Blog & Resources 2020
The latest advice, opinion and research from our dedicated intelligence analyst team.
Saving the SOC from overload by operationalizing digital risk protection
August 5, 2020 | 4 Min Read
The story of Nulled: Old dog, new tricks
August 4, 2020 | 9 Min Read
BitBazaar Market and The Rise of Neptune Market: The End of the Saga spells hope for another
August 3, 2020 | 8 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Garmin ransomware attack, QSnatch malware, and ShinyHunters Stage 2
August 3, 2020 | 3 Min Read
Dark Web Travel Agencies Revisited: The Impact of Coronavirus on the Shadow Travel Industry
July 29, 2020 | 10 Min Read
Account takeover: Expanding on impact
July 27, 2020 | 7 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Trickbot trojan mishaps, Emotet resurgence, Twitter takeovers, and APT group updates
July 27, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Ransomware Trends in Q2: How Threat Intelligence Helps
July 22, 2020 | 8 Min Read
Jira Atlassian SearchLight Integration
July 21, 2020 | 2 Min Read
The Rise of OpenBullet: A Deep Dive in the Attacker’s ATO toolkit
July 20, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Abracadabra! – CryptBB demystifying the illusion of the private forum
July 15, 2020 | 8 Min Read
SearchLight’s Credential Validation: Only Focus on What Matters
July 14, 2020 | 4 Min Read
Tax Fraud in 2020: Down But Not Out
July 13, 2020 | 4 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – PAN-OS Vulnerability, Lazarus Group, BEC scammer “Hushpuppi”, and New Photon ATO Research
July 13, 2020 | 2 Min Read
From Exposure to Takeover: Part 1. Beg, borrow, and steal your way in
July 7, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Digital Risk Reporting Best Practices: Top 10 Ways to Build Killer Reports in SearchLight
June 30, 2020 | 4 Min Read
Multiple vs. Exclusive Sales on the Dark Web: What’s in a sale?
June 29, 2020 | 9 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Torigon, Nulledflix, and BlueLeaks, Plus DevSecOps Insights From DS CISO Rick
June 29, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Introducing Nulledflix – Nulled forum’s own streaming service
June 23, 2020 | 8 Min Read
Torigon Forum: A sad case of all show and no go
June 23, 2020 | 11 Min Read
Modern Software Development and DevSecOps: Despite security controls, data leaks persist
June 22, 2020 | 15 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Lookback Operators Deploy New Malware Against US Utilities Sector And Honda Cyber Attack
June 22, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Ensuring order in the underground: Recruiting moderators on cybercriminal forums
June 18, 2020 | 10 Min Read
Reducing technical leakage: Detecting software exposure from the outside-in
June 16, 2020 | 6 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Maze Ransomware Alliance, EndGame DDoS Protection Tool, And Ransomware Disguises
June 15, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Security Threat Intel Products and Services: Mapping SearchLight
June 10, 2020 | 6 Min Read
CISA and FBI alert: Top vulnerabilities exploited from 2016-2019 and trends from 2020
June 9, 2020 | 7 Min Read
New DDoS protection tool advertised on the dark web
June 9, 2020 | 7 Min Read
SHADOWTALK UPDATE – HACKTIVIST CHOOSES DESTRUCTION OVER PROFIT W/ RANSOMWARE AND COLLECTION 1 HACKER IDENTIFIED
June 1, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Dark Web Digest: Exploring the risk impact of dark web findings, the evolution of forums, and observed trends
May 29, 2020 | 12 Min Read
3 Phishing Trends Organizations Should Watch Out For
May 20, 2020 | 16 Min Read
The 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report: One CISO’s View
May 19, 2020 | 6 Min Read
SHADOWTALK UPDATE – WANNACRY ANNIVERSARY, WORDPRESS PLUGIN VULNERABILITY, AND WELEAKDATA COMPROMISED
May 18, 2020 | 2 Min Read
A NEW DECADE OF CYBER THREATS: LOOKING BACK AT THE TRENDING CYBER TOPICS OF Q1 2020
May 14, 2020 | 10 Min Read
BitBazaar Market: Deception and Manipulation on the Dark Web
May 12, 2020 | 8 Min Read
Contact Tracing: Can ‘Big Tech’ Come to the Rescue, and at What Cost?
May 11, 2020 | 13 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Competitions On English Forums, Purple Teaming, & Hacker Bribes ‘Roblox’ Insider
May 11, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Threat Intelligence Feeds: Why Context is Key
May 7, 2020 | 10 Min Read
Competitions on English-language cybercriminal forums: A stagnant competition model?
May 5, 2020 | 9 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Microsoft Teams ATO Vulnerability, APT32, & Uptick In Ransomware
May 1, 2020 | 3 Min Read
Charitable Endeavors on Cybercriminal Forums
April 28, 2020 | 12 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Maze Ransomware Infiltrates Cognizant, Czech NCISA Warning, And Third Party Risk Assessment
April 27, 2020 | 3 Min Read
Nulled: The modern cybercriminal forum to go mobile….?
April 22, 2020 | 9 Min Read
What ‘The Wire’ can teach us about cybersecurity
April 21, 2020 | 12 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – SFO Airport Hack, Fin6, And Sodinokibi Switching From Bitcoin To Monero
April 20, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Zoom Security and Privacy Issues: Week in Review
April 17, 2020 | 10 Min Read
Top Priorities for 3rd party risk assessments
April 16, 2020 | 6 Min Read
COVID-19, Remote Working, and The Future of Cyber Security
April 15, 2020 | 6 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – COVID-19 Third Party App Risks, Zoom, and DarkHotel Hackers
April 13, 2020 | 3 Min Read
How to minimize cybersecurity breaches in 2020
April 8, 2020 | 9 Min Read
COVID-19: Risks of Third-Party Apps
April 7, 2020 | 7 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Zoom Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Fin7 Delivering Malware Via Snail Mail
April 6, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Recon: Dark web reconnaissance made to look easy
April 3, 2020 | 4 Min Read
Coronavirus as a double-edged sword for cybercriminals: Desperation or opportunity?
April 2, 2020 | 9 Min Read
The Digital Risk Underdog: Remediation
April 1, 2020 | 4 Min Read
COVID-19: Third-party risks to businesses
March 31, 2020 | 5 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Remote Worker Threat Model And Cybercrime Updates
March 30, 2020 | 2 Min Read
COVID-19: Companies and Verticals At Risk For Cyber Attacks
March 26, 2020 | 8 Min Read
Threat Model of a Remote Worker
March 25, 2020 | 7 Min Read
Kapusta.World: The fiendish cabbage exemplifying cybercriminal marketing in the modern era
March 24, 2020 | 8 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Slack Vulnerability, Apollon Dark Web Exit Scam, And Online Brand Protection
March 23, 2020 | 3 Min Read
COVID-19: Dark Web Reactions
March 19, 2020 | 5 Min Read
The Complete Guide to Online Brand Protection
March 18, 2020 | 17 Min Read
Apollon Dark Web Marketplace: Exit Scams and DDoS Campaigns
March 17, 2020 | 8 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Necurs Botnet, SMB Vulnerability, Coronavirus Scams, And Dark Web Updates
March 16, 2020 | 2 Min Read
How cybercriminals are taking advantage of COVID-19: Scams, fraud, and misinformation
March 12, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Love Where You Work – Near and Far We Celebrate Our Team
March 12, 2020 | 6 Min Read
How One Cybercriminal Forum is Helping to Address Suicide Awareness
March 10, 2020 | 4 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Banking Trojan Steals Google Authenticator Codes, Ransomware Attacks Epiq, And Tesco Clubcard Fraud
March 9, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Dark Web Search Engine Kilos: Tipping the Scales in Favor of Cybercrime
March 5, 2020 | 7 Min Read
Want to Control Your Ever-Changing Perimeter? Focus on Integrations.
March 4, 2020 | 5 Min Read
FBI IC3 2019: Cybercrime results in over $3.5 billion in reported losses
March 3, 2020 | 8 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Data Breaches, Stalkerware, and Dopplepaymer ransomware
March 2, 2020 | 2 Min Read
Mapping MITRE ATT&CK to the Equifax Indictment
February 24, 2020 | 6 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – OurMine hacks FC Barcelona & Olympics twitter handles, Adsense email extortion, & phishing research
February 24, 2020 | 2 Min Read
The Ecosystem of Phishing: From Minnows to Marlins
February 20, 2020 | 31 Min Read
RSA Conference 2020: CISO Tips for Making the Most of Conference Sessions
February 19, 2020 | 5 Min Read
The evolving story of the Citrix ADC Vulnerability: Ears to the Ground
February 18, 2020 | 4 Min Read
Cybercriminal Forums on Valentine’s Day – A nice night to “Netflix and steal”…
February 17, 2020 | 6 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – OurMine Hacks, Equifax Indictment, and SWIFT POC attack
February 17, 2020 | 2 Min Read
The Devil, the Details, and the Analysis of Competing Hypothesis
February 13, 2020 | 5 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – CTI Frameworks, Wawa Breach Updates, APT34, and Coronavirus Phishing Scams
February 10, 2020 | 3 Min Read
The Iowa Caucus: Third-Party Apps Can Be Risky Business
February 6, 2020 | 7 Min Read
Red Team Blues: A 10 step security program for Windows Active Directory environments
February 6, 2020 | 9 Min Read
How to Operationalize Threat Intelligence: Actionability and Context
February 5, 2020 | 5 Min Read
Dark web travel agencies: Take a trip on the dark side
February 4, 2020 | 11 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – SANS CTI Summit, Snake Ransomware, CacheOut, and Citrix Vuln Update
February 3, 2020 | 3 Min Read
Competitions on Russian-language cybercriminal forums: Sharing expertise or threat actor showboating?
January 30, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Cyber Threat Intelligence Frameworks: 5 Rules for Integrating These Frameworks
January 29, 2020 | 7 Min Read
SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit 2020: A Recap
January 28, 2020 | 9 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Citrix Vulnerability, Microsoft Data Breach, and Telnet Credentials Published
January 27, 2020 | 3 Min Read
How Digital Shadows Helped Find and Remediate an Exposed Admin Password on Github
January 23, 2020 | 5 Min Read
Inside Digital Shadows: Davitt Potter Joins as Director of MSSP and Channels in the Americas
January 22, 2020 | 5 Min Read
How the Cybercriminal Underground Mirrors the Real World
January 21, 2020 | 7 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – NSA Vulnerability Disclosure, Ransomware News, and Iran Updates
January 20, 2020 | 3 Min Read
Third Party Risk: 4 ways to manage your security ecosystem
January 16, 2020 | 5 Min Read
NSA Vulnerability Disclosure: Pros and Cons
January 15, 2020 | 5 Min Read
CVE-2019-19781: Analyzing the Exploit
January 14, 2020 | 4 Min Read
Cryptonite: Ransomware’s answer to Superman…
January 14, 2020 | 4 Min Read
Iran and the United States – start of the long war or return to normal?
January 13, 2020 | 9 Min Read
ShadowTalk Update – Iranian Cyber Threats, Travelex Ransomware Attack, and Exploit Forum updates
January 10, 2020 | 3 Min Read
Iranian APT Groups’ Tradecraft Styles: Using Mitre ATT&CK™ and the ASD Essential 8
January 7, 2020 | 6 Min Read
Iran and Soleimani: Monitoring the Situation
January 7, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Iranian Cyber Threats: Practical Advice for Security Professionals
January 6, 2020 | 8 Min Read