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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The Modern Cybercriminal Forum
We took a deep-dive into the cybercriminal underground to investigate the persistence of forums, uncovering several reasons they remain attractive amid appealing alternatives.
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Read PostCitrix Vulnerability, Microsoft Data Breach, and Telnet Credentials Published
Following on from last week, Citrix released a first set of patches to fix a vulnerability (CVE-2019 -19781) affecting the company’s NetScaler ADC Application Delivery Controller and it’s Citrix...
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Read PostIranian Cyber Threats: Practical Advice for Security Professionals
Unless you went very dark for an extended holiday break, you are no doubt very well aware of the United ...
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Read PostNSA Vulnerability Disclosure, Ransomware News, And Iran Updates
Kacey, Charles, Alex, and Harrison host this week’s threat intelligence update from Dallas. We kick off with vulnerabilities from the week. This includes both the NSA CVE and Citrix CVE. The team...
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Read PostNSA Vulnerability Disclosure: Pros and Cons
On Monday, January 13th, Brian Krebs reported that Microsoft would be releasing “a software update on Tuesday to fix ...
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Read PostCVE-2019-19781: Analyzing the Exploit
On December 17th 2019, CVE-2019-19781 was disclosed. The vulnerability allows for directory traversal and remote code execution on Citrix ...
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Read PostCryptonite: Ransomware’s answer to Superman…
A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform called Cryptonite plans to not only bring ransomware to the masses, but has the added benefit of reportedly being fully undetectable, requiring minimal...
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Read PostIran and the United States – start of the long war or return to normal?
There are useful precedents that can assist when we consider how this will unfold in the near-term future.
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19:50Watch VideoIranian APT Groups’ Tradecraft Styles: Using Mitre ATT&CK™ and Essential 8
Rick Holland and Richard Gold talk through the team's research into Iranian APT groups' tradecraft styles using Mitre ATT&CK™ and the ASD Essential 8.
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Read PostIran and Soleimani: Monitoring the Situation
We focus on the cyber-related fallout from the situation, and ways that they may or may not impact our clients. We will continue to update this blog as related events unfold.
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Read PostIranian Cyber Threats: Practical Advice From CISO Rick Holland
Rick Holland (CISO at Digital Shadows) joins Harrison to share his thoughts on the Iranian cyber threat and what it means for cyber defenders. What should security practitioners be concerned...
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28:12Watch VideoIranian Cyber Threats: Practical Advice for Security Professionals
Rick Holland and Harrison Van Riper sit down to walk through Rick's latest blog on advice around the Iranian cyber threats.
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Read PostIranian Cyber Threats, Travelex Ransomware Attack, And Exploit Forum Updates
Viktoria hosts this week and introduces the episode bringing Sammy on to provide some regional insight and context around the Iranian cyber threat and discusses whether a cyber response is likely.
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Read PostIranian APT Groups’ Tradecraft Styles: Using Mitre ATT&CK™ and the ASD Essential 8
We will use the Essential 8 as part of our toolkit in thinking about how to mitigate against the TTPs used by these APT groups.
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Read PostJingle Bell Ryuk: NOLA Ransomware, Ring Doorbells, And 2020 Predictions
CISO Rick Holland joins our ShadowTalk hosts (Viktoria, Alex, and Harrison) for our holiday special! This week the team covers: - Ring Doorbell security - New Orleans victim of Ryuk Ransomware -...
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Read PostThe Closure of Market.ms: A Cybercriminal Marketplace Ahead of Its Time
While it may be challenging to assess what went wrong for market[.]ms conclusively, this blog examines some potential reasons behind its demise, as well as looking at the extraordinary professionalism
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Read Post2020 Cybersecurity Forecasts: 5 trends and predictions for the new year
In this blog, we discuss several significant trends and events that have helped shape the cyber threat landscape, all of which will almost certainly continue through 2020.
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Read PostForums are Forever – Part 1: Cybercrime Never Dies
The survival of the cybercriminal forum in the face of new, more secure technologies and constant pressure from law enforcement does not come as a surprise to researchers at Digital Shadows.
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Read PostTochka Dark Web Market Offline, Market.ms Closes, And Data Leakage Stories
Alex, Harrison, Kacey, and Charles chat this week on some dark web and cybercriminal updates, data leakage stories that have hit the news, plus a GDPR story where an ISP was hit with a €9.6...
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