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The Cyentia Institute, led by Wade Baker, Ph.D., has released the highly anticipated 2025 IRIS Report, offering critical insights into the evolving cybersecurity landscape. This report, developed in collaboration with leading cybersecurity firms like Cisco, Mimecast, Veracode, and XM Cyber, provides actionable intelligence for threat analysts and security professionals.
🔗 Report Links:
You Should Know: Practical Cybersecurity Commands & Techniques
1. Threat Intelligence Gathering
Use OSINT tools to analyze threats mentioned in the IRIS report:
Use Maltego for threat mapping
maltego
Fetch threat feeds with MISP
misp-fetch -url https://misp-instance.com/feeds
Query VirusTotal for IOCs
curl -X GET "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/ip_addresses/{IP}" -H "x-apikey: YOUR_API_KEY"
2. Vulnerability Scanning
Leverage Nmap and OpenVAS to detect weaknesses:
Scan for open ports nmap -sV -T4 -p- <target_IP> Run OpenVAS vulnerability scan gvm-cli --gmp-username admin --gmp-password <password> --xml "<get_tasks/>"
3. Ransomware Defense (Workshop-Ready Tactics)
Prepare for ransomware attacks with incident response commands:
Check for suspicious processes (Windows)
Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.CPU -gt 90 }
Isolate infected systems (Linux)
sudo iptables -A INPUT -s <malicious_IP> -j DROP
Restore backups (Linux)
rsync -avz /backup/ /live/system/
4. Cloud Security (Druva Workshop Focus)
Secure cloud environments with AWS CLI & Azure commands:
Check AWS S3 bucket permissions aws s3api get-bucket-acl --bucket <bucket_name> Scan Azure for misconfigurations az security task list --resource-group <RG_Name>
What Undercode Say
The 2025 IRIS Report highlights the growing sophistication of cyber threats, emphasizing the need for automated threat detection, zero-trust policies, and rapid incident response. Key takeaways:
– AI-driven attacks are rising—monitor logs with journalctl -u sshd -f.
– Supply chain risks demand strict `SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)` checks.
– Ransomware resilience requires immutable backups (btrfs subvolume snapshot).
Prediction
By 2026, AI-powered threat actors will exploit quantum computing weaknesses, forcing adoption of post-quantum cryptography (e.g., OpenSSL 3.0 with Kyber).
Expected Output:
Sample log analysis for IR teams
grep "FAILED LOGIN" /var/log/auth.log | awk '{print $1,$2,$3,$9}' | sort | uniq -c
🔗 Relevant URLs:
IT/Security Reporter URL:
Reported By: Mthomasson Cyentia – Hackers Feeds
Extra Hub: Undercode MoN
Basic Verification: Pass ✅
