Daniel Dimov

Dr. Daniel Dimov is the founder of Dimov Internet Law Consulting (www.dimov.pro), a legal consultancy based in Belgium. Daniel is a fellow of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Internet Society (ISOC). He did traineeships with the European Commission (Brussels), European Digital Rights (Brussels), and the Institute for EU and International law “T.M.C. Asser Institute” (The Hague). Daniel received a Ph.D. in law from the Center for Law in the Information Society at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He has a Master’s Degree in European law (The Netherlands), a Master’s Degree in Bulgarian Law (Bulgaria), and a certificate in Public International Law from The Hague Academy of International law.

Insider threat March 31, 2021 Daniel Dimov

Insider threat report: Former Twitter employees charged with spying for Saudi Arabia

Insider threats are malicious threats to an organization that come from employees and other people working at that organization. This type of threat is particularly...

Application security February 25, 2021 Daniel Dimov

Key findings from ESG’s Modern Application Development Security report

In August 2020, the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) published its report, “Modern Application Development Security.” ESG is a company specialized in IT-related...

Malware analysis December 9, 2020 Daniel Dimov

Octopus Scanner malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight

Octopus Scanner appeared somewhere in 2018. Although its creators are still unknown, the operation of Octopus Scanner has been extensively discussed in numerous...

Phishing October 27, 2020 Daniel Dimov

Business email compromise (BEC) scams level up: How to spot the most sophisticated BEC attacks

The term “business email compromise” (BEC) refers to the use of email fraud with the aim to accomplish malicious purposes. BEC attacks usually rely on...

Vulnerabilities August 5, 2020 Daniel Dimov

Tesla Model 3 vulnerability: What you need to know about the web browser bug

In 2020, Jacob Archuleta, a researcher nicknamed Nullze, discovered an important information security vulnerability on the web browser of the Tesla Model 3...

Healthcare information security July 21, 2020 Daniel Dimov

Analysis of ransomware used in recent cyberattacks on health care institutions

In recent years, there has been a steady increase in the number of ransomware attacks on healthcare institutions. The pressure such institutions experienced...

Malware analysis July 16, 2020 Daniel Dimov

PonyFinal malware: What it is, how it works and how to prevent it | Malware spotlight

PonyFinal ransomware appeared for the first time in 2020. It is malware that relies on human-operated attacks, i.e., attacks that exploit information security...

News July 9, 2020 Daniel Dimov

Lessons learned from the Fresenius ransomware cyberattack

Fresenius is a German company that provides various health care services, including services for dialysis of people with chronic kidney failure. In the United...

Malware analysis July 2, 2020 Daniel Dimov

Agent Tesla: What it is, how it works and why it’s targeting energy companies

Agent Tesla appeared for the first time in 2014, but it has been just recently used for attacks on energy companies operating in various fields. These fields...

Threat Intelligence June 29, 2020 Daniel Dimov

Dark web fraud: How-to guides make cybercrime too easy

Dark web fraud constitutes a global information security problem. The widespread availability of how-to guides providing instructions on how to commit such...

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