Threat Intelligence

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 a

Verizon DBIR 2019 analysis

Introduction The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is now an annual festival of cybersecurity analysis. The 2019 report used data from 41,686

Common causes of large breaches (Q1 2019)

Introduction: What’s to be done about data breaches? With the new focus on digital privacy and data privacy regulations, data breaches are increasingly in t

The Magecart Cybercrime Group Is Threatening E-Commerce Websites Worldwide

Introduction In recent weeks, the Magecart cybercrime group has conducted a number of successful attacks against e-commerce websites worldwide. The group sp

Russian Cyberspies Target 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections

APT28 Behind Cyberattacks In July, Microsoft announced that Russia-linked threat actors attempted to hack at least three 2018 U.S. midterm election candidate

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, w

Leaders’ Meetings: A Privileged Target for Hackers

Leaders' meetings are privileged targets for nation-state attackers that launch massive offensives to gather intelligence from the ongoing events. Let's anal

Fraud as a Service (FaaS): Everything You Need to Know

Introduction The 2017 LexisNexis® True Cost of Fraud report makes for sobering reading. After surveying nearly 1,200 risk and fraud executives, the report co

All about SamSam Ransomware

Ransomware: Perhaps Today's No.1 Security Threat Threatening and Risky for you and fruitful for hackers, ransomware has taken over as today's no. 1 security

The Decline of Ransomware and the Rise of Cryptocurrency Mining Malware

1. Introduction ISACA, an international association focused on IT governance, has recently released its annual study "State of Cybersecurity." The study rela