Black Kite Reports
Explore the latest Black Kite research, threat intelligence, and industry reports on third-party cyber risk, ransomware, and supply chain security.
State of Ransomware 2024: a Year of Surges and Shuffling
Black Kite's 2024 ransomware report shows attacks nearly doubled from 2,700+ in 2022 to almost 4,900 in 2023, as gangs collaborate and shift targets.
Apr 29, 2024Black Kite Third Party Breach Report 2024
81 vendor breaches reached 251 companies in 2023. Black Kite's fifth annual Third-Party Breach Report reveals how zero-days created a third-party breach year.
Mar 20, 2024The Black Kite Research & Intelligence Team (brite)
Exploiting vulnerabilities has become the most common method for access than other attack vectors. Download now
Jan 29, 2024What You Need to Reduce Third-party Risk
Black Kite's shows how generative AI cuts third-party risk: only 58 of 2025's 48,000+ CVEs posed a genuine threat, as ransomware attacks jumped 60%.
Jan 11, 2024The Black Kite Cyber Villains & Threat Actors Dossier
This ebook explores how artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity, examining real world applications and risks introduced by generative AI.
Oct 30, 2023Biotechnology Supply Chain Risk Analysis
Black Kite finds 20% of 738 biotech firms are highly susceptible to ransomware. Get the full supply chain risk analysis and financial impact data.
Oct 19, 2023Understanding the True Magnitude of a Cyber Incident
Learn how the FAIR model can help you paint a more complete picture of how direct and indirect losses rack up the total cost of a cyber incident.
Sep 12, 2023Higher Education: the State of Cyber Risk and Ransomware
Higher Education: The State of Cyber Risk & Ransomware. Black Kite Research analyzes the top 100 US higher ed institutions, recent breaches, and RSI™ data.
Aug 26, 2023Urgent Citrix Netscaler Zero-day Vulnerability: How to Protect Your Digital Ecosystem
Citrix announces that two NetScaler products, ADC and Gateway, are affected by a zero-day RCE vulnerability. Learn how to mitigate this in your supply chain.
Jul 20, 2023A New Era in the Black Kite Compliance Module: Black Kite Research Pushes Boundaries for Text-based Cyber-aware AI
Black Kite's document parser and natural language processing model now has been refined and tuned for the cybersecurity domain, asUniQuE Parser 2.0.
Jun 22, 20232023 Ransomware Threat Landscape Report
Black Kite analyzed 2,708 named ransomware victims from April 2022-March 2023, revealing attackers favorite targets and a rising encryption-less trend
Jun 6, 2023The True Impact of Concentration and Cascading Risk
Learn more about the role concentration risk and cascading risk play in your company and how to avoid the negative effects of a third-party breach.
Jun 6, 2023