Web Intelligence: The Good, Bad & Ugly
We live in an age where the majority of developed nations are dominated by the Internet. It has been infused into most facets of the human experience, such as communication…
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Building Web Intelligence Around Critical Assets
As organizations evolve toward ideals of system-wide security, they are expanding their perimeter to include a growing number of different types of assets. Meanwhile, cybercriminals have a more singular focus…
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Demographics of the Dark Web in 2020
Dark web site operators and users want to stay anonymous. This makes perfect sense in an environment where personal identities are dark commodities and lucrative trade. Data breaches exposed 36…
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5 Tips for Visualizations in OSINT Collection and Analysis
A picture can speak a thousand words, give or take. During open and dark web intelligence investigations in particular, how data is visualized is hugely important if investigators are to…
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Security Threats to the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live and work. The way out is the vaccine — or, as turns out, several vaccines, developed by many organizations. They’re now…
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Intelligence Inspired by Society
As the debate roils on about the dismantling of big tech, lawmakers are renewing calls that powerful social platforms, namely Twitter and Facebook, share the blame for such major events…
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Meet Your Data: Metadata & Why It Matters To Intelligence Researchers
Metadata, plain and simple, is data that is used to describe other data. A photograph is a good example of how it works. Every time you take a photo with…
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The Security Talent Gap and Web Intelligence: How MSSPs and MDRs help fill the void
The security staffing landscape is changing – especially for cybersecurity. With a looming cybersecurity talent gap, more security-related areas of responsibility are being outsourced than ever before in order to…
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10 Minute Domain Checkup using OSINT Toolkit
Something that is always top of mind at Media Sonar is the operational efficiency of our customers. We started out seven years ago with a plan to help OSINT investigators…
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Healthcare and Finance: The Unequal Burden of Malicious Attacks
Healthcare and finance companies have a lot of valuable information that malicious attackers place a premium on. They have the most to lose – the health and finances of the…
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