#Ukrainian civilians learning about where to find humanitarian assistance and consuming vital updates about the #war and fighting? #Telegram.

#Russian #soldiers seeking info about border crossings so they can flee mobilization? Telegram.

Nationalistic #hacking groups on both sides rallying supporters and sharing target lists and successes? Telegram.

As we are about to mark one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, it's vital to understand how central this app has been for people on both sides of the conflict.

https://news.cybersixgill.com/telegram-russia-ukraine-cyberwar/

#cyberwar #cybercrime #deepweb #threatintelligence

Threat actors use "aged" #ecommerce accounts to enable fraudulent buying and selling while evading #fraud detection.

Our analysis discovered that transactions of aged accounts on the underground are trending upwards: there has been a nearly 240% increase in the monthly average of underground posts mentioning aged Amazon accounts.

#threatintelligence #cybercrime #darkweb

https://news.cybersixgill.com/no-account-ability-a-spike-in-sale-of-aged-e-commerce-accounts-threatens-holiday-shopping-2/

Who here is going to be lazy and buy a gift card this holiday season?

Specifically because gift cards are items that hold cash value, threat actors see in them opportunity to make and launder money. #darkweb threat actors use automated tools to create and validate card numbers with stored value. We found that the most popular ones target #Amazon, #Netflix, #Spotify, #PayPal, and #Sony #Playstation.

And on underground forums, they buy and sell gift cards in bulk in order to launder stolen funds. Actors sell gift cards by the hundreds at a steep discount in order to emerge with clean money.

https://news.cybersixgill.com/how-gift-cards-are-used-to-launder-money/

#fraud #cybercrime #threatintelligence