Meet Flare September 25th, 2021 during the first edition of Bsides Montreal and don’t miss the conference of Olivier Michaud, AI expert at Flare, about ”Automatic Extraction of content from criminal underground forums.” … Read More
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Large North American Bank Streamlines Sensitive Data Leaks Monitoring; Cutting Incident Response Costs by 95%
Large North American Bank Streamlines Sensitive Data Leaks Monitoring; Cutting Incident Response Costs BY 95% Customer Success Story
North American Security service provider unlocks new revenue streams and reduces dark web investigation time by 10x
North American Security service provider unlocks new revenue streams and reduces dark web investigation time by 10x Customer Success Story
Research Report: The Spam Email Business – A Comparison between Canada, USA, and France
The Spam Email Business: A Comparison between Canada, USA, and France RESEARCH REPORT Download the Report Executive Summary Despite the numerous sophisticated attack methods, spam still ranks as a high threat vector for organizations. According to the latest numbers, as … Read More
What kind of data could your PDF files be leaking online?
What kind of data could your PDF files be leaking online? In the 2003 timeframe leading up to the Iraq war, a British government representative published a Word document on their website, containing information related to “Iraq’s security and intelligence … Read More
How online learning may have opened the door for ransomware in higher ed
How Online Learning May Have Opened the Door for Ransomware in Higher Ed PYSA ransomware, a variant of Mespinoza ransomware, has been actively targeting the education sector in the past months. According to the FBI, ransomware, malware and DDoS attacks … Read More
Renting A Canadian Bot for Less than the Price of Dinner for Two
Renting A Canadian Bot for Less than the Price of Dinner for Two A botnet is a network of computers infected with malware that allows a malicious actor – the botmaster – to control them remotely. The infected computers – … Read More
The Criminal Underground: the Last Refuge of Banner Ads
The Criminal Underground: the Last Refuge of Banner Ads In the 2000s, banner ads became popular notably through Google. The search engine has enabled marketers to reach a vast audience through a standard visual message that fit on any web … Read More
The Mirage of Encrypted Phones, and Why They Fail
The Mirage of Encrypted Phones, and Why They Fail In June 2014, the company Silent Circle launched the first version of its Blackphone. This device, running a modified version of Android, promised to reign in difficult to understand privacy and … Read More
5 Dark Web Questions Security Professionals Need Answered
5 Dark Web Questions Security Professionals Need Answered We recently participated in Datavore conference where we reflected on our 9 years of experience in collecting intelligence on the dark web and monitoring malicious actors. Over the years, the tools, strategies … Read More