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Strategic Intelligence Report: Latin America and the Caribbean This report outlines Latin America and the Caribbean’s history of instability but notes recent moves towards democracy and increased global interest. It highlights a shift towards closer ties with China, marked by significant investments across sectors, moving away from traditional relationships with the United States. The report […]

Ongoing collective hacking operations such as OpIsrael, OpIran and OpIndia consist of several hacktivist threat actors working independently to disrupt critical infrastructure and government entities. OpIsrael is an annual coordinated cyberattack, during which pro-Palestine hacktivists attack Israeli government, commercial and private websites. The campaign was launched in November 2012 by the Anonymous collective. OpIran and

Cyjax has published a new White Paper which analyses the presence of China and Russia in Africa and how their focus on investments, training and teaching new talent can work to their benefit. Both China and Russia have sympathised with post-colonial struggles in Africa and have actively shown continued support for areas of significant need

Bitcoin is not private. Due to its transparent ledger and modern blockchain analysis techniques, the tracing of transactions on its network is relatively simple. Transactions and wallet addresses can be tied to real world identities due to Know Your Customer (KYC) laws. It is currently completely impractical to use Bitcoin anonymously. Monero and its relevance

Cryptocurrency and Blockchain technologies have been one of the most prevalent and growing technology industries over the past few years. Threat actors have begun to see cryptocurrency as a highly profitable target for a wide range of reasons, including the ease of laundering, lack of effective testing, and the large number of holders which can

Cyjax has published a new White Paper which is divided into two distinct sections. First, it provides a historical and contemporary overview of the situation in Ukraine, along with an assessment of President Putin’s rationale for launching the 2022 invasion. The events which took place on 24 February 2022 took the world largely by surprise.

Energy infrastructure in Ukraine finds itself on the front line in its war with Russia as nation state cyber threat actors target critical control systems. Chinese companies are developing hardware-based malware as present and future cyber threats to global energy infrastructure rise. In December 2015, a year after the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine was illegally

The major cyber threats facing the energy sector include ransomware, phishing, malware, vulnerability exploitation, supply chain issues, and DDoS attacks. These attacks may be carried out by state-sponsored threat actors, highly-organised criminal gangs, hacktivist collectives or even individuals acting alone. The energy sector is a prime target for cyber criminals for a variety of reasons:

November has been a rollercoaster month for the crypto landscape after we witnessed FTX, one of the largest exchanges collapse, unleashing all hell onto the cryptocurrency community. However, while this has held the focus, amongst this noise there have been some innovative threats to the sector questioning the importance of anonymity, communication and security testing.