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Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Groups: What Are They and Where Are They Found

An Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is a malicious actor who possesses extraordinary skill and ...

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Raid Forums Is Down. Who’s Behind Its Apparent Seizure? [Updated]

Updated April 12: Today, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release confirming their seizure of ...

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Raid Forums Is Down. Who’s Behind Its Apparent Seizure?

On February 25, 2022, Raid Forums—a popular illicit online community notorious for its high-profile large-scale ...

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When Every Day Is Valentine’s Day: How Threat Actors Prey on Lonely Hearts

Theoretically, there isn’t anything wrong with Valentine’s Day. But let’s just say it like it is: Nobody ...

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2021 Intel Wrap-Up: Insider Threats and Trends—What the Data Tells Us

The following is part of Flashpoint’s 2021 Intel Wrap-Up series, which is based on our data collections and ...

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Illicit Communities Vs. Deep and Dark Web: Why the Full Intelligence Picture Depends on Both

In order to identify emerging cyber and physical threats, fraud, and other malicious activity, CTI and SOC teams ...

‘Tis the Season—for Retail Fraud: How Retailers Can Mitigate Risk During the Holidays

This article is part of Flashpoint’s 2021 Intel Wrap-Up series. To read our physical security threat assessment ...

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OCR, Cybersecurity, and Threat Intelligence: Using Optical Character Recognition and Machine Learning to Identify Risk

Optical character recognition (OCR) can immediately help security and fraud teams augment their data collections ...

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From Ransomware to DDoS: Guide to Cyber Threat Actors—How, Why, and Who Threat Actors Choose to Attack

Threat actors who execute cyberattacks, such as ransomware, can wreak havoc on organizations across the private ...