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In the overwhelming sea of information, access to timely, insightful and independent open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyses is crucial for maintaining the necessary situational awareness to stay on the top of emerging security threats. This blog covers trends and fads, tactics and strategies, intersecting with third-party research, speculations and real-time CYBERINT assessments, all packed with sarcastic attitude

Monday, February 28, 2011

Summarizing Zero Day's Posts for February

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The following is a brief summary of all of my posts at ZDNet's Zero Day for February. You can subscribe to my personal RSS feed , Z...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Sampling 419 Advance Fee Scams Activity - Part Two

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Part two of the Sampling 419 Advance Fee Scams Activity series, once again aims to provide actionable real-time threat intelligence on a fr...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Bogus Adult Content SPIM-ed Over ICQ

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part Twenty Five

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Scarewere continues occupying the top spots for malicious monetization tactics courtesy of the cybercrime ecosystem. Disruption of this mone...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Spamvertised Portfolio of Fraudulent/Pharmaceutical Domains

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Just in time for Saint Valentin's days, pharmaceutical scammers have switched their localized templates to a more romantic theme. The do...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

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Whatever the cybercrime marketplace demands, the cybercrime marketplace supplies.
Monday, January 31, 2011

Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Five

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With money mule recruitment continuing to represent the most actively used risk-forwarding tactic within the cybercrime ecosystem for the pu...

Keeping Money Mule Recruiters on a Short Leash - Part Five

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With money mule recruitment continuing to represent the most actively used risk-forwarding tactic within the cybercrime ecosystem for the...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Spamvertised "Your password has been stolen!" Malware Campaign Circulating

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A currently ongoing spamvertised campaign, attempts to impersonate the most popular social networking site, Facebook. Using a well proven ...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Top Ten Must-Read Posts at ZDNet's Zero Day for 2010

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01. Seven myths about zero day vulnerabilities debunked 02. Should a targeted country strike back at the cyber attackers? 03. 5 reasons w...
Friday, January 21, 2011

Top Ten Must-Read DDanchev Posts For 2010

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01. How the Koobface Gang Monetizes Mac OS X Traffic 02.   AS50215 Troyak-as Taken Offline, Zeus C&Cs Drop from 249 to 181 03. The DNS...
Saturday, September 11, 2010

Summarizing 3 Years of Research Into Cyber Jihad

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From the "been there, actively researched that" department. Tracking Down Internet Terrorist Propaganda Arabic Extremist Group For...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Historical OSINT: Celebrities Death, Fedex Invoices, Office-Themed Malware Campaigns

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As promised , this would be a pretty short historical OSINT post -- catching up is in progress -- detailing the structure of several campaig...
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Independent Security Consultancy, Threat Intelligence Analysis (OSINT/Cyber Counter Intelligence) and Competitive Intelligence research on demand. Insightful, unbiased, and client-tailored assessments, neatly communicated in the form of interactive reports - because anticipating the emerging threatscape is what shapes the big picture at the end of the day. Approach me at dancho.danchev@hush.com
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