Threat Intelligence December 26, 2019 Greg Belding Malware spotlight: What is click fraud? Click fraud is a well-known method for fraudsters to make money by taking advantage of online affiliates. It typically involves an ad placed on a website where...
Threat Intelligence November 14, 2019 Christine McKenzie What does dark web monitoring really do? The dark web has earned a reputation as the internet’s shadowy underbelly. Hidden from search engines and only reachable with an encrypted web browser, it’s...
Threat Intelligence November 4, 2019 Susan Morrow ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Report: An interview In a recent Infosec Cyber Work podcast, we welcomed Rebekah Moody, market planning director at ThreatMetrix, a LexisNexis Risk Solutions company. Rebekah also...
Threat Intelligence September 4, 2019 Dan Virgillito Are dark web monitoring services worth it? Chances are that you’ve seen ads for services offering dark web monitoring in the past few months. They promise to explore the dark web for your personal...
Threat Intelligence August 30, 2019 Pierluigi Paganini Cybercrime and the underground market [Updated 2019] Technology is invading our lives. Every day we perform a multitude of operations using computing devices; we check out bank account balance, we pay parking...
Threat Intelligence July 23, 2019 Susan Morrow Verizon DBIR 2019 analysis The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is now an annual festival of cybersecurity analysis. The 2019 report used data from 41,686 security incidents...
Threat Intelligence May 1, 2019 Howard Poston Common causes of large breaches (Q1 2019) With the new focus on digital privacy and data privacy regulations, data breaches are increasingly in the news. The EU’s General Data Privacy Regulation...
Threat Intelligence October 30, 2018 Pierluigi Paganini The Magecart Cybercrime Group Is Threatening E-Commerce Websites Worldwide In recent weeks, the Magecart cybercrime group has conducted a number of successful attacks against e-commerce websites worldwide. The group specializes in...
Threat Intelligence August 27, 2018 Pierluigi Paganini Russian Cyberspies Target 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections In July, Microsoft announced that Russia-linked threat actors attempted to hack at least three 2018 U.S. midterm election candidates. The company also added...
Threat Intelligence August 17, 2018 Rodika Tollefson The Increasing Threat of Banking Trojans and Cryptojacking Blockchain is one of the hottest and potentially among the most disruptive technologies today. So naturally, it's a magnet for the criminal element,...