Security Threat Analysis Via Twitter - Dataminr Profile

Author: Brian Karas, Published on Apr 10, 2017

Increasingly, large enterprises are using Twitter's datastream as a source of threat intelligence.

While Twitter is filled with the noise of celebrity fashion trends, bot-spam and shameless marketing promos, it also regularly has people breaking news or sharing real time information about critical events. One company, Dataminr claims to be able to analyze Twitter's 'firehose', spotting emerging threats and other trends.

In this reportm we profile Dataminr and their Twitter analysis service, including how it can be used by those looking for a threat intelligence service.

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