Event / Incident: Data Point Intelligence Guide
An event is where every other data point converges: a time, a place, a set of actors, and the messy...
Ransomware
Detection Signature: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A detection signature is intelligence written in executable form. Read as a document, it tells you exactly what its author...
Cryptocurrency Address: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A blockchain address is a pseudonymous account with a permanent, public and complete transaction history. That combination makes it the...
Onion / Hidden Service: Data Point Intelligence Guide
An onion address is a public key, not a location. Everything you can learn about a hidden service comes from...
Malware Family: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A malware family name is an analytical claim, not a fact stamped on the binary. It is the most useful...
File Hash: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A file hash is the cheapest reliable fact in cyber threat intelligence: fixed length, unambiguous, and either it matches or...
IP Address: Data Point Intelligence Guide
An IP address tells you where traffic went, not who sent it. Treat it as a lead on infrastructure, never...
Domain Name: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A domain name is the cheapest thing an adversary buys and the most expensive thing for them to keep clean....
Criminal Intelligence (CRIMINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Criminal intelligence is not case notes with better formatting. It is the discipline that turns scattered incidents into an articulable...
Cryptocurrency Intelligence (CRYPTINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Public blockchains keep a permanent, complete record of every transfer. The hard part was never the data. It is knowing...
