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Supply Chain Attacks are a Wake-Up Call for Third Party Due Diligence

August 9, 2021

Information Protection, Third-Party Intelligence

It was a painful wake-up call. On July 2, numerous managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers reported being victims of the REvil ransomware. Soon, it was learned that the…

Open and Dark Web Intelligence for Supply Chain Security

August 6, 2021

Information Protection, Third-Party Intelligence

It would be comforting if the only cyber-risks organizations had to worry about were the ones that smacked up against their firewall and endpoint security solutions. But in the interconnected…

Beware of Hidden Communication Beyond TOR

July 20, 2021

Dark Web Intelligence, Information Protection

At the end of March, Tal Prihar, one of the owners and operators of DeepDotWeb, pleaded guilty to taking kickback payments from underground markets in exchange for sending DeepDotWeb users links…

Open Intelligence Threats for 6 Key Industries

July 13, 2021

Corporate Security, Information Protection

The types of threats impacting industry leaders and their point of vulnerability are far from cookie cutter in appearance and impact. While we hear about higher amounts of phishing or…

Close Protection: The Overlap of Digital & Physical Worlds

June 29, 2021

Corporate Security, Executive Protection

Close protection is a highly chaotic world. There is a unique intersection between physical and digital intelligence, and real-time analysis of environments, people, and conditions by on-the-ground members of a…

Providing Executive Protection: The Best Defense is Good Web Intelligence

June 22, 2021

Corporate Security, Executive Protection

It was only a few decades ago that “bodyguards” started to become a necessary function in the private sector. Today, executive protection is a clearly defined and high-priority area. It’s…

Unified Open & Dark Web Intelligence for Cyber Investigations

June 15, 2021

Dark Web Intelligence, OSINT Tools & Techniques

When security teams approach us, they’re often dealing with groups of bookmarks or several different tools to gather intelligence. Media Sonar integrates a variety of data providers, open-source scripts, and…

Web Intelligence: The Good, Bad & Ugly

May 31, 2021

Corporate Security, Information Protection

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…

Building Web Intelligence Around Critical Assets

May 21, 2021

Information Protection, OSINT Tools & Techniques

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…

Demographics of the Dark Web in 2020

April 19, 2021

Corporate Security, Dark Web Intelligence

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…