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IBM sells i2: what’s next for your analytics platform?
IBM’s sale of i2 to Harris makes the security community rethink what they need in an investigative analytics platform The world of security analytics is a buzz concerning the recent sale of IBM’s i2 portfolio to Harris Computer. Users have become speculative as to potential shifts and the uncertainty of the solution’s roadmap and ongoing support. Savvy organizations are using this as an opportunity to evaluate what they need in…
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5 Kinds of Cryptocurrency Crime
Technology has made almost every aspect of our lives – and the lives of criminals – easier. The blockchain has fostered an ecosystem in which illicit actors can easily operate anonymously and internationally, stalling financial investigations and setting the stage for increased crypto crime. In our previous blog we outlined how criminal actors exploit the…
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Are Telecoms the Most Popular Target of Cyber-Attacks in 2021?
Recent headlines have focused on data breaches of social media platforms, but the frequency and impact of these attacks pale in comparison to those in cyber-criminals’ favorite industry: telecommunications. Cyber-attacks on telecoms are popular because their databases carry detailed information on millions of customers. A successful telecom data breach could yield contact details, social security…
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Money Laundering: The Key to Cryptocurrency Crime
Money laundering is a common theme among many crypto crimes. Criminal actors exploit the anonymity of the blockchain to launder gains from both off-chain and on-chain crimes to obfuscate the sources of illicit funds and convert them into cash for bank deposits. Cryptocurrency is used by criminals to launder funds from diverse types of crimes,…
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Keeping up With Financial Investigations in the Crypto Age
The strategies of criminals and terrorists are constantly evolving, employing new techniques and technologies to commit crimes and stay one step ahead of law enforcement and security organizations. The blockchain has presented a valuable opportunity for dark actors to make countless types of anonymous cryptocurrency transactions, ranging from drug trafficking to money laundering to terror…
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5 Reasons Why Criminals & Terrorists Turn to Cryptocurrencies
In this blog, Cognyte presents the appeal of cryptocurrency to criminals and terrorists, outlines the challenges facing security and law enforcement, and explains how Cognyte’s solution can help overcome these challenges and track down those behind illicit crypto transactions.
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Cognyte’s Blockchain Analytics Solution Wins the 2021 Milipol Innovation Awards
Cognyte is honored and humbled to announce that its revolutionary blockchain analytics solution has been selected as a winner of the 2021 Milipol Innovation Awards. The contest took place as part of the Milipol Paris event, a leading event for security that hosts a global audience of tens of thousands of members of the security…
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2021 LinkedIn breach: cybercriminals are the new headhunters
The fact that multiple databases of stolen records are shared for free on Dark Web platforms is not new. Stolen data can be used for various types of attacks, including spear-phishing, random malspam campaigns, etc. But a new, concerning data breach trend is emerging. Across Dark Web forums, services offer large-scale data filtered by categories,…
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Information & attention – a balancing act for improved SOC intelligence
Teams in Security Operations Centers (SOC) increasingly need to balance their attention across vast amounts of information from multiple sources. But while the challenges of situational intelligence and effective incident management and response are becoming more complex, they are certainly not new. Herbert A. Simon had observed the simple but intrinsic connection between information and…
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1 Million Leaked Credit Cards on Dark Web – 2021
Details of 1 million stolen credit cards were recently shared on the dark web, free of charge, hoping to draw hackers to a new card marketplace. Learn about the new marketplace and the top email address domains that were shared.
