Idan Aharoni

The two main villains of the cyber security world are the nation state-backed Advance Persistent Threats (APTs) and cybercriminals, with their comprehensive infrastructure and...

Only time will tell if countries eventually establish proper cyber rules of engagement and punish those who break them

Ransomware is incredibly popular because it works, and it is very profitable for the attackers 

Financial institutions have always been at the forefront of battling cybercrime. As one of the most targeted industries, they face multiple threats, such as...

It is a known fact that cybercriminals choose the path of least resistance. Naturally, easy cashout methods with good returns are much more favorable...

Taking Down Dark Web Sites May Cause Headache for Both the Bad Guys and the Good Guys

BEC Fraud (Business E-mail Compromise) has reached epidemic levels in recent years. In 2019, the FBI’s Internet Crime Compliant Center, reported that it received...

In 2010, in a different world where no one has heard about lockdowns and social distancing, I wrote an article on SecurityWeek – The...

No Intelligence Vendor Has 100% Visibility Into What is Happening on the Web

The Dark Web Boundaries Are Not Always Clear, and Many Sites Fall in a Gray Area

Lack of Clarity in the Threat Intelligence Space is Causing Confusion

There is No Threat Intelligence Type That Is Objectively Better Than Others

As New Hacktivist Groups Join the Scene and Targets Change, We Could See Evolutions that May Prove to be More Fruitful Than Harmful.

Fraudsters Know That When There’s a Chance Someone is Watching, Loose Talk Can Cost Cash.

They say history repeats itself, or perhaps this is the story of a community recovering from a catastrophe. Either way, the underground is returning...

Cooperation in the Undergound Economy 

Around this time last year you may have read my SecurityWeek article, The Optimist's Cybercrime Predictions for 2011. Now that the year is drawing to...

To Maximize Profits, Fraudsters Need to do a Whole Lot of Learning.

Giving credit cards away doesn’t always conflict with a cybercriminal's desire to make money – in many cases it supports it.