Appreciation post time. There are a lot of security researchers who have an entire career focused on tracking botnets, or information stealers, and do so for years with little to no recognition. We'd like to take a minute to shoutout a few people who we think are doing great stuff and not getting enough love and respect. - @malwrhunterteam, consistently for years tracking malware, initial access malware, and openly sharing information it - @Max_Mal_, @Cryptolaemus1 (and whoever is part of the group), @JAMESWT_MHT, and @1ZRR4H, for ruthlessly tracking many of the big names botnets and loaders and openly sharing information on it - @JaffaCakes118, and @Neiki__, they both are some of the largest malware collectors and distributors. They've freely shared millions of malware samples for years. - @Gootloader, actively tracking Gootloader, the initial access malware used by many ransomware groups, and doing so, for free, for literally years. - @bmmaloney97, the number one expert in Windows One Drive analysis and internal. He has openly and freely shared his research for years. - @RussianPanda9xx, for actively tracking Lumma Stealer (and tons of others), for what feels like forever, and openly sharing information and updates on the malware. There's so many more we could shoutout, but we can't think of anymore off the top of our our head. But your work is respected and remembered. Thank you so much for the things you do for the researchers and the world.

Today @RecordedFuture released a research paper on using malware infostealer logs to identify CSAM consumers. RecordedFuture identified over 3,000 individuals purchasing CSAM. All users were reported to their respective law enforcement agency. recordedfuture.com/caught-in…