Category: Research

Unemployment Fraud in the Criminal Underground

Unemployment Fraud in the Criminal Underground

January 14, 2021 • Insikt Group®

Cybercriminals have demonstrated a preference to advertise unemployment fraud tutorials via messaging platforms over criminal forums.

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Bulletproof Hosting Services Essential for Criminal Underground Security and Anonymity

Bulletproof Hosting Services Essential for Criminal Underground Security and Anonymity

January 12, 2021 • Insikt Group®

Bulletproof hosting services have increasingly appealed to ransomware operators attempting to avoid the attention of law enforcement.

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Adversary Infrastructure Report 2020: A Defender’s View

Adversary Infrastructure Report 2020: A Defender’s View

January 7, 2021 • Insikt Group®

Insikt Group tracks the creation of new infrastructure for post-exploitation toolkits, custom malware frameworks, and remote access trojans.

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Forums, Marketplaces, and Shops Remain Essential Venues for the Criminal Economy

Forums, Marketplaces, and Shops Remain Essential Venues for the Criminal Economy

December 23, 2020 • Insikt Group®

Insikt Group's analysis details the differences and similarities among the three primary dark web resources: forums, shops, and marketplaces.

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cPanel and WHM Vulnerability Easy to Exploit With Dark Web Credentials

cPanel and WHM Vulnerability Easy to Exploit With Dark Web Credentials

December 15, 2020 • Charity Wright

Web hosting platforms are prime targets for cybercriminals, giving them access to hundreds of websites and the data ingested by their users.

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Exploit Kits, Though in Decline, Remain Powerful Tool for Delivering Malware

Exploit Kits, Though in Decline, Remain Powerful Tool for Delivering Malware

December 10, 2020 • Insikt Group®

Over the last two years, operators of exploit kits have modified their kits to include first-stage malware being used to deploy ransomware.

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Tibet and Taiwan Targeted in Spearphishing Campaigns Using MESSAGEMANIFOLD Malware

Tibet and Taiwan Targeted in Spearphishing Campaigns Using MESSAGEMANIFOLD Malware

December 4, 2020 • Insikt Group®

Insikt Group discovered links to an unknown threat activity group previously engaged in activity targeting Taiwanese legislators in May 2020.

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Egregor Ransomware, Used in a String of High-Profile Attacks, Shows Connections to QakBot

Egregor Ransomware, Used in a String of High-Profile Attacks, Shows Connections to QakBot

December 3, 2020 • Insikt Group®

Insikt Group analyzes that the Egregor ransomware is a complex piece of malware, employing obfuscation and anti-analysis techniques.

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‘Tis the Season for Cybercriminals: Retail’s Top Cyber Threats

‘Tis the Season for Cybercriminals: Retail’s Top Cyber Threats

November 25, 2020 • Charity Wright

The top threats to retail and e-commerce this holiday season include web application compromise, cloud storage compromise, and more.

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Mass Migration of Users to Parler Prompts Concerns Over Security and Disinformation

Mass Migration of Users to Parler Prompts Concerns Over Security and Disinformation

November 19, 2020 • Charity Wright

With a small team of employees and lack of infrastructure to support the influx of users, Parler may be facing some major security concerns.

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