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Market differentiation: Cybercriminal forums’ unusual features designed to attract users

June 30, 2022 | 13 Min Read

After a tumultuous few months at the start of the year in which each week seemed to bring a major development in the cybercrime scene, we’ve been enjoying a period of relative stability in the...
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Market differentiation: Cybercriminal forums’ unusual features designed to attract users

Market differentiation: Cybercriminal forums’ unusual features designed to attract users

June 30, 2022 | 13 Min Read

After a tumultuous few months at the start of the year in which each week seemed to bring a major...
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Credential stuffing: What is it, are you at risk?

Credential stuffing: What is it, are you at risk?

June 23, 2022 | 6 Min Read

You may have read about the recent attack affecting motoring powerhouse General Motors (GM), that resulted in significant numbers of...
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Weak credentials are fueling a new generation of cyber threats

Weak credentials are fueling a new generation of cyber threats

June 15, 2022 | 7 Min Read

In the coming week, Digital Shadows will release a research report highlighting the significant risk facing organizations and individuals from...
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Ransomware gangs and PR stunts: Why LockBit faked a ransomware attack against Mandiant

Ransomware gangs and PR stunts: Why LockBit faked a ransomware attack against Mandiant

June 10, 2022 | 5 Min Read

Ransomware groups have extensively improved their tactics to behave in an increasingly professional and corporate-like manner; this has allowed groups...
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Russian prison culture and slang on cybercriminal forums: Can you cram on the hairdryer?

Russian prison culture and slang on cybercriminal forums: Can you cram on the hairdryer?

May 31, 2022 | 10 Min Read

In a few previous blogs, we’ve covered how threat actors discuss prison on Russian-language cybercriminal platforms. We’ve touched on high-profile...
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Five years after the WannaCry dumpster fire, ransomware remains a global threat

Five years after the WannaCry dumpster fire, ransomware remains a global threat

May 11, 2022 | 7 Min Read

It has been five years since the dumpster fire we all remember as WannaCry. WannaCry is self-propagating ransomware that held...
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ALPHV: The First Rust-Based Ransomware

ALPHV: The First Rust-Based Ransomware

May 6, 2022 | 7 Min Read

In late 2021, we observed a new ransomware operation named “ALPHV” (also known as BlackCat) emerge. The group operates as...
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Colonial Pipeline One Year Later: What’s Changed?

Colonial Pipeline One Year Later: What’s Changed?

May 4, 2022 | 10 Min Read

For the first half of 2021, ransomware groups looked unstoppable. Ransomware gangs were adding victim after victim on their dark...
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Opportunity in the midst of chaos: Russian-speaking cybercriminals grapple with sanctions and forum takedowns

Opportunity in the midst of chaos: Russian-speaking cybercriminals grapple with sanctions and forum takedowns

April 27, 2022 | 8 Min Read

As a threat intelligence professional, it’s difficult to ignore how major developments in the real world affect the lives of...
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The role of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in facilitating cybercrime

The role of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in facilitating cybercrime

April 20, 2022 | 8 Min Read

You’d have to have been living under a rock to have avoided the excitement surrounding Non-Fungible-Tokens (NFTs) in the last...
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 Q1 2022 Ransomware Roundup

 Q1 2022 Ransomware Roundup

April 12, 2022 | 12 Min Read

As the new year has reached the end of its first quarter, it’s time for us to go back and...
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Team A vs Team B: What is Motivating Lapsus$?

Team A vs Team B: What is Motivating Lapsus$?

April 6, 2022 | 8 Min Read

In the past few weeks, the Lapsus$ threat group captured the security community’s attention with a series of brazen and...
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Five things we learned from the Conti chat logs

Five things we learned from the Conti chat logs

April 5, 2022 | 11 Min Read

At the end of February, the cybersecurity community was rocked by the appearance of alleged chat logs recording conversations between...
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“Your rubles will only be good for lighting a fire”: Cybercriminals reel from impact of sanctions

“Your rubles will only be good for lighting a fire”: Cybercriminals reel from impact of sanctions

March 29, 2022 | 10 Min Read

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the Digital Shadows Photon team has been following multiple aspects of the tragic...
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Meet Lapsus$: An Unusual Group in the Cyber Extortion Business

Meet Lapsus$: An Unusual Group in the Cyber Extortion Business

March 17, 2022 | 5 Min Read

In December 2021, a new cyber threat group began attracting the security community’s attention, after conducting several high-profile extortion attacks...
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Exploring SIM Swapping Services on Cybercriminal Forums

Exploring SIM Swapping Services on Cybercriminal Forums

March 10, 2022 | 10 Min Read

If you’ve made it to 2022 (congratulations), there’s a fairly good chance you own a mobile phone (again, congrats). You’re...
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Intelligence Requirements: Planning your cyber response to the Russia-Ukraine war

Intelligence Requirements: Planning your cyber response to the Russia-Ukraine war

March 1, 2022 | 11 Min Read

At the end of last week, Digital Shadow’s CISO, Rick Holland, released his blog Russian Cyber Threats: Practical Advice For...
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Cybercriminals React to Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Cybercriminals React to Ukraine-Russia Conflict

February 25, 2022 | 7 Min Read

As the world reacted to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 Feb 2022, cybercriminals were also formulating their own opinions...
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Russia Invades Ukraine: What happens next?

Russia Invades Ukraine: What happens next?

February 24, 2022 | 5 Min Read

On 23 Feb 2022,  Russian forces started a military operation targeting Ukraine. Reporting indicates that shelling in several Ukrainian cities...
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“No cards = no work = no money”: Russian law enforcement’s assault on carding platforms

“No cards = no work = no money”: Russian law enforcement’s assault on carding platforms

February 18, 2022 | 9 Min Read

Arguably the biggest cybersecurity event of the year so far was the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) arresting suspected members...
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Initial Access Brokers in 2021: An Ever Expanding Threat

Initial Access Brokers in 2021: An Ever Expanding Threat

February 16, 2022 | 11 Min Read

To say that 2021 was a turbulent year for security teams would be a massive understatement. Last year, we observed...
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Valentine’s Day: Share your love, not your credentials

Valentine’s Day: Share your love, not your credentials

February 9, 2022 | 6 Min Read

Roses are red, violets are blue. Your files are encrypted. Please send BTC to address two twenty-two.  As the yearly...
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Growing Tension Between Russia and Ukraine: Should you be concerned?

Growing Tension Between Russia and Ukraine: Should you be concerned?

February 9, 2022 | 9 Min Read

Russia and Ukraine have had a particularly tense relationship since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. In the past weeks,...
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What We’re Reading This Month – January 2022

What We’re Reading This Month – January 2022

February 2, 2022 | 8 Min Read

January. The month also known as the time of the year where most of the Great New Year’s Resolutions come...
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Life in Prison: The Cybercriminal Perspective

Life in Prison: The Cybercriminal Perspective

January 27, 2022 | 9 Min Read

While some of us might be taking it easy after the excesses of the Christmas period, January certainly hasn’t been...
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Ransomware Q4 Overview

Ransomware Q4 Overview

January 19, 2022 | 12 Min Read

2021 has finally come to an end and it is time for us to look back at some of the...
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Making Sense of the REvil Arrests

Making Sense of the REvil Arrests

January 14, 2022 | 7 Min Read

On 14 January 2022, our seemingly quiet Friday afternoons were shattered by a piece of breaking news, detailing the arrest...
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How Do Ransomware Groups Launder Payments?

How Do Ransomware Groups Launder Payments?

January 10, 2022 | 7 Min Read

Ransomware continued to represent arguably the biggest headache for incident responders and blue teams in 2021, and the upcoming year...
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