Cedric Pernet
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BlogImpulse Team’s Massive Years-Long Mostly-Undetected Cryptocurrency Scam
We have been able to uncover a massive cryptocurrency scam involving more than a thousand websites handled by different affiliates linked to a program called Impulse Project, run by a threat actor named Impulse Team.
June 6th, 2023 11 minCedric Pernet, Joseph C Chen
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ResearchIPFS: A New Data Frontier or a New Cybercriminal Hideout?
In this article, we briefly detail what IPFS is and how it works at the user level, before providing up to date statistics about the current usage of IPFS by cybercriminals, especially for hosting phishing content. We will also discuss emerging new cybercrime activities abusing the IPFS protocol and detail how cybercriminals already consider IPFS for their deeds.
March 16th, 2023 16 minCedric Pernet, Jaromir Horejsi, Loseway Lu
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ResearchDrilling Deep: A Look at Cyberattacks on the Oil and Gas Industry
We break down the digital attacks against the oil and gas industry and its supply chain.
December 12th, 2019 5 minFeike Hacquebord, Cedric Pernet
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BlogObfuscated APT33 C&Cs Used for Narrow Targeting
Threat group APT33 is known to target the oil and aviation industries aggressively. Analysis show the group uses about a dozen live C&C servers for extremely narrow targeted malware campaigns against companies in the Middle East, the U.S., and Asia.
December 12th, 2019 7 minFeike Hacquebord, Cedric Pernet, Kenney Lu
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BlogA Hacking Group is Stealing Popular Instagram Profiles
Social media influencers could be seen as trophies by hackers. This includes a photographer with more than 15,000 followers on Instagram who had her account stolen.
February 28th, 2019 5 minJindrich Karasek, Cedric Pernet
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ResearchInfoSec Guide: Domain Monitoring — Detecting Phishing Attacks (Part 1)
A lot of best practices teach users how to prevent or defend against phishing attacks, but how can organizations actively detect and thwart them before users even see them?
March 5th, 2018 9 minCedric Pernet
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BlogAndroid Backdoor GhostCtrl Records Your Audio, Video
The RETADUP worm that affected Israeli hospitals turned out have bigger impact than we first thought. It was accompanied by an even more dangerous threat: an Android malware that can take over the device. We’ve named this Android backdoor GhostCtrl.
July 17th, 2017 8 minLenart Bermejo, Jordan Pan, Cedric Pernet
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