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Preemptive Cybersecurity: What Gartner Means and Why It Matters
MSSP Operations Security Automation Threat Intelligence

Preemptive Cybersecurity: What Gartner Means and Why It Matters

Gartner named preemptive cybersecurity one of its top strategic technology trends and predicts it will account for 50% of IT security spending by 2030. This is what the category means,...

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It’s Not Phishing, It’s UX: How Platform Design Pushes Users Toward Malware
Threat Intelligence Zynapers Zynia Labs

It’s Not Phishing, It’s UX: How Platform Design Pushes Users Toward Malware

Roblox accounts appear in Zynap's compromised credentials database at five times the rate of Google or Facebook. This article examines why, and what it reveals about the credential harvesting pipeline,...

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The Fifth Domain at War: Cyber Operations in the 2026 Middle East Conflict
Zynia Labs

The Fifth Domain at War: Cyber Operations in the 2026 Middle East Conflict

Zynia Labs tracked the cyber dimension of the 2026 Middle East conflict through open-source intelligence and Telegram activity, mapping over 80 hacktivist groups, a coordinated Electronic Operations Room, and operations...

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Dark Web Marketplaces: Inside the Underground Economy
Zynia Labs

Dark Web Marketplaces: Inside the Underground Economy

This report examines the structure, economics, and key players of the dark web marketplace ecosystem as of mid-2026.

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Defensive Rootkits: Engineering Kernel-Level Malware Analysis from Ring 0
Zynia Labs

Defensive Rootkits: Engineering Kernel-Level Malware Analysis from Ring 0

Every generation of malware analysis has an expiration date. Signature databases became obsolete against polymorphic packers. Behavioral monitoring in user-mode became obsolete against API-level detection. Network traffic analysis lost visibility...

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From notsafety to Daniel H******: Unmasking the Real Identity Behind neo_net’s Smishing-as-a-Service Operation
Zynia Labs

From notsafety to Daniel H******: Unmasking the Real Identity Behind neo_net’s Smishing-as-a-Service Operation

There's a moment in most OSINT investigations where a single piece of carelessness cracks the whole case open. Sometimes it's a reused password, sometimes it's an IP address that shows...

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Infrastructure of a Heist: How Credential Theft Operates at Scale
Threat Intelligence Zynia Labs

Infrastructure of a Heist: How Credential Theft Operates at Scale

Credential theft is cheap: $1,363 to launch, $250/month infostealers, $3.63 hosting. We dissected the infrastructure fueling the epidemic.

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Anatomy of Exposure: Mapping Victims in a Credential Theft Epidemic
Threat Intelligence Zynia Labs

Anatomy of Exposure: Mapping Victims in a Credential Theft Epidemic

1.2 billion credentials stolen. Gaming accounts under siege. Weak passwords everywhere. Dive into our analysis of the credential theft crisis.

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The Hidden Costs of Bad OPSEC: A Case Study on ‘Xanthorox’
Threat Intelligence Zynia Labs

The Hidden Costs of Bad OPSEC: A Case Study on ‘Xanthorox’

A residential router, exposed email, and reused handles. The digital breadcrumbs that led us from a dark web AI tool to its creator's doorstep.

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