Hiding in Plain Sight

ronjor · Apr 5, 2019

Friday, April 5, 2019 This blog was written by Jon Munshaw and Jaeson Schultz.

Cisco Talos is continually working to ensure that our threat intelligence not only accounts for the latest threats but also new versions of old threats, such as spam. This often means pursuing cybercriminals wherever they congregate. However, instead of wheeling-and-dealing using hidden servers on some mysterious dark web address, a surprisingly large number of cyber scofflaws prefer to operate right out in the open using social media. For example, Facebook is host to dozens of groups that serve as online marketplaces and exchanges for cybercriminals. Talos saw spam from services advertised in these Facebook groups show up in our own telemetry data, indicating a potential impact to Cisco customers from these groups.
Click to expand...

ronjor · Apr 5, 2019

Facebook closes groups that offered phishing services, hacked data for sale to thousands of members

By Danny Palmer | April 5, 2019
Researchers at Cisco Talos uncover 74 Facebook groups being used for illicit activity by hundreds of thousands of users.
Click to expand...

Log in or Sign up

Hiding in Plain Sight

ronjor Global Moderator

ronjor Global Moderator

Log in or Sign up

Hiding in Plain Sight

ronjor Global Moderator

ronjor Global Moderator

Useful Searches