Author Archives: Emin Baylarov

Cryptocurrency is experiencing a huge boom. With this explosion in popularity, and people getting rich quick, come the cybercriminals looking to exploit this new technology. Unfortunately, while there may be a large amount of money to be made from cryptocurrecny there are very little controls or regulations preventing scams. Unlike other centralised financial services, such […]

Information doesn’t need to be secret to hold value. Whether from the blogs we visit, the broadcasts we watch, or the specialized journals we read, there is an endless stream of information that shapes our understanding of the world. The Intelligence Community commonly refers to this type of information as Open Source Intelligence (OSINT).’ The […]

Cybercrime has many forms, the most common of which is theft and fraud. Aspiring cybercriminals may begin with off-the-shelf malware or phishing kits and run amateur, but profitable, campaigns. Banking Trojans were the next step up, which intercept and manipulate connections during online banking procedures for exploitation and wire fraud. Several infamous groups that graduated […]

State-sponsored groups and cybercriminal gangs continue to benefit from the global confusion and concern surrounding the coronavirus. Due to the contagious nature of the virus it is causing more and more people to work from home, dramatically increasing the threat surface with potential victims leaving home devices unprotected by corporate detection systems. The World Health […]

The Beer Farmers recently launched a geo-location OSINT challenge, offering a mystery prize to the first person who could locate them. With the clock ticking, I decided to test my OSINT skills and see just how challenging it would be to track them down. I examined the image closely, looking for any clues. The first […]