Nisos is tracking a network of likely North Korean (DPRK)-affiliated IT workers posing as Vietnamese, Japanese, and Singaporean nationals with the goal of obtaining employment in remote engineering…
C-suite executives are frequently subject to threats and negative sentiment online…
The Japanese government warned domestic companies in March 2024 about contracting North Korean (DPRK) IT workers posing as Japanese nationals to earn cash, as it is suspected…
Nisos routinely monitors mainstream and alternative social media platforms, as well as cloud-based messaging applications and dark web forums…
Virtual kidnapping, or virtual kidnapping for ransom, is a coercive telephonic scheme used to extort ransom payments from victims…
Employment fraud poses a significant risk to companies that depend heavily on a remote workforce…
The availability of sensitive personal data through breaches and its continual sale online exposes individuals—and by extension employers—to a range of threats…
Nisos researchers examined The Great Rebellion, a video game available on popular gaming download platforms that pushes extremist, racist, and hateful pan-European ideology…
Thomas Matthew Crook’s attempt to assassinate former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July 2024 highlights…
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) systems are adopted and integrated globally, the threat of data poisoning attacks remains…
India just wrapped up the world’s largest elections during which we saw broad use of AI, offering insights for future election cycles…
Criminal boosters—individuals who steal and transport merchandise in support of Organized Retail Crime (ORC) enterprises…
Nisos regularly monitors mainstream and alternative social media platforms as well as other online communities…
Nisos investigators identified a number of online personas probably used by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea…
Criminal fencers—individuals who knowingly buy stolen merchandise to resell for profit—are often the lynchpin of an Organized Retail Crime (ORC)…
Attribution work by its very nature is challenging and dependent on the timeliness and accuracy the data researchers initially have on the unknown actor…
With a handful of recent cyber threat intelligence reports alleging direct organizational ties between Conti and Karakurt…
Nisos investigators identified a network of pro-Beijing Twitter accounts likely engaged in state-backed information operation targeting audiences in various countries in Latin America…
Some of our clients are interested in abiding by sanctions laws, and avoiding organizations that may use their corporate platforms or…
From November 30th, 2022 forward, we all have been living in a brave new world. In the nearly six months since ChatGPT’s release, we have noted global-level network traffic shifts from majority…
Nisos identified a predictive analytics firm, Predictvia, which advertises itself as manipulating public discourse and targeting voters in elections…
Trigona’s sophisticated methods make it difficult to detect and come with a potentially hefty ransom price tag for those affected by this security breach…
Nisos found that Venezuelan marketing specialist and “vlogger” Pablo Jose Navas likely operated a social media channel called House of News Espanol that used AI-generated journalists…
Nisos researchers found that numerous inauthentic Twitter accounts are flooding the platform with posts to drown out The Great Translation Movement (TGTM)…
Nisos is tracking an inauthentic online network supporting pro-People’s Republic of China (PRC) narratives and claims on U.S. racial divisions and U.S. biological weapons use…
Nisos investigators discovered a scheme to spread disinformation in support of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonoaro leading up to the October 2022 Brazil presidential election…
Bots Use Melania Trump’s Name in a Coordinated Marketing Campaign to Promote Fast Fashion on Chinese E-Commerce Website Nisos identified a Twitter-based marketing campaign advertising Temu, a Chinese company-owned marketplace, that attempted to capitalize on a controver…
Nisos researchers investigated how scammers on social media target and exploit vulnerable populations in an effort to extort money and personal information from victims…
The Coldriver Group, also known as Callisto and SEABORGIUM, is a threat actor known to attack government organizations, think tanks, and journalists…
Nisos researchers conducted additional research on Spanish-language disinformation networks that they initially identified previously…
Nisos researchers, in conjunction with Chainalysis, investigated a network of Twitter accounts associated with a non-fungible token (NFT) scam…
Nisos researchers investigated a social media influence campaign on Twitter that is amplifying Chinese state-run media for the 20th National Congress…
Nisos researchers discovered a new Telegram channel that serves as a video repository for Russian propaganda content related to the war in Ukraine…
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