Collaborate Disseminate
For thousands of years, humans have worked to collect intelligence on their enemies. Intelligence gathering is not a new practice; in fact, it is one of the oldest war tactics dating back to biblical times, when warlords and army commanders used it to … Continue reading Why humans are necessary to the threat hunting process
While the vast majority of Asia-focused cybersecurity research examines government-backed threats, a new report shows that the region’s dark web is becoming a fertile training ground for independent hackers to learn more skills and trade new exploits. Research released Wednesday by New York-based IntSights details a number of Asian countries’ use of websites that require access through special software such as the Tor browser. Hackers in China, Japan, North Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam have adopted the dark web — which is usually associated with U.S. and Russian activity — to create their own criminal communities, the report says. “As the dark web grows, companies and government organizations need to understand that it’s no longer enough to monitor cybercrime activities typically associated with Russian, North Korean or other English-speaking cyber groups,” said Itay Kozuch, Director of Threat Research for IntSights. In a presentation shown to CyberScoop at the Black Hat security conference in […]
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What type of threats will financial services and banking organizations face in 2019? According to IntSights Cyber Intelligence, they should be prepared for breaches effected through compromise of established vendor software or SaaS products, and vulner… Continue reading Threats financial organizations will face in 2019
J. Michael Daniel, the career federal official who served as White House cybersecurity coordinator under President Barack Obama, will helm a nonprofit alliance founded by cybersecurity giants to better share information about cybercrime and other threats. The Cyber Threat Alliance announced the appointment in a press release Tuesday. The group also announced that it was […]
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