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April 19, 2019Billions of credentials spanning 1,700 breaches released onlineAn unnamed Russian threat actor has released a file containing 3 billion unique combinations of emails and passwords on a well known Russian forum. The records appear to have been sourced from an illicit distributor of credentials, claiming to have 13 billion records. Figures 1 & 2 above are screenshots of breached credential websites operated […]
April 1, 2019Don’t be April Fooled by Cyber FraudWith losses skyrocketing past $1.4 billion, cyber fraud is no laughing matter. Last year alone, over 300,000 consumers reported cyber fraud and malware attacks to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). In celebration of a fool’s holiday, we thought we’d share a few interesting tools and scenarios we’ve seen recently, so without further ado […]
March 25, 2019The 5 Reasons WhatsApp Could be a National Security RiskLast week I was asked by one of the 24-hour news networks to comment on camera about Jared Kushner’s use of WhatsApp for official White House business. The news network wanted my thoughts on the vulnerabilities and risks associated with this behavior. My first thought was that this was outside the core focus of what […]
March 19, 2019Facebom: A targeted bruteforce tool poses a serious threat to individuals and enterprisesRecently,”teamkelvinsecteam’, one of the most active hacking groups released Facebom on a deep web forum; Facebom is an individualized brute force software targeting Facebook. Due to the targeted nature of this tool, the GroupSense research team believes Facebom poses a threat to individuals and enterprises alike. So what if everyone’s Facebook account gets hacked? You […]
March 7, 2019VOIP Voice Conversations Posted on Forum, PII ExposedBy virtue of monitoring conversations in illicit forums, our team frequently stumbles across some unwitting enterprise’s data. Often the data is in the form of a database dump, personally identifiable information (PII), account information, or credentials. Occasionally, though, there is something unique. What’s worse than a data dump? Recently our team observed a well-known threat […]
January 29, 2019The of Rise of Cyber Threat Intelligence in the War on Internet Fraud
January 7, 2019Signal Versus Noise
November 6, 2018The Death and Resurrection of Intel Cutout
November 5, 2018Leaked Voter Databases Could be Weaponized for Election Meddling
October 10, 2017Behind the Scenes: CISOs and the Intelligence CommunityWhy would companies be recruiting and hiring information security executives from the Intelligence Community? The answer is in the intelligence discipline and how it applies to a holistic and effective security program.
