Hacker Contracts: The Economy Behind Illicit Markets Malicious actors often rely on each other to launch attacks. A carding ring that was recently dismantled by Russian authorities, for example, led to the arrest of 25 individuals who were working together. … Read More
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Preventing Account Takeover in E-Commerce And Retail – August 2020 Webinar
Preventing Account Takeover in E-Commerce And Retail Webinar by David Hétu, Flare Systems and Pharid Jaffer Access the Video Digitalization, cloud based-services, and the rise of online marketplaces and services have increased the number of entry points for malicious actors … Read More
Exploring Leaked Credentials: Practical Guide To Account Takeovers Prevention – June 2020 Podcast
Podcast: Exploring Leaked Credentials A Practical Guide To Account Takeovers Prevention Stream the podcast now! About the Podcast: As the workplace has moved online and an increasing number of employees begin to work from home, the challenges to our data … Read More
Breaking up the Phishing Attack Chain
Breaking up the Phishing Attack Chain Phishing remains a popular attack method for malicious actors. This attack method is made possible by the wealth of services phishers can purchase on illicit markets: mass mailers, email lists, fake websites etc. Phishing … Read More
The Winners and Losers of the Empire Market Shutdown
The Winners and Losers of the Empire Market Shutdown Empire Market was launched on the dark web in January 2018. By filling the void left by the shutdown of Alphabay and Hansa marketplaces in mid-2017, it grew into one of … Read More
How To Identify The Next Major Cyber Threats through Job Postings
How to Identify the Next Major Cyber Threats Through Job Postings A significant challenge for security teams is to extract intelligence from open-source information. Malicious actors routinely post advertisements like the one below. This actor is offering up a method, … Read More
Why all the Spam? How Phishing Emails Get to You
How Phishing Emails Get to You A phishing attack is any communication (email, SMS, instant messaging) campaign launched by a malicious actor to steal personal data and credentials. Phishing attacks are one of the biggest threats to data security. According … Read More
Ransomware and Supply Chains
The Low Hanging Fruit: Your Vendors And Partners Ransomware is a growing threat to any organization, government or business. In Canada alone, it is estimated that ransomware attacks and the associated downtime cost our economy CAD$2.4 billion in 2020. HOW … Read More
Credential Stuffing Attacks And CRA
Credential Stuffing Attacks And CRA The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is an essential part of the Canadian Federal Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With an estimated cost of over $71 billion dollars and limited vetting of applicants, the CERB program … Read More
HOPE Conference 2020 VIDEO: Pricing and Mapping the Underground
Pricing and Mapping the Underground: HOPE 2020 Flare Systems’s David Hétu had the pleasure of speaking at H.O.P.E. (Hackers On Planet Earth) on July 31st this year on pricing and mapping the cybercrime underground. Watch the On-Demand Recording Now! https://youtu.be/OW4a3qldytAHackforums are known … Read More