Flashpoint
Flashpoint Extends Integration Ecosystem, Arming More Users with Uniquely Sourced Intelligence, Visibility into Threats
New SIEM Integrations, TIP Enrichments Powered by Technical Indicators and Data from Illicit Online Communities Bring Wealth of Contextualized Data to Users NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flashpoint, the ...
“BriansClub” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards
"BriansClub," a popular underground store for buying stolen credit card data that uses Yours Truly's likeness in its advertising, has itself been hacked. The data stolen from BriansClub encompasses more than 26 ...
Interview With the Guy Who Tried to Frame Me for Heroin Possession
In April 2013, I received via U.S. mail more than a gram of pure heroin as part of a scheme to get me arrested for drug possession. But the plan failed and ...
DevOps Chat: Security Intelligence with Flashpoint’s Josh Lefkowitz
Flashpoint is a business risk intelligence provider that has been protecting government and private sector assets for a long time. In fact, to paraphrase Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, “We ...
Flashpoint Strengthens Intelligence Platform with New Dashboards and Analytics, Expanded Collections and Tailored Alerting by Industry
Company Significantly Expands Use-Case Driven Business Risk Intelligence (BRI) Offerings London – 24th April 2019 – Flashpoint, the global leader in Business Risk Intelligence (BRI), today announced new innovations and enhancements that ...
Third Party Security Risks to Consider and Manage
Guest article by Josh Lefkowitz, CEO of Flashpoint Acceptable business risks must be managed, and none more so than those associated with external vendors who often have intimate access to infrastructure or ...
Why Phone Numbers Stink As Identity Proof
Phone numbers stink for security and authentication. They stink because most of us have so much invested in these digits that they've become de facto identities. At the same time, when you ...
That Domain You Forgot to Renew? Yeah, it’s Now Stealing Credit Cards
If you own a domain name that gets decent traffic and you fail to pay its annual renewal fee, chances are this mistake will be costly for you and for others. Lately, ...
How Do You Fight a $12B Fraud Problem? One Scammer at a Time
The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware ...
Further Down the Trello Rabbit Hole
Last month's story about organizations exposing passwords and other sensitive data via collaborative online spaces at Trello.com only scratched the surface of the problem. A deeper dive suggests a large number of ...
