Taking a More Aggressive Posture Against Russian Cyber Crimes
U.S. and UK officials are taking a more aggressive approach toward Russian cyber crime by publicly naming and shaming Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) for destructive […] More
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Leveraging Accountability to Fix Cybersecurity
When accountability is used as innovation, it not only drives social change but also helps solve seemingly intractable problems. Cybersecurity is an industry that can […] More
Stopping the Next Cyber Conflict
The range of ferocious offensive cyber attacks by revisionist and rogue powers in recent years makes clear that the U.S. and its allies are fully […] More
How to Raise the Risk for Criminals on the Darknet
Just as criminals conduct business in the dark allies of cities, they also trade in illicit products such as drugs, guns, and counterfeit documents through […] More
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Trust Between Criminals is the Darknet’s Real Currency
On July 20, 2017, U.S. and European law enforcement authorities announced they had jointly taken down two major darknet marketplace sites: AlphaBay and Hansa. These […] More
Policing the Dark Alleys of the Internet: The Takedown of AlphaBay and Hansa
On July 5, Thai police arrested a man in Bangkok named Alexandre Cazes, a 26-year-old Canadian, for running an expansive online criminal bazaar called AlphaBay. […] More
Worrying Trends in Cybercrime
With cybercrime expected to reach costs nearing $2 trillion by 2019, firms are urgently seeking ways to better defend their networks from the harmful impacts […] More
Exponential Growth
Whether it’s your phone, your computer, TV, or even a refrigerator, all those connected devices that we depend on in our daily lives have become […] More
Forewarned is Forearmed: Confronting Adversaries in Cyberspace
The risk of attack or theft from cyber-enabled actors has been made extremely clear to both private businesses and governments. The last few years have […] More
It's All About the Money
As more and more business is conducted online and cyber criminals target in on a very lucrative market, both the public and private sector face […] More
Malicious Cyber-Actors in the Financial Services Industry
Observers around the world were shocked when news broke about a major bank heist in Bangladesh. This was no ordinary robbery though – this time, […] More
Unprecedented Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
Cyber threats pose a challenge to banks and firms operating in the financial sector, primarily due to the fact that “vulnerability really exists everywhere,” both […] More
Healthcare and the Cyber Threat
In February, Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital very publicly paid $17,000 to regain access to its files after being infected with a type of malware called ransomware. […] More
Low-Hanging Fruit
Healthcare providers represent an attractive target for hackers due to the wealth of information they store about their patients. The Cipher Brief Spoke to Greg […] More
A Prime Target
On February 5th, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center lost access to its computers after being infected with ransomware – a type of malware that hold files […] More