Blog & Resources
The latest advice, opinion and research from our dedicated intelligence analyst team.
Q1 Ransomware Roundup
April 14, 2021 | 9 Min Read
Initial Access Brokers Listings Increasing in 2021
April 13, 2021 | 7 Min Read
The Facebook Data Leak Explained
April 8, 2021 | 8 Min Read
Applying MITRE ATT&CK to your CTI Program
April 7, 2021 | 5 Min Read
New Release: Actionable Threat Intelligence with SearchLight
April 6, 2021 | 3 Min Read
The Microsoft Exchange Server Exploit: What Happened Next
April 1, 2021 | 9 Min Read
3 Reasons to Download our New Cyber Threat Intelligence Solutions Guide
March 30, 2021 | 3 Min Read
Top Blogs of Q1 2021
March 30, 2021 | 10 Min Read
Tax and Unemployment Fraud in 2021
March 24, 2021 | 6 Min Read
Arrest, Prosecution, and Incarceration: The Cybercriminal Perspective
March 22, 2021 | 10 Min Read
FBI IC3 2020: Cybercrime Causes $4.1 Billion in Losses
March 18, 2021 | 7 Min Read
Monitoring for Risks Coming From Suppliers: How SearchLight Helps
March 18, 2021 | 4 Min Read
Smeltdown 2.0: Revisiting the Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities
March 16, 2021 | 8 Min Read
Mapping MITRE ATT&CK to the Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day Exploits
March 11, 2021 | 7 Min Read
Year in Review: COVID-19 Concerns for Cybersecurity
March 10, 2021 | 7 Min Read
Mapping MITRE ATT&CK to the DPRK Financial Crime Indictment
March 9, 2021 | 8 Min Read
The Right to Be Forgotten: Cybercriminal Forum Account Deletion
March 4, 2021 | 9 Min Read
Cybercriminal Law Enforcement Crackdowns in 2021
March 2, 2021 | 9 Min Read
No Time for Threat Intel Noise
March 1, 2021 | 5 Min Read
How to Monitor Initial Access Broker Listings in SearchLight
February 25, 2021 | 4 Min Read
Mapping MITRE ATT&CK to Compromised RDP Sales
February 23, 2021 | 8 Min Read
The Rise of Initial Access Brokers
February 22, 2021 | 5 Min Read
5 Ways to Take Action on Threat Intelligence
February 18, 2021 | 5 Min Read
Threat Intelligence Can Be Noisy: SearchLight Helps
February 16, 2021 | 6 Min Read
Cybercrime and Valentine’s Day: What to Look Out For
February 10, 2021 | 8 Min Read
Prevent Account Takeover with Our New Exposed Credentials Solutions Guide
February 9, 2021 | 5 Min Read
Emotet Disruption: what it means for the cyber threat landscape
February 3, 2021 | 8 Min Read
DarkMarket’s seizure: the decline of the marketplace?
February 2, 2021 | 6 Min Read
Joker’s Stash’s Final Deal: A turning point for AVCs?
January 28, 2021 | 12 Min Read
Brexit 2021: implications for the security landscape
January 27, 2021 | 8 Min Read
Ransomware: Analyzing the data from 2020
January 26, 2021 | 7 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update: CISA Security Advisory, IObit Attack, and more SolarWinds!
January 25, 2021 | 2 Min Read
Threats to Asset and Wealth Management in 2020-2021
January 21, 2021 | 10 Min Read
Our Top 3 Takeaways from Forrester: Now Tech: External Threat Intelligence Services, Q4 2020
January 20, 2021 | 4 Min Read
Azure AD: Auto Validate Exposed Credentials
January 19, 2021 | 3 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update: Sunburst, Sunspot, and more on SolarWinds!
January 18, 2021 | 3 Min Read
Targets and Predictions for the COVID-19 Threat Landscape
January 14, 2021 | 7 Min Read
Tracing the Rise and Fall of Dark Web Marketplaces and Cybercriminal Forums
January 13, 2021 | 9 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update: SolarWinds Updates, TicketMaster Fraud, Apex Cyber Attack, and More!
January 11, 2021 | 2 Min Read
ICYMI: SolarWinds Compromise Update
January 8, 2021 | 7 Min Read
Looking back at 2020: A Year in Review
January 6, 2021 | 8 Min Read
Top Three SearchLight Updates in 2020
December 28, 2020 | 3 Min Read
A Christmas 2020 Review: Confronting and controlling insider threats
December 21, 2020 | 6 Min Read
QUO, QUO, QUO! Merry Christmas…..
December 21, 2020 | 7 Min Read
How Bizarre: Joker’s Stash .bazar site allegedly seized by law enforcement
December 17, 2020 | 6 Min Read
Top Five ShadowTalk Episodes of the Year
December 17, 2020 | 4 Min Read
Holiday Cybercrime: Krampus is in Town
December 15, 2020 | 7 Min Read
SolarWinds Compromise: What security teams need to know
December 14, 2020 | 5 Min Read
Digital Shadows’ Top Five Blogs of 2020
December 10, 2020 | 6 Min Read
Impersonator Syndrome: Supply chain lures and COVID-19 cures
December 9, 2020 | 3 Min Read
How Cybercriminals Answer “What do you do for a living?”
December 3, 2020 | 8 Min Read
The Top 3 Cybersecurity Threats In The Middle East
December 2, 2020 | 7 Min Read
2021 Forecasts: Six Trends And Predictions For The New Year
December 1, 2020 | 18 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update: Egregor Ransomware, IoT Regulations, Black Friday Threats and More!
November 30, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Egregor: The New Ransomware Variant to Watch
November 24, 2020 | 9 Min Read
SearchLight’s Exposed Document Alerts: Uncover the Critical, Faster
November 23, 2020 | 5 Min Read
Holiday Cybercrime: Retail Risks and Dark Web Kicks
November 19, 2020 | 7 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update: RegretLocker, OceanLotus, Millions Seized in Cryptocurrency, and more!
November 16, 2020 | 2 Min Read
To Code or Not to Code? Cybercriminals and the world of programming
November 12, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Work Smarter, Not Harder: The Evolution of DDoS Activity in 2020
November 10, 2020 | 10 Min Read
A Eulogy for Maze: The end of a ransomware era?
November 9, 2020 | 6 Min Read
Simplifying Cybercriminal Jargon: A Glossary of Cybercriminal Access Offerings
November 2, 2020 | 15 Min Read
Ransomware operators targeting healthcare organizations: Monitoring the situation
October 29, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Mapping MITRE ATT&CK to SandWorm APT’s Global Campaign
October 28, 2020 | 7 Min Read
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 4 – The Future of Connected Devices
October 28, 2020 | 8 Min Read
Foreign cyber threats to the 2020 US presidential election
October 27, 2020 | 12 Min Read
Marcus Carey Joins ShadowTalk
October 23, 2020 | 3 Min Read
Dark pathways into cybercrime: Minding the threat actor talent gap
October 21, 2020 | 11 Min Read
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 3 – Securing Internet- Connected Devices in Healthcare
October 21, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Quarterly Update: Ransomware Trends in Q3
October 19, 2020 | 8 Min Read
Digital Shadows Analysis of Europol’s Cybercrime Report
October 14, 2020 | 12 Min Read
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 2 – Security Devices at Home and Work
October 14, 2020 | 7 Min Read
Clickbait to Checkmate: SMS-based scam targets US smartphones and accesses victim locations
October 13, 2020 | 11 Min Read
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 1 – If you Connect It, Protect It
October 8, 2020 | 6 Min Read
Help your development teams keep their keys safe
October 7, 2020 | 3 Min Read
Let’s get ready to tumble! Bitcoin vs Monero
October 6, 2020 | 13 Min Read
Recent arrests and high-profile convictions: What does it mean for the cyber threat landscape?
September 30, 2020 | 13 Min Read
Four Ways to Validate Credentials in SearchLight
September 29, 2020 | 3 Min Read
Cybercriminals Targeting SAP RECON
September 29, 2020 | 5 Min Read
Unpicking Cybercriminals’ Personalities – Part 2: Morality and Forum Dynamics
September 28, 2020 | 7 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Law Enforcement Cracks Down On Cybercriminals, Fancy Bear Goes Phishing, And More
September 28, 2020 | 2 Min Read
RECAP: Discussing deception with Chris Sanders
September 24, 2020 | 3 Min Read
Unpicking Cybercriminals’ Personalities – Part 1: Gender and Nationality
September 23, 2020 | 9 Min Read
DarkSide: The new ransomware group behind highly targeted attacks
September 22, 2020 | 8 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Ed Merrett Joins To Talk HackableYou And The Latest In Threat Intel
September 21, 2020 | 2 Min Read
With the Empire falling, who will take over the throne?
September 16, 2020 | 10 Min Read
Access Keys Exposed: More Than 40% Are For Database Stores
September 14, 2020 | 6 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – The Team Talks Baka, Epic Manchego, and Smaug, Plus Emotet Rides Again
September 14, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Recruitment fraud: Don’t spook your dream candidates this halloween
September 10, 2020 | 4 Min Read
Not another ransomware blog: Initial access brokers and their role
September 9, 2020 | 5 Min Read
Cyber espionage: How to not get spooked by nation-state actors
September 8, 2020 | 8 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – New Zealand Stock Exchange faces DDoS, Tesla avoids cyberattack, and Pioneer Kitten updates
September 7, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Revisiting Typosquatting and the 2020 US Presidential Election
September 2, 2020 | 11 Min Read
What is DevSecOps and Why Do We Need It?
August 12, 2020 | 4 Min Read
Dread takes on the spammers – who will come out on top?
August 28, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Fall of the behemoth: Cybercriminal underground rocked by Empire’s apparent exit scam
August 27, 2020 | 10 Min Read
“ALEXA, WHO IS THE NUMBER ONE CYBERCRIMINAL FORUM TO RULE THEM ALL?”
August 26, 2020 | 12 Min Read
RECAP: Discussing the evolution and trends of cybercrime with Geoff White
August 25, 2020 | 8 Min Read
Validate Exposed Credentials with Okta to Save Even More Time
August 24, 2020 | 3 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Emotet Gets a Vaccine, NSA Drovorub Advisory, and North Korean Activity plus Bureau 121
August 24, 2020 | 3 Min Read