Genesis Market Impact on Canadian Economy Botnet Sales in Canada in 2021 Genesis Market Launched in 2018, GM is a paid, private illicit market, though registration codes can sometimes be obtained for free. The site repackages and resells infected computers … Read More
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The Threat of Synthetic Identity Fraud for Businesses and Consumers
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
The Ins and Outs of Illicit Chat Rooms
The Ins and Outs of Illicit Chat Rooms Over the past decade, the dark web has attracted much of the attention in the security field as the premier source of threats for companies. Our years of monitoring the dark web … Read More
The Demand for Canadian Bots on Genesis Market
The Demand for Canadian Bots on Genesis Market Since the end of January, $10.1 million have already been lost to fraud in Canada, according to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. When it comes to online identity theft, it may be harder … Read More
Research Report: Botnets and Black Market Proxies in Canada
Botnets and Black Market Proxies in Canada How easy it is to impersonate a Canadian identity online & how profitable can the business be? RESEARCH REPORT Download the Report Malicious actors often rent out malware-infected computers (bots) to abuse the … Read More
Security Policies Do Matter, but Really Only So Much
Security Policies Do Matter, but Really Only So Much The SolarWinds incident has received extensive coverage over the past few months. For those that have missed the thousands of news stories published on this incident, it was best summarized by … Read More
Infographic: Illicit Proxy Market in Canada in 2021
Illicit Proxy Market in Canada in 2021 How easy it is to take over a Canadian identity? How malicious actors use proxies in their operations: Malicious actors route their traffic and hide their identity through proxies: the internet abounds in … Read More
Which Darknet Market Has Replaced DarkMarket?
Which Darknet Market Has Replaced DarkMarket? A few weeks ago, German law enforcement shut down DarkMarket, a dark web marketplace, and arrested its administrator, an Australian living in Europe. By all accounts, DarkMarket was a large illicit market, with : … Read More
California Sees Up To 27% of Fraudulent Unemployment Claims During COVID
California Sees Up To 27% of Fraudulent Unemployment Claims During COVID When the Canadian Government set up the CERB program in the Spring of 2020, speed was its main focus. Canadians were losing their job to government-mandated lockdowns, and they … Read More
Inexperienced Malicious Actors Leak Data about Themselves
Inexperienced Malicious Actors Leak Data about Themselves There has been a flurry of news reports about malicious actors taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to steal personal and financial information from victims. Bleeping Computer recently reported that malicious actors were … Read More