IR Trends Q4 2025: Ransomware chills and phishing heats up

About this episode

Amy and Dave discuss key findings from the Q4 2025 Cisco Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends Report, focusing on ransomware and phishing trends.

What separates organizations that successfully fend off ransomware from those that don’t? What were the top threats facing organizations? Can we (pretty please) get a sneak peek into the 2025 Year in Review? Amy is joined by Dave Liebenberg, Strategic Analysis Team Lead, to break down key findings from Q4 2025's Cisco Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends Report. From the top threats facing organizations — like the persistent exploitation of public-facing applications and the rise of new v...

People in this episode

Guest: Dave Liebenberg

Topics covered

• ransomware
• phishing
• cybersecurity
• incident response
• threat analysis

Keywords

• 2025 Year in Review
• top threats
• public-facing applications

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Cisco Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends Report

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