The Cybercrime Assembly Line
Back in 2018, the Center for Strategic and International Studies came to the conclusion that cybercrime cost the world an approximate $600 billion annually, nearly 1% of global GDP. The cyber threat landscape has been constantly evolving, and the amount of money lost to cybercrime has only been increasing. According to IBM, the cost of […]
Illicit Telegram Groups: A New Dark Web Frontier?
The shady underworld of the dark web provides cybercriminals with an outlet to trade stolen information, tools, or malware, hold victims of cyber attacks to ransom, and discuss their targets and tactics. But the dark web forums that normally host illicit marketplaces and discussions are starting to lose their allure. Find out why the messaging […]
Dig into the Dark Web with Flare: Play CTF
Have you heard about Flare’s CTF: Capture the Threats? We created this game so players can further sharpen their skills in exploring the darker corners of the cyber world to stop malicious actors. The game includes four categories: credential leaks, illicit markets (dark web and social media), open web (GitHub, paste, and buckets), and IP/domain, […]
Operational Threat Intelligence: The Definitive Guide
Cyber threat intelligence involves gathering and analyzing an assortment of disparate data to help make prompt and effective security decisions related to current or potential attacks and adversaries. But simply lumping all of this information under a general label like “cyber threat intelligence” ignores the fact that there are different ways to categorize this data […]
Data Breach Prevention: Identifying Leaked Credentials on the Dark Web
Threat actors deploy many tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to get access to sensitive data assets. Among this arsenal of weapons, obtaining correct user credentials (username and password pairs) that can be used for credential stuffing attacks plays a central role in most data breaches. Poor password hygiene makes some credentials easy to guess. Social engineering […]
What Flare Has Been Cooking in 2022
We’ve been working on a lot this past year. Take a look at the spices, seasonings, and condiments in the kitchen to read about what we’ve been cooking up at Flare in 2022. Stay tuned to see what’s next for us in 2023! Click on each item on the board in the kitchen to read […]
The Threat Intelligence Lifecycle: A Definitive Guide for 2023
Building an effective threat intelligence program that disseminates actionable data that results in real-world risk reduction has never been more critical than in 2023. Threats to enterprise organizations ranging from geopolitical risk to sophisticated ransomware groups continue to proliferate while many security teams struggle to integrate dozens of tools together and stay on top of […]
Threat Intelligence in 2023: The Definitive Guide
Threat Intelligence provides organizations with timely, relevant information about threats to their business. Threat intelligence can come in many different forms and includes four primary layers, strategic threat intelligence, tactical threat intelligence, operational threat intelligence, and technical threat intelligence. Organizations with mature threat intelligence functions in place are able to effectively collect intelligence from hundreds […]
Flare’s Dark Web Monitoring Reduces Leading Bank’s Threat Identification Time to Minutes
Overview How can a CTI team thoroughly and quickly monitor the billions of leaked credentials on the dark web? The CTI team of a major North American bank had difficulty with three main pain points: 1) prevent day-to-day cyber fraud, 2) gain better insight into critical threats, and 3) immediately optimize the team’s resources. This […]
Top 5 Most Asked Questions at BSides
This year, the Flare team had many opportunities to attend BSides conferences across Canada and the U.S. It was a special experience to join local BSides conferences as well as travel to cities and visit cybersecurity communities. BSides conferences mean a lot to us at Flare because hosting affordable, local events that foster a cybersecurity […]
