Intelligence Desk
By Greg on October 25, 2013Read moreWe want to introduce the Recorded Future Special Intelligence Desk (RFSID). This is a new capability we are providing...
Web Intelligence Will Be Basic Business and Public Phenomena
By Greg on October 23, 2013Read moreThe following interview is with Amit Meltzer and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. Amit is currently Senior...
Will Web Intelligence End Data Poverty?
By Greg on October 20, 2013Read moreThe following interview is with Oren Falkowitz and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. Oren is currently the...
Web Intelligence is Too Important to Leave to Chance
By Greg on October 16, 2013Read moreSome of the most sophisticated private sector organizations in the world have decided web intelligence is too important to...
Dissecting the Value of Web Intelligence
By Greg on October 15, 2013Read moreThe following interview is with John Sullivan and is from our Web Intelligence Perspectives Series. John is the Global...
3 Signs Your Company Needs a Chief Security Officer
By Greg on September 19, 2013Read moreA chief security officer needs to be someone who can take command of not just the physical aspect of...
RFUN 2013 – November 7 in Washington, D.C.
By Chris on September 19, 2013Read moreThe second annual Recorded Future User Network (RFUN) conference will be held Thursday, November 7 at the Newseum in...
Recorded Future Receives Patent for Temporal Analytics Engine
By Greg on August 27, 2013Read moreWe’re excited to announce the patent approval for our core Temporal Analytics Engine.
10 Months’ Worth of Cyber Attacks Mapped on Harvard Business Review
By Greg on August 26, 2013Read moreThe banking industry has become a frequent target for cyber attacks in recent years. Harvard Business Review invited us...
Web Intelligence Explored in Harvard Business School Case Study
By Greg on July 9, 2013Read moreAs proud pioneers of web intelligence, we are excited Professor Tom Davenport featured us in a new Harvard Business...