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A pictorial representation of exposed IAM keys. A server sits among clouds and is surrounded by icons of components often connected to the cloud: phone, password, laptop, documents among others.

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CloudKeys in the Air: Tracking Malicious Operations of Exposed IAM Keys

By William Gamazo and Nathaniel Quist
October 30, 2023 at 4:40 AM

15 min. read

A pictorial representation of the BlackCat ransomware gang. A hand offers money to another hand holding keys. In the background is a computer screen with the biohazard symbol on it.

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BlackCat Climbs the Summit With a New Tactic

By Unit 42
October 18, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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DNS security conceptual image, covering topics including malicious newly observed domains

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Detecting Emerging Network Threats From Newly Observed Domains

By Zhanhao Chen, Daiping Liu, Wanjin Li and Fan Fei
October 17, 2022 at 6:00 AM

8 min. read

DNS security and issues such as domain shadowing are represented by the caution sign within a folder structure. Image includes Palo Alto Networks and Unit 42 logos.

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Domain Shadowing: A Stealthy Use of DNS Compromise for Cybercrime

By Janos Szurdi, Rebekah Houser and Daiping Liu
September 21, 2022 at 6:00 AM

7 min. read

A conceptual image representing ransomware, including the BlackByte ransomware discussed here.

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Threat Assessment: BlackByte Ransomware

By Amer Elsad
April 21, 2022 at 12:00 PM

10 min. read

A conceptual image representing ransomware, such as the BlackCat ransomware discussed here.

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Threat Assessment: BlackCat Ransomware

By Amanda Tanner, Alex Hinchliffe and Doel Santos
January 27, 2022 at 6:00 AM

10 min. read

A conceptual image related to the domain name system, in this case applied to an analysis of top-level domains and malicious content.

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A Peek into Top-Level Domains and Cybercrime

By Janos Szurdi
November 11, 2021 at 6:00 AM

11 min. read

A conceptual image representing alerts on vulnerabilities and exploits, such as the monitoring that revealed exploit attempts that traced to malicious use of the Interactsh tool.

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Attackers Are Taking Advantage of the Open-Source Service Interactsh for Malicious Purposes

By Yue Guan, Jin Chen, Leo Olson, Wayne Xin and Daiping Liu
October 14, 2021 at 6:00 AM

7 min. read

An image representing an adversary, such as the threat actors discussed in this overview of SilverTerrier, the name we use to track Nigerian business email compromise.

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SilverTerrier – Nigerian Business Email Compromise

By Peter Renals
October 7, 2021 at 6:00 AM

19 min. read

A conceptual image representing malicious email, such as that used for credential harvesting as part of scams such as business email compromise.

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Credential Harvesting at Scale Without Malware

By Brady Stout
September 30, 2021 at 3:00 PM

8 min. read

A conceptual image representing trends, such as those covered in our post on network security trends from May-July 2021.

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Network Security Trends: May-July 2021

By Yue Guan and Lei Xu
September 17, 2021 at 3:00 PM

9 min. read

A conceptual image representing the COVID-19 pandemic and cybercrime – this blog discusses how threat actors are poised to take advantage of one of the aspects of the slowing spread of the virus: attacking a renewed travel industry with travel-themed phishing campaigns.

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Phishing Eager Travelers

By Anna Chung and Swetha Balla
September 15, 2021 at 6:00 AM

9 min. read

A conceptual image representing phishing, such as the JavaScript-based phishing discussed here.

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PhishingJS: A Deep Learning Model for JavaScript-Based Phishing Detection

By Lucas Hu
September 10, 2021 at 6:00 AM

7 min. read

A conceptual image representing ransomware, including the emerging ransomware groups covered here: AvosLocker, Hive, HelloKitty and LockBit 2.0.

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Ransomware Groups to Watch: Emerging Threats

By Doel Santos and Ruchna Nigam
August 24, 2021 at 3:00 AM

11 min. read

Personal VPN and Its Evasions: Risk Factors and How to Maintain Network Visibility

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Personal VPN and Its Evasions: Risk Factors and How to Maintain Network Visibility

By Saeed Abbasi and Kirti Parekh
August 16, 2021 at 6:00 PM

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Posts tagged with: Cybercrime

CloudKeys in the Air: Tracking Malicious Operations of Exposed IAM Keys

BlackCat Climbs the Summit With a New Tactic

Detecting Emerging Network Threats From Newly Observed Domains

Domain Shadowing: A Stealthy Use of DNS Compromise for Cybercrime

Threat Assessment: BlackByte Ransomware

Threat Assessment: BlackCat Ransomware

A Peek into Top-Level Domains and Cybercrime

Attackers Are Taking Advantage of the Open-Source Service Interactsh for Malicious Purposes

SilverTerrier – Nigerian Business Email Compromise

Credential Harvesting at Scale Without Malware

Network Security Trends: May-July 2021

Phishing Eager Travelers

PhishingJS: A Deep Learning Model for JavaScript-Based Phishing Detection

Ransomware Groups to Watch: Emerging Threats

Personal VPN and Its Evasions: Risk Factors and How to Maintain Network Visibility

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