In late December of last year, Forbes published an article describing the actions of Hold Security against the Russian illegal drug platform Solaris. Today we are releasing additional information and data about this platform.

Hold Security identified stolen dataset trafficked on the Dark Web as likely belonging to AT&T Internet, TV, or landline customers. Based on our research, the breach occurred early 2018 and more than 20 million customer identities have been impacted.

In these difficult times, we stand with the people of Ukraine. Hold Security, LLC and our European counterpart HS Technology, Inc. have been and continue to help individuals and families affected by the war. Today, we are formally announcing another initiative to help those affected by the crisis to join the fight and help prevent global cybercrime. With the opening of our new Ukrainian office, which will remain virtual, for the time of war, we will hire and train native Ukrainians and provide them with skills in cyber security and threat intelligence needed to ensure proper defenses against cyber criminals and nation-state cyber threat actors.

Hold Security’s visibility into the Conti gang includes many vantage points besides the Conti Leaks. Through one of them we saw Conti members discussing their disdain of the Putin’s war against Ukraine. Read more

DOJ names the first Trickbot gang cybercriminal facing 19 criminal charges. Hold Security uncovers exclusive details behind Alla Witte, aka Max, the most unusual cybercriminal.

Hold Security Threat Intelligence team identified a breach of Glovo – an on-demand courier service. Our quick actions likely prevented data from being stolen. Read more on Forbes

Supply Chain vulnerabilities are more critical than ever. Alex Holden’s article touches upon critical issues that we should consider when improving our Supply Chain security.

Hold Security discovers hackers targeting Oxford University Biomedical Lab. They accessed sensitive controls which went beyond typical attack patterns. Read more on Forbes

US Healthcare system is experiencing the most significant cyber security threat ever and its unfolding in the heat of a contentions presidential election and the worst global pandemic in a century. Hold Security has been closely tracking the Trickbot gang and Ryuk ransomware for a long time. This unprecedented wave of ransomware attacks originating from Trickbot which is still struggling to recover after a takedown attempt. New York Times story explains the threat.

Hold Security discovers a gang impersonating businesses for financial fraud. Using various impersonation techniques, the gang created fake profiles with DNB allowing them to establish significant credit lines for the abused businesses. Brian Krebs publishes our joint investigation into the malicious activities.