Blog & Resources 2017
The latest advice, opinion and research from our dedicated intelligence analyst team.
What Attackers Want for Christmas
December 22, 2017 | 4 Min Read
OL1MP: A Telegram Bot Making Carding Made Easy This Holiday Season
December 21, 2017 | 3 Min Read
‘Tis The Season To Do Predictions – The 2018 Cybersecurity Landscape
December 18, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Why I Joined Digital Shadows: Product, Culture and Opportunity
December 13, 2017 | 2 Min Read
A New CISO Looking to See How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes
December 12, 2017 | 2 Min Read
Digital Shadows’ Most Popular Blogs of 2017: Analysis of Competing Hypotheses For The Win
December 12, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Meet the New Digitalshadows.com
November 29, 2017 | 2 Min Read
Risks to Retail: Cybercriminals Sharing the Joy This Holiday Season
November 21, 2017 | 3 Min Read
GDPR – Not Just a European Concern
November 20, 2017 | 6 Min Read
Fake News is More Than a Political Battlecry
November 16, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Why “Have a Safe Trip” Is Taking On Greater Meaning
November 14, 2017 | 5 Min Read
Know Where to Find Your Digital Risk
November 10, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Pwnage to Catalonia: Five Things We Know About OpCatalunya
November 2, 2017 | 5 Min Read
ICS Security: Strawmen In the Power Station
October 31, 2017 | 5 Min Read
Extorters Going to Extort: This Time Other Criminals Are the Victims
October 26, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Women in Security: Where We Are And Where We Need To Go
October 25, 2017 | 7 Min Read
Trust vs Access: A Tale of Two Vulnerability Classes
October 20, 2017 | 5 Min Read
Key Reinstallation Attacks (KRACK): The Impact So Far
October 16, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Simply Put, Effective Cybersecurity is the Strength Sum of Its Parts
October 11, 2017 | 2 Min Read
Simple Steps to Online Safety
October 5, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Gearing Up For National Cyber Security Awareness Month
October 3, 2017 | 4 Min Read
2017 Equifax Breach: Impact and Lessons Learned
September 28, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Recognition of Hard Work and Relevance – It’s Time to Go Global
September 20, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Bringing Down the Wahl: Three Threats to the German Federal Election
September 14, 2017 | 7 Min Read
An Update on the Equifax Data Breach
September 13, 2017 | 8 Min Read
Equifax Breach: The Impact For Enterprises and Consumers
September 8, 2017 | 9 Min Read
Return of the Worm: A Red Hat Analysis
September 7, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) Can Leave You Exposed – How You Might be Affected and What You Can Do About It
September 6, 2017 | 5 Min Read
Bitglass: Compromised Credentials are Just One Way Your Corporate Data is Being Exposed
August 18, 2017 | 2 Min Read
Fluctuation in the Exploit Kit Market – Temporary Blip or Long-Term Trend?
August 16, 2017 | 5 Min Read
All That Twitterz Is Not Gold: Why You Need to Rely on Multiple Sources of Intelligence
August 9, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Cybercrime Finds a Way, the Limited Impact of AlphaBay and Hansa’s Demise
August 7, 2017 | 5 Min Read
Reading Your Texts For Fun and Profit – How Criminals Subvert SMS-Based MFA
August 1, 2017 | 4 Min Read
What is a Threat Model, and Why Organizations Should Care
July 31, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Fraudsters Scoring Big – an Inside Look at the Carding Ecosystem
July 18, 2017 | 3 Min Read
The Future of Marketplaces: Forecasting the Decentralized Model
July 17, 2017 | 4 Min Read
AlphaBay Disappears: 3 Scenarios to Look For Next
July 14, 2017 | 6 Min Read
Threat Led Penetration Testing – The Past, Present and Future
July 10, 2017 | 5 Min Read
Petya-Like Wormable Malware: The “Who” and the “Why”
June 30, 2017 | 7 Min Read
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Attack Vectors are Important But Don’t Ignore Attacker Goals
June 23, 2017 | 5 Min Read
Threats From the Dark Web
June 26, 2017 | 5 Min Read
WannaCry: An Analysis of Competing Hypotheses – Part II
June 7, 2017 | 7 Min Read
7 Tips for Protecting Against Account Takeovers
May 22, 2017 | 3 Min Read
WannaCry: An Analysis of Competing Hypotheses
May 18, 2017 | 6 Min Read
Digital Shadows’ 6th Anniversary
May 16, 2017 | 5 Min Read
5 Lessons from WannaCry: Preventing Attacks with Security Engineering
May 16, 2017 | 5 Min Read
WannaCry: The Early 2000s Called, They Want Their Worms Back
May 12, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Authentication Nation: 5 Ways NIST is Changing How We Think About Passwords
May 9, 2017 | 4 Min Read
The 3 Pillars of Digital Risk Management: Part 3 – The Top 5 Main Risks of Reputational Damage
April 27, 2017 | 2 Min Read
The Usual Suspects: Understanding the Nuances of Actors’ Motivations and Capabilities
April 21, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Liberté, égalité, securité: 4 Threats to the French Presidential Election
April 20, 2017 | 5 Min Read
The 3 Pillars of Digital Risk Management: Part 2 – The 6 Main Areas That Contribute to Data Leakage Risks
April 18, 2017 | 2 Min Read
The 3 Pillars of Digital Risk Management: Part 1 Understanding Cyber Threats
April 13, 2017 | 3 Min Read
All Sources Are Not the Same; Why Diversity Is Good for Intelligence
April 11, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Monitoring the Mobile Threat Landscape
April 4, 2017 | 4 Min Read
OpIsrael Hacktivists Targeted By Unknown Threat Actor
March 30, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Turk Hack Team and the “Netherlands Operation”
March 29, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Tax Fraud in 2017
March 27, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Dutch Elections – Looking Back at Cyber Activity
March 21, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Five Reasons Why Alex Seton VP of Business and Corporate Development, Joined Digital Shadows
March 21, 2017 | 3 Min Read
5 Risks Posed By Mobile Applications That SearchLight Helps You Manage
March 14, 2017 | 2 Min Read
Back to the red pencil – Cyber threats to the Dutch elections
March 13, 2017 | 5 Min Read
Learning from the Top Threats Financial Services Faced in 2016
March 8, 2017 | 2 Min Read
New “Blaze” exploit kit claims to exploit recent Cisco WebEx vulnerability
March 2, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Step by Step: The Changing Face of Threat Led Penetration Testing
February 28, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Sun to Set on BEPS/Sundown Exploit Kit?
February 22, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Four Things to Look Out for This Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2017 | 4 Min Read
An unusually Swift(tay) malware delivery tactic
February 9, 2017 | 5 Min Read
F3EAD: Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze and Disseminate – The Alternative Intelligence Cycle
February 8, 2017 | 4 Min Read
How the Frenzy Unfolded: Analyzing Various Mongo Extortion Campaigns
February 7, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Ready for the Blitz: Assessing the Threats to Super Bowl LI
February 2, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Making Cents of ATM Malware Campaigns – Comparing and Contrasting Operational Methodologies
January 30, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Dial “M” for malware: Two-factor scamming
January 26, 2017 | 4 Min Read
Innovation in The Underworld: Reducing the Risk of Ripper Fraud
January 23, 2017 | 7 Min Read
Known Unknowns: Key Events to Keep Your Eyes Out for in 2017
January 19, 2017 | 3 Min Read
Two Ways to Effectively Tailor Your Intelligence Products
January 17, 2017 | 4 Min Read
All You Can Delete MongoDB Buffet
January 12, 2017 | 4 Min Read
10 Ways You Can Prepare for DDoS Attacks in 2017
January 11, 2017 | 1 Min Read
Trump and Intelligence: 6 Ways To Deal With Challenging Intelligence Consumers
January 4, 2017 | 4 Min Read