Industry

Is Your Intranet Vulnerable to Attacks? Investigating Intranet Impersonation in the DNS

On 10 February 2023, Reddit announced it suffered a security incident where a phishing campaign led an employee to a website that imitated the network's intranet gateway. more

Shining the WHOIS and DNS Spotlight on International Fraud

Scammers and fraudsters have been making life hard for users the world over for a long time now. To help expose potential malicious campaigns, threat researchers like Dancho Danchev have been collating indicators of compromise (IoCs) that can be used in further investigations. more

5 Ways New gTLDs Have Evolved the Domain Investing Industry

It's undeniable that the domain industry has seen drastic changes throughout its existence. From new regulations and policies being introduced to digital communication and e-commerce forever changing the Internet as a whole, domains have cemented their place as a powerful multi-use tool that creates diverse opportunities for both individuals and organizations. more

Gauging the Scale of an Active Ransomware Gang’s Infrastructure

Ransomware gangs are now a dime a dozen. But in reality, victims rarely engage directly with their members. They are, in fact, more likely communicating with what the cybersecurity community has dubbed "ransomware affiliates" who earn as much as 75% of the ransom payment. more

Beyond Healthcare IoCs: Threat Expansion and EHR Impersonation Detection

The healthcare industry has had a rough couple of years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. But this didn't stop threat actors from attacking the sector, with several healthcare organizations targeted by ransomware, data breach, and other cyber attacks. more

Detecting ChatGPT Phishing on Social Media with the Help of DNS Intelligence

Since its launch last November, the ChatGPT hype has only increased not only among users but also abusers. Cyble researchers recently spotted phishing attacks using supposed ChatGPT sites to phish for personally identifiable information (PII), specifically credit card data. more

Detecting Malware Disguised as OneNote with Threat Intelligence

We've seen threat actors abuse almost all Windows OS applications in their campaigns, disguising malware as macros, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations to trick users into opening and executing them. Most recently, they've been spreading malware in the guise of OneNote documents to cause mayhem. more

Detecting Carder-Friendly Forums through IoC Expansion

Carding or the theft and consequent selling of credit and other payment card information to users has long been a problem. And with the ease of obtaining hosts for carder forums and communities and hiding their tracks online, the threat has become even bigger. more

SocGholish IoCs and Artifacts: Tricking Users to Download Malware

As all initial-access threats go, SocGholish is among the trickiest. It often comes disguised as software updates, deceiving victims into downloading a malicious payload that could eventually lead to more lethal cyber attacks. In fact, researchers at ReliaQuest found evidence that an initial SocGholish malware distribution was intended to deploy ransomware. more

Radix Reports $7.6M in Total Premium Domain Name Retail Revenue in 2022, Highest-Ever Annual Number to Date

Radix today shared its bi-annual premium report for the second half of 2022, giving a complete overview of the premium domain sales across its new TLD portfolio from 1st July to 31st December 2022. more

Profiling a Massive Portfolio of Domains Involved in Ransomware Campaigns

Security researcher Dancho Danchev discovered a portfolio of domains and IP addresses used by known threat actors in ransomware campaigns. The said portfolio consists of 62,763 domain names and 810 IP addresses. We analyzed a sample of these malicious properties using TIP and found that: more

Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief: 350.4 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q4 2022

Today, Verisign released the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the fourth quarter of 2022 closed with 350.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 0.5 million domain name registrations, or 0.1%, compared to the third quarter of 2022. Domain name registrations have increased by 8.7 million, or 2.6%, year over year. more