Cyber Crime

This page lists all public cybercrime-related publications I’ve worked on through time.

2023

How Kopeechka, an Automated Social Media Accounts Creation Service, Can Facilitate Cybercrime
 Full research
Journalists about it: TheRecord – Yahoo! News – Numerama – Data Security Breach


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Cybercriminals Exploit the Moroccan Tragedy in New Scam Campaign

Journalists about it: Numerama – Global Security Mag

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Impulse Team’s Massive Years-Long Mostly-Undetected Cryptocurrency Scam
Full research
(in collaboration with Joseph C. Chen)

Journalists about it: Le Monde – DarkReading – KrebsOnSecurity – TechRadar – TradingView – The Hacker News

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IPFS: A New Data Frontier or a New Cybercriminal Hideout?
Full research

2022


New RURansom Wiper Targets Russia
Full research

(in collaboration with Jaromir Horejsi)
Journalists about it: Cybernews – SCMagazine

2021

The Risks of Subscription Sharing Platforms
Publication

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Void Balaur and the Rise of the Cybermercenary Industry
Summary – Full paper
(in collaboration with Feike Hacquebord)
Journalists about it: Forbes – Le Monde – Le Figaro – 20 Minutes – The Hacker News – Threat Post
TechTarget – CSO Online – BleepingComputer – The Record – DarkReading – India Times

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Fake DarkSide Campaign Targets Energy and Food Sectors
Full research
Journalists about it : BleepingComputer – HelpNetSecurity – HackRead – Threat Post
Cyber Security Review – BankInfoSecurity

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How Cybercriminals Abuse OpenBullet for Credential Stuffing
Full research – Video
(in collaboration with Fyodor Yarochkin & Vladimir Kropotov)

2020

Scammers Use Home Addresses of Targets in France
Full research
Journalists about it: Le Parisien – Ouest France – DNA
 

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French companies Under Attack from Clever BEC Scam
Full research
Journalists about it: Le Monde – Sunbren

2019

Advanced Targeted Attack Tools Found Being Used to Distribute Cryptocurrency Miners
Full research
(in collaboration with Fyodor Yarochkin & Vladimir Kropotov)
Journalists about it : ITWire – CyberScoop


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A Hacking Group is Stealing Popular Instagram Profiles
Full research
(in collaboration with Jindrich Karasek)
Journalists about it: Digital Information World – CyberScoop

2018

InfoSec Guide: Taking Down Fraudulent Domains (Part 2)
Publication

InfoSec Guide: Domain Monitoring — Detecting Phishing Attacks (Part 1)
Publication

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Critical Infrastructures Exposed and at Risk: Energy and Water Industries
Summary – Full paper
(in collab with Stephen Hilt, Numaan Huq, Vladimir Kropotov, Robert McArdle, Roel Reyes)
Journalists about it: AP News – IIoT World – WaterISAC – Monde Economique – HelpNetSecurity 

2017

New RETADUP Variants Hit South America, Turn To Cryptocurrency Mining
Full research
(in collaboration with Kenney Lu & Lenart Bermejo)

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Retadup / Information Stealer Found Hitting Israeli Hospitals
Full research
Journalists about it: ZDNet – Liberation – Capital – Le Parisien – Challenges – France24 – Avast – SecurityWeek – BleepingComputer – DarkReading

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Android Backdoor GhostCtrl can Silently Record Your Audio, Video, and More
Full research
(in collaboration with Lenart Bermejo & Jordan Pan)
Journalists about it: PhonAndroid – FrAndroid – Zebulon – Logitheque – SecurityIntelligence (IBM) – BleepingComputer – GBHackers –  HackRead – DailyMail – SCMagazine – FossBytes – The Sun – International Business Times – ZDNet

2016

The French Underground: Under a Shroud of Extreme Caution
Summary – Full paper – French version
Journalists about it : Le Monde – BFMTV – La Tribune – La Depeche – Silicon – GlobalSecurityMag – TheRegister – ZDNet

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The French Dark Net is Looking for Grammar Police
Full research
Journalists about it: Tripwire

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When Hackers Hack Each Other—A Staged Affair in the French Underground?
Full research

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French Dark Bets: Betting On Euro 2016
Full research

2015

Fake Judicial Spam Leads to Backdoor with Fake Certificate Authority
Full research
(in collaboration with Kenney Lu & Dark Luo)
Journalists about it: HelpNetSecurity – ProofPoint