We’re doing some interesting studies (cybersecurity-wise, not finance-wise) on digital currency networks at work-work and — while I’m loathe to create a geo-map from IPv4 geolocation data — we: do get (often, woefully inaccurate) latitude & longitude data from our geolocation service (I won’t name-and-shame here); and, there are definite geo-aspects to the prevalence of… Continue reading
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R⁶ — Tracking WannaCry Bitcoin Wallet Payments with R
If you follow me on Twitter or monitor @Rapid7’s Community Blog you know I’ve been involved a bit in the WannaCry ransomworm triage. One thing I’ve been doing is making charts of the hourly contribution to the Bitcoin addresses that the current/main attackers are using to accept ransom payments (which you really shouldn’t pay, now,… Continue reading