Deciphering Black Basta’s Infrastructure from the Chat Leak
This article has originally appeared on Cybercrime Diaries On February 20, 2025, the cybersecurity community received an unexpected stroke of luck as internal strife seemingly spread within the infamous Black Basta ransomware group. On that day, an unknown individual using the alias ExploitWhispers released a file on Telegram, allegedly containing the group’s internal chat logs. […]
PowerSchool Hack; Takedowns and Arrests and Leaks, Oh My!; and ITRC Breach Report Findings
There’s been quite a few hacks, takedowns-arrests-leaks, and insights from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) 2024 Breach Report. Dive into the most pressing recent stories on data leaks, cybercrime, and the dark web with security researcher Nick Ascoli on the podcast Leaky Weekly. On this episode of Leaky Weekly, Nick covers: Tune in for […]
The Underground’s Favorite Messenger: Telegram’s Reign Continues
The data and visualizations presented on this webpage are based on information collected from January 2024 to January 2025. These graphs are static and do not reflect real-time updates or recent developments. Any trends, insights, or conclusions should be interpreted with this timeframe in mind. Executive Summary Telegram remains the dominant messaging platform in the […]
5 Questions On OPSEC Fundamentals
Surveillance is everywhere and ingrained in our society. While privacy is a human right, we live in an era of Operational Security (OPSEC) and privacy fatigue. The technologies we use everyday collect more and more information, making many people feel hopeless about having control over their information. From painful opt-out processes to the integration of […]
Flare Academy is Here!
We’re excited to share that we now offer Flare Academy, an educational hub with free interactive online training for cybersecurity professionals. What is Flare Academy? Training Flare Academy offers online training modules led by subject matter experts on the latest cybersecurity threats to cybersecurity practitioners interested in progressing their education. These sessions cover various pressing […]
MOVEit Repackaged and Recycled
The largest repackage and re-post of an old leak In November 2024, a hacker known as “Nam3L3ss” allegedly released previously undisclosed data from the MOVEit breach in May 2023. This leak consisted of millions of records, including sensitive employee and big brand corporate information, significantly escalating the breach’s impact. Digging into this story reveals that […]
Flare Raises $30M Series B Led by Base 10 Partners to Continue Growth in Security Intelligence and Threat Exposure Management Markets
Today, we at Flare announced our USD $30M Series B Round led by Base10 Partners with participation from Inovia Capital, White Star Capital, and Fonds de solidarité FTQ. We have raised CAD $9.5M to this point, and plan for this fresh round of capital to accelerate our growth. We’ve seen consistent traction with triple digit […]
Arrests, RedLine & META Infrastructure Takedown, and MOVEit Leaks
The cybercrime ecosystem has had a lot happening in the past few weeks, as always. We’ve got you covered. Dive into the most pressing recent stories on data leaks, cybercrime, and the dark web with security researcher Nick Ascoli on the podcast Leaky Weekly. On this episode of Leaky Weekly, Nick covers: Tune in for […]
Infostealer Malware: An Introduction
Infostealer malware represents one of the most underrated threats to corporate and consumer information security today. These sophisticated remote access Trojans (RATs) silently infect computers and systematically exfiltrate massive amounts of sensitive information from the host to threat actors’ command and control (C2) infrastructure. Their primary targets include: Once the information has been exfiltrated, it […]
6 Things to Know About Improving Threat Intelligence Collection
Flare recently hosted our first Threat Intel Workshop with Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher Tammy Harper. Below are some of the questions Tammy covered in improving threat intelligence collection practices. 1. How does the disruption to Telegram affect threat actors? After the arrest of Telegram CEO in August 2024, the messaging platform that has been popular […]
