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What kind of data could your PDF files be leaking online? In the 2003 timeframe leading up to the Iraq war, a British government representative published a Word document on their website, containing information related to “Iraq’s security and intelligence … Read More

How Online Learning May Have Opened the Door for Ransomware in Higher Ed PYSA ransomware, a variant of Mespinoza ransomware, has been actively targeting the education sector in the past months. According to the FBI, ransomware, malware and DDoS attacks … Read More

The Criminal Underground: the Last Refuge of Banner Ads In the 2000s, banner ads became popular notably through Google. The search engine has enabled marketers to reach a vast audience through a standard visual message that fit on any web … Read More

The Mirage of Encrypted Phones, and Why They Fail In June 2014, the company Silent Circle launched the first version of its Blackphone. This device, running a modified version of Android, promised to reign in difficult to understand privacy and … Read More

5 Dark Web Questions Security Professionals Need Answered We recently participated in Datavore conference where we reflected on our 9 years of experience in collecting intelligence on the dark web and monitoring malicious actors. Over the years, the tools, strategies … Read More

The Threat of Synthetic Identity Fraud for Businesses and Consumers Financial crimes have increased during the pandemic, with nearly 60% of companies reporting synthetic identity fraud attacks and account takeover in 2020. The Federal Reserve warns this is one of … Read More