What 2025 May Hold for Cybersecurity
Here are insights into what 2025 may hold in cybersecurity based on Intel 471’s historical analyses of trends and intelligence collection.
Bring Your Own Hunts to HUNTER471
As a HUNTER471 customer utilizing the Hunt Management Module (HMM), you can now “bring your own” (BYO) threat hunting content to the HUNTER471 threat hunting platform.
Collecting Useful CTI from Underground Markets
Extracting cyber threat intelligence on emerging threats and novel threat actors is challenging. Michele Campobasso completed his doctoral thesis in 2024 at Eindhoven University of Technology, and in Studio 471, he shares ins...
‘Tis the Season to Be Alert for Cyber Threats: 5 Unjoyful Holiday Tactics
Amidst the holiday bustle, while many are busy decking the halls, cyber adversaries are busy trimming up the cyber underground for peak cybercrime season. It’s the time of the year that threat actors deploy phishing scams and...
Expanding source coverage: adding Signal chats to threat intelligence
Cybercriminals need easy ways to communicate, connect, and plan, whether they’re trading stolen credentials, rallying hacktivists, or mounting a targeted attack. Instant messaging platforms meet this need and are now an essen...
Threat hunting case study: Cozy Bear
Cozy Bear is a Russian, state-sponsored group that has conducted operations on behalf of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service aka SVR. Here's how to use the HUNTER471 platform to threat hunt for this group.
Holiday Season Cyber Threats (Part 2): Ransomware, Gift Cards, and Point-of-Sale breaches
The surge in online shopping and travel bookings during the holiday season offers rich pickings for cybercriminals. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas shopping, and increased travel throughout December offer ample opportun...
Holiday Season Cyber Threats (Part 1): Phishing, Fake Shops and Bogus Bookings
The holiday season is here. It’s a time for reuniting with family and friends, travel and gift-giving. It’s also a prime time for cybercrime as millions of consumers head to online checkouts on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Giv...
Cybercrime Exposed Podcast: Raccoon Stealer
Information stealing malware is one of the most common ways that organizations end up infiltrated by malicious hackers. For several years, one type of infostealer called Raccoon Stealer ruled them all.
Using CTI in Realistic Attack Simulations
Australia holds regular exercises to test the cyber resiliency of the financial services sector. In this Studio 471, two experts from the cybersecurity consultancy CyberCX discuss how these exercises are developed using cyber...
