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INTERPOL Takes Down a Infostealers Operation

17 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

  Congrats to INTERPOL for taking down a major cyber information-theft infrastructure! Over 20 thousand IPs/domains were shuttered and 41 servers that contained more than 100GB of sensitive data was seized. It is estimated this group, 32 of which we...

The Enigmatic Odyssey of Silk Road: From Digital Revolution to Its Downfall

2 Dec 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Magoozla

The Enigmatic Odyssey of Silk Road: From Digital Revolution to Its Downfall Introduction Welcome, cyber thrill-seekers and digital adventurers! Today, we delve into one of the wildest tales the internet has ever spun. No, not the ancient trade rout...

Phishing in the Crypto World: How Cyber Attacks Evolved and Impacted the Market

16 Apr 2025 1 minute read 1 comment Zeta Crypto

Have you ever heard of the term “Phishing”? The term Phishing refers to the practice of tricking users into accessing sensitive information, such as private keys, wallet seeds, or login credentials. According to Wikipedia, in 2020, phishing was the m...

Ransomware Explained - Understanding the Attackers

23 Jun 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Matthew Rosenquist

Understanding the attackers is the first step in identifying an effective, efficient, and sustainable paths to mitigating the risks of ransomware. The root cause of ransomware resides with the people behind the attacks.  Recognizing threat agent’s...

Ransomware Cybersecurity Fireside Chat

29 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

In today’s fireside chat, we discuss the relevance, proactive, and reactive considerations every organization should consider as they face Ransomware.  I am joined by Alex Rayter, Principal at Phoenix 2.0, and Justin Daniels, Corporate Cybersecurity...

Value is the Cybersecurity Blind Spot - Speaking at the SPHERE22 Conference

16 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Value is Cybersecurity’s blind spot, it is our Achilles Heel.  The industry currently suffers from a weakness to understand, align, and showcase its maximum potential value, which extends beyond managing digital risks and often includes non-traditio...

Misunderstanding the Economic Factors of Cybercrime

30 May 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist

A new study by Cambridge Cybercrime Centre titled Cybercrime is (often) boring: maintaining the infrastructure of cybercrime economies concludes that cybercrime is boring and recommends authorities change their strategy to highlight the tedium in or...

This is How to End Ransomware

27 Jul 2021 1 minute read 5 comments Matthew Rosenquist

We can rid the world of ransomware attacks to such an extent they are no longer a likely risk vector! It is possible, but we all have to work together. This is not a sales pitch; in fact, I explain why no product or service can truly deliver us from...

Not Paying Ransomware is the Only Way We All Win

22 Feb 2021 1 minute read 9 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Ransomware is on the rise because cybercriminals are being rewarded. Those who are impacted have been paying the ransoms, thereby funding and encouraging attackers to expand and target others. The right path forward, to crush ransomware attacks, is...

Ransomware Explained Video Series

9 Jun 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Ransomware is a rising threat to every organization, device, and person connected to the Internet.  All the products, services, and critical infrastructures are at risk of being victimized.  We are all being impacted by this type of cybercrime and i...