The evolution of ransomware
The history and evolution of ransomware: from vouchers to cryptocurrency​. Article originally published in the IPA Journal.
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List of 20+ infosec, privacy and OSINT blogs
A subjective recommendation list of over 20 blogs that touch on subjects related to OSINT, privacy and cyber security.
OSINT list of public sex offenders registers
An OSINT list of official and unofficial websites allowing you to search for sexual offenders.
Analysis of the leaked Conti ransomware manuals
An angry Conti ransomware affiliate dumped a bunch of manuals – here is a synopsis of what can be found within.
Another new phishing campaign against Bank of Ireland customers
Reporting the new Bank of Ireland phishing campaign that initiated literally hours ago.
Scraping the darkweb’s .onions – interview with Doctor Chaos
A fascinating interview with a fellow infosec community member, a pentester and the creator of osint.party, a research project to keep track of websites on the Tor network – Doctor Chaos.
Ransomwhe.re – a newly launched, crowdsourced ransom payments tracker
Ransomwhe.re is the first crowdsourced and free to use platform for collecting and collating information related to the payments of online ransoms.
30 best OSINT extensions for Google Chrome
A list of 30 best OSINT extensions for Google Chrome that will turn your browser into a real open source intelligence combine.
Vishing attacks in Ireland – and some resources to help investigate them
Explaining the MO of the most recent vishing scam hitting users in Ireland – and how to search for & identify these scam phone numbers.
List of darknet markets & vendor shops for investigators #3
Part 3 of my DNMs for investigators research is out – this time with a slight twist…