Where Do Malicious Actors Learn Their Skills? Where Do Malicious Actors Learn Criminal Skills? On their own By reading tutorials and guides From people they know in real life Through social learning On Public Online Forums Usually thousands, if not … Read More
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PHPMailer Abuse to Send Spam Emails
PHPMailer Abuse to Send Spam Emails PHPMailer Abuse to Send Spam Emails Spam ranks as a high threat vector for organizations. The PHPMailer library has been widely adopted in the criminal underground as a tool to send spam and monitor … Read More
Genesis Market Impact on Canadian Economy Infographic
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
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
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