Photon Research Team
Photon is Digital Shadows’ external facing security research team, comprised of security researchers, security practitioners and intelligence analysts. Photon is dedicated to researching trends in the threats organizations face from cyber criminals and accidental data exposure.
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Read ReportToo Much Information: The Sequel | New Research
There are now 750 million more files exposed than we reported last year; not all of them are blatantly sensitive, but there is plenty of gold in these mountains.
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2:55Watch VideoDigital Shadows Photon Research Team
Photon is Digital Shadows’ external facing security research team, comprised of security researchers, security practitioners and intelligence analysts. Photon is dedicated to researching trends in the
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Read PostThe CyberWire Daily Podcast: Too Much Information: The Sequel
Tamika Smith speaks with Harrison Van Riper from Digital Shadows aboutour recent report, “Too Much Information: The Sequel,” outlining the increase in data exposure over the past year.
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Read PostLeaky SMB File Shares – So Many Bytes!
Everyone loves a sequel. If you’re an avid Marvel fan, you’re probably sitting on the edge of your seat waiting ...
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Read PostGoogle Calendar Phishing, Exim Email Server Vulnerability, and Diversity in Cybersecurity
This week Alex and Jamie (@TheCollierJam) chat with Harrison (@pseudohvr) on a cyber-threat campaign involving the abuse of legitimate features in Google Calendar. Then they dive into other...
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Read PostFBI IC3: Cybercrime Surges in 2018, Causing $2.7 Billion in Losses
This week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its 2018 Internet Crime Complaints Center (IC3). In 2018, the IC3 responded ...
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Read PostPredator: Modeling the attacker’s mindset
Author: Richard Gold The phrases “attacker’s mindset” or “think like an attacker” are often used in cyber security to encourage ...
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Read PostDark Web Typosquatting: Scammers v. Tor
Time and time again, we see how the cybercriminal ecosystem often mirrors what happens in the business world. This can ...
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Read ReportA Tale of Epic Extortions - How Cybercriminals Monetize Our Online Exposure
Digital Shadows’ Photon Research Team has found that cybercriminals have diversified their extortion methods, and the threat landscape is as wide and varied as it’s ever been.
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Read PostEasing into the extortion game
One of the main ideas which flowed through Photon’s most recent research report, A Tale of Epic Extortions, was that cyber ...
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Weekly Intelligence Summary
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Read PostCyber Risks and High-frequency Trading: Conversation with an Insider
Research from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace published this week focused the attention on how financial systems around the ...
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Read PostEpisode 59: Practitioner’s Guide to Email Spoofing
Senior security engineer, Simon Hall joins Rafael Amado to explain how IT teams and defenders can combat email spoofing, one of the most popular techniques used by phishers. Simon discusses why...
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44:53Watch VideoHow to Reduce Your Extortion Risks: Avoiding the Shakedown
In this webinar we will cover recent sextortion tactics, thedarkoverlord, and SamSam Group campaigns to demonstrate how the barriers to entry for extortionists are decreasing, and how businesses can r
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Read PostPurple Teaming with Vectr, Cobalt Strike, and MITRE ATT&CK™
Authors: Simon Hall, Isidoros Monogioudis Here at Digital Shadows we perform regular purple team exercises to continually challenge and ...
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Read PostSamSam But Different: MITRE ATT&CK and the SamSam Group Indictment
In our latest research report, A Tale of Epic Extortions, the Digital Shadows Photon Research Team highlight how cybercriminals abuse our ...
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Read PostExtortion Exposed: Sextortion, thedarkoverlord, and SamSam
In our most recent research, A Tale of Epic Extortions, the Digital Shadows Photon Research Team approached the topic of ...
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Read PostPhoton Research Team Shines Light On Digital Risks
I’m very excited to announce the launch of the Digital Shadows’ Photon Research Team. We have decided to bolster our ...
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Read ReportSamSam and Mitre ATT&CK
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Read PostSecurity Practitioner’s Guide to Email Spoofing and Risk Reduction
In our previous extended blog, Tackling Phishing: The Most Popular Phishing Techniques and What You Can Do About It, we ...
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Read PostWeekly Intelligence Summary: Ep 9
In this week’s episode, the team looks at Fin6, who has begun regularly targeting card-not-present data on e-commerce websites. Other highlights from this week include Topps disclosing a data...
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