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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Dark Web Markets: Are They Still a Corporate Security Threat?
In August 2020, having led an international raid arresting over 172 Dark Web vendors, Interpol proclaimed “The Underground Golden Age Is Over”. You have heard the expression, “You can kill…
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OSINT Techniques for Domain POIs
In the digital world, domains are autonomous regions. They are the bodies that people, organizations, or nations use to maneuver, communicate, transact, or even cause harm on the Internet. Point…
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Pastebins: Hubs of Illicit Content or Disappearing Dinosaurs?
Back in the late 1990s, a new service appeared to help IRC users to share large blocks of computer code with each other. These services were called “pastebins”. It was…
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OSINT Techniques for Organization POIs
Saying you are only as strong as your weakest link may be trite – but it’s true. While one organization might be investing in defense for data and networks, third-parties…
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