Cybercrime and Dark Web Research
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
Egregor: The New Ransomware Variant to Watch
November 24, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Holiday Cybercrime: Retail Risks and Dark Web Kicks
November 19, 2020 | 7 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
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
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
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
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
With the Empire falling, who will take over the throne?
September 16, 2020 | 10 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
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
Dark Web Forums: The new kid on the block
August 18, 2020 | 12 Min Read
Optiv CTIE 2020: COVID-19, cybercrime, and third-party risk
August 17, 2020 | 10 Min Read
Escrow systems on cybercriminal forums: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
August 11, 2020 | 15 Min Read
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
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
Ransomware Trends in Q2: How Threat Intelligence Helps
July 22, 2020 | 8 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
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
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
Ensuring order in the underground: Recruiting moderators on cybercriminal forums
June 18, 2020 | 10 Min Read
Security Threat Intel Products and Services: Mapping SearchLight
June 10, 2020 | 6 Min Read
New DDoS protection tool advertised on the dark web
June 9, 2020 | 7 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
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
Competitions on English-language cybercriminal forums: A stagnant competition model?
May 5, 2020 | 9 Min Read
Charitable Endeavors on Cybercriminal Forums
April 28, 2020 | 12 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
Zoom Security and Privacy Issues: Week in Review
April 17, 2020 | 10 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
COVID-19: Companies and Verticals At Risk For Cyber Attacks
March 26, 2020 | 8 Min Read
Kapusta.World: The fiendish cabbage exemplifying cybercriminal marketing in the modern era
March 24, 2020 | 8 Min Read
COVID-19: Dark Web Reactions
March 19, 2020 | 5 Min Read
Apollon Dark Web Marketplace: Exit Scams and DDoS Campaigns
March 17, 2020 | 8 Min Read
How cybercriminals are taking advantage of COVID-19: Scams, fraud, and misinformation
March 12, 2020 | 9 Min Read
How One Cybercriminal Forum is Helping to Address Suicide Awareness
March 10, 2020 | 4 Min Read
Dark Web Search Engine Kilos: Tipping the Scales in Favor of Cybercrime
March 5, 2020 | 8 Min Read
FBI IC3 2019: Cybercrime results in over $3.5 billion in reported losses
March 3, 2020 | 8 Min Read
The Ecosystem of Phishing: From Minnows to Marlins
February 20, 2020 | 31 Min Read
Cybercriminal Forums on Valentine’s Day – A nice night to “Netflix and steal”…
February 17, 2020 | 6 Min Read
Dark web travel agencies: Take a trip on the dark side
February 4, 2020 | 11 Min Read
Competitions on Russian-language cybercriminal forums: Sharing expertise or threat actor showboating?
January 30, 2020 | 9 Min Read
How the Cybercriminal Underground Mirrors the Real World
January 21, 2020 | 7 Min Read
Cryptonite: Ransomware’s answer to Superman…
January 14, 2020 | 4 Min Read