DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches
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DISCARDED: Tales from the Threat Research Trenches is a podcast for security practitioners, intelligence analysts, and threat hunters looking to learn more about the threat behaviors and attack patterns. Each episode you’ll hear real world insights from our researchers about the latest trends in malware, threat actors, TTPs, and more.
Welcome to DISCARDED
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Diving Into the DBIR: Vulnerabilities, AI, and Supply Chain
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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"Always Intentional": A CISO's Pragmatic Take on the Agentic Era
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May 27, 2026 |
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A Device Code Explosion: The New Era of AI-Enabled Phishing
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May 12, 2026 |
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Champagne with Our Campaigns: A 100th Episode Happy Hour
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Magic Packets & Stealth Backdoors: The Art of Detection Engineering
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Regional Threats, Global Impact: A TA2725 Case Study
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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TrustConnect RAT: Inside a Vibe-Coded Malware Ecosystem
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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AI as a Tool, Not a Replacement: Malware Research in the Age of LLMs
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Snowball Learning: Getting Real About Cybersecurity Training
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Emerging Threats in 2026: Inside Proofpoint’s Detection Playbook
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Operation EndOfYear: New Malware, Popular Tactics, and Where AI Is Taking Us
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Ho-Ho-Hold Up—Is That Message Real? Bad Santas Are Sending Seasonal Scams
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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From Toasters to Botnets: Securing Everyday IoT
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Elect More Hackers: Tech Skills for Real-World Change
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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From Web Injects to Info Stealers: How Cybercriminals Stay Ahead
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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When Being Aware of Cybersecurity Means Knowing You're Human
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Hot sauce and hot takes: An Only Malware in the Building special
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Freighty Cats: RFQ Phishing Comes to A Warehouse Near You
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Direct Send Exploitation & URL Rewrite Attacks: What Security Teams Must Know
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Phish, Chips & Voldemort: Inside China’s Cyber Targeting of Taiwan
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Threat Actor Theater: TA2541, TA558, and the Cyber Heist Crew TA582
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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10 Things I Hate About Attribution: A Clustering Conundrum
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Comic Sans and Cybercrime: Inside North Korea’s Global Cyber Playbook
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Signatures and Surprises: Inside the Emerging Threats Team
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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DBIR Deep Dive: Identity, Access, and the Expanding Attack Surface
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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The ClickFix Convergence: How Threat Actors Blur the Lines
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May 14, 2025 |
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The Art of the Innocent Ask: How Threat Actors Use Benign Conversations
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Diving Into Cyber Journalism: FOIA, Fraud, and the Fight Against Online Threats
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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RMM Tools: The New Cybercrime Trick?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Your Best Defense against Social Engineering: The Gray-Matter Firewall
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Hiding in Plain Sight: How Defenders Get Creative with Image Detection
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Cyber Groundhog Day and romance scams, featuring Only Malware in the Building
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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The Power of Partnerships: An Interview with the NSA’s Kristina Walter
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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The Battle for a Safer Internet: Inside Domain Takedowns and Threat Actor Tactics
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Hackers, Heists, and Heroes: The Evolving Ransomware Game
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Stealth, Scale, and Strategy: Exploring China’s Covert Network Tactics
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Scams, Smishing, and Safety Nets: How Emerging Threats Catches Phish
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Pig Butcher Scammers Put Job Seekers On The Menu
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Under Siege: How Hackers Exploit Cloud Vulnerabilities
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Champagne Attack Chains on a Kool-Aid Budget
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Guarding the Vote: Unmasking Cyber Threats in Election Season
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Very Mindful, Very APT: Inside the Activity of Current Espionage Actors
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Rebel Security Training: Cyber Lessons from A Galaxy Far, Far Away
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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The Art of Frustrating Hackers: Diving Into the DEaTH Cycle with Randy Pargman
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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The Hunt for Cyber Criminals: A Deep Dive with Wired's Andy Greenberg
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Have you heard: Only Malware in the Building?
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Malware Evasion Uncovered: The Battle Against Evolving Malware Techniques
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Checkmate: Breaking Down Operation Endgame
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Hacking the Human Mind: How Cyber Attackers Exploit Our Brains
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Decrypting Cyber Threats: Tactics, Takedowns, and Resilience
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May 29, 2024 |
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It Works on My Machine: Why and How Engineering Skills Matter in Threat Research
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May 08, 2024 |
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Decoding TA4903: Exploring the Dual Objectives of a Unique Cyber Threat Actor
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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A Trip Down Malware Lane: How Today's Hottest Malware Stacks Up Against Predecessors
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Hiding In Plain Sight: Unique Methods Of C2 From Infostealers
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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From Attribution to Advancement: Red Canary’s Katie Nickels Tackles CTI’s Biggest Questions
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Beyond the Headlines: Reporting on Sensitive Cybersecurity Topics to Resonate with Everyone
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Strategies for Defense and Disruption: Part Two of Predicting Cyber Threats in 2024
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Phishing, Elections, and Costly Attacks: Part One of Predicting Cyber Threats in 2024
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Jingle Bells, Phishing Tales: Reflecting on Cybersecurity in the Holiday Spirit
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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I Know This Might Sound Crazy but Russia’s TA422 Blasted Lots of Exploits
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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MITRE ATT&CK Evolves with Cyber Threat Sophistication
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Looking Behind the Curtain at the Palestinian-Aligned TA402
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Unmasking the Tricksters: The World of Fake Browser Updates
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Decoding the Malware Maze: Insights From a Threat Researcher
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Obfuscated: Online Threats and the Visually Impaired
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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DISCARDED: Live with John Hultquist!
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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From Rio to Madrid: Unmasking the Brazilian Banking Malware Wave
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Everything Comes Back in Style: How Old TTPs are Remerging in China's E-Crime Ecosystem
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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It Works on My Machine: Why and How Engineering Skills Matter in Threat Research
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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An Apple a Day Won't Keep Iranian APT Away: How TA453 Targets Macs
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Threats and Risks in the Global South
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Weird & Wacky Researcher Summer: The Artifacts & Detections Edition
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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It's Summertime: What’s the E-crime Vibe?
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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When the Threat Profile is High: Protecting At-Risk Individuals Online
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May 30, 2023 |
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The Spies and Stalkers of Surveillance Capitalism
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May 16, 2023 |
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Beyond Banking: IcedID Gets Forked
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May 02, 2023 |
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“Did I miss you in Orlando?”: The Rise of SMS Phishing
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Staying Ahead of Cloud-Based Threats: Insights on today's threat landscape
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Cat-phishing Dogfighters
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Prank or Propaganda? TA499 Pesters Politics
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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A Venture Mindset: North Korean Actors Go Beyond Espionage
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Why Do We Click? Understanding the Psychology of Social Engineering
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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New Year, New Threats: Prepping for the 2023 Threat Landscape
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Confidence, confusion, cashout: How pig butchering is blindsiding victims
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Holiday Happy Hour: 12 Faves of Threat Research
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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AMA Answers From the Threat Research Trenches
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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The Many-Faced Threat: Multi-Persona Impersonation (MPI) In Your Inbox
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Machine Learning Is a Party With Camp Disco!
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Reservation Confirmed: Threat Actors Visiting the Hospitality World
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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The Hallow-queen of Cybersecurity: Spooky and Sweet Takes with Sherrod DeGrippo
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Investigating Wine Fraud with the Ransomware Sommelier
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Hot off the Press: APT Actors Posing as Journalists
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Misfits Managed: Breaking Down Misfit Malware
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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The Art of Threat Detection Engineering
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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APT Attribution: Trials and Tribulations From the Field
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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The Dark-Side of Cryptocurrency
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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A Day in the Life of a Threat Researcher: Emerging Threats Edition
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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The Buzz on Bumblebee Malware
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Social Engineering: How Threat Actors Manipulate Their Targets
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May 24, 2022 |
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Paying Attention to BEC: The Most Costly Threat by Individual Losses
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May 10, 2022 |
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Web Bugs & the Tubthumping Tactics of Chinese Threat Actor TA416
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Defending Against Cyber Criminals: Emotet’s Resurrection & Conti’s Implosion
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Threat Actor 2541: The Latest Tricks & Patterns
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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The Troubling Rise of MFA Kits
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Discussing RTF Template Injection: A Malicious Phishing Attempt
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Mar 02, 2022 |