Winners and Losers From the Shut Down of Empire Market David Hétu, Chief Research Office at Flare Systems investigated and presented the state of the cryptomarkets since one of the biggest illicit market shut down, Empire Market. Replay the webinar … Read More
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The Winners and Losers of the Empire Market Shutdown
Exit Scam Model of Empire Market In this infographic, we present how the shutdown of the most-trafficked dark web marketplace occured, the aftermath for the malicious actors and what we should expect next from the underground net threats. Receive the … 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
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
5 Trends in Loyalty Program Fraud in Canada
5 Trends in Loyalty Program Fraud in Canada Loyalty programs have grown tremendously in the last decade. Memberships rose to 3.8 billion members recently , with a total value of USD$323 billion for the ecosystem. Loyalty program fraud has significantly … Read More
Infographic: 3 Months After CERB
3 Months After CERB Receive the complete report on CERB Fraud* * This report will only be sent to Cyber Security Professionals. Please enter your corporate email. How CERB Fraud Works The CERB program costs over $71 billion to the … Read More
How Loyalty Program Fraud Happens
How Loyalty Program Fraud Happens Loyalty programs have grown tremendously in the last decade. Memberships rose from 2.6 billion to 3.8 billion from 2012 to 2016, and are projected to increase to 5.5 billion by the end of the year. … Read More