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How OSINT Can Help Identify Employment Fraud
Employment fraud poses a significant risk to companies that depend heavily on a remote workforce…
Shielded on All Sides: Combining Manual PII Removal and Vulnerability Monitoring to Enhance Executive Protection
The availability of sensitive personal data through breaches and its continual sale online exposes individuals—and by extension employers—to a range of threats…
Gamifying Extremism: The Identitarian Movement Gets Another Video Game
Nisos researchers examined The Great Rebellion, a video game available on popular gaming download platforms that pushes extremist, racist, and hateful pan-European ideology…
AI Hype vs Hesitance
AI isn’t just a buzzword anymore—it’s woven into the fabric of our daily lives. From chatbots handling customer service to self-driving cars and AI-generated content…
DPRK Remote Workers Hiring Scheme: Lessons Learned
In mid July 2024, a US security awareness training company revealed that it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker using a stolen identity…
2024 US Presidential Election: Politically Motivated Threats Target Range of Stakeholders
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…
Building Trustworthy AI: Contending with Data Poisoning
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) systems are adopted and integrated globally, the threat of data poisoning attacks remains…
AI-Enabled Digital Messaging: From Political Campaigns to Influence Operations
Nisos analysts are keeping a close eye on how both official and covert actors are using AI to influence elections…
Preparing for Cyber and Physical Security Risks at the 2024 Esports World Cup
High-profile events like the 2024 Esports World Cup, which will take place in Saudi Arabia between 4 July and 25 August, attract risks to attendees…
What India’s Elections Can Teach Us About AI
India just wrapped up the world’s largest elections during which we saw broad use of AI, offering insights for future election cycles…
Preparing for Cyber and Physical Security Risks at the 2024 Olympics
High-profile events like the Olympic Games attract attention from a variety of threat actors with a range of motivations…
Ask the Analyst: Nisos Anti-scraping Expert Scott Tessier
The global market for web scraping surpassed $600 million in 2023, with some estimates projecting the market to…
Ask the Analyst: Nisos Events and Ticket Fraud Expert Kirk Maguire
With the Olympics on the horizon, what trends in ticket fraud have you observed from…
Tracking Illegal Pharmaceutical Sales on Social Media
Nisos continuously monitors mainstream and alternative social media platforms as well as other online…
The Boosters: Don’t Get Used to the Boost
Criminal boosters—individuals who steal and transport merchandise in support of Organized Retail Crime (ORC) enterprises…
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