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What Is URL Classification?
As the world came online and the internet took on a life of its own, websites of all kinds popped up by the thousands. This explosion of content on every topic imaginable is part of what has made the worldwide web such a captivating and valuable space over the past...
USPS Scam: Very SoPHISHticated
Imagine this. It arrives just like so many other SMS messages these days. It’s from an unknown number, it’s got a call to action, and it’s not overly-threatening. In fact, it’s actually kind of friendly: “Avoid package loss. Thank you!” “The USPS team wishes...
The Risks of Relying on VirusTotal for Domain Threat Intelligence
TL;DR – By the end of this post you will have an understanding of: how VirusTotal determines the risk of a URL, why you shouldn’t rely solely on VirusTotal for threat intelligence, where VirusTotal gets their data, how to get the most recent threat...
How to check if a .zip domain is malicious – and how did we end up here?
Cybersecurity opinion is unanimous, for once It’s rare, but every so often, the cybersecurity community locks arms and stands in solidarity against a common threat. This is usually in response to some large-scale compromise such as the recent events involving...
BrightCloud URL/IP Lookup vs. alphaMountain threatYeti
From time to time we like to test different IP reputation and web classification solutions, and what better way than by taking the most recent SMS spam message from your mobile phone (you know you’ve gotten one recently) and putting the URL into different solutions to...
Reflections on our first RSA Conference
As a seed stage startup, events are hard. Giant conventions are even harder. But we didn’t let that deter us from mustering half of our small-but-mighty team to make the pilgrimage to San Francisco for the 2023 RSA Conference where we set up camp for two and a half...