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Flare

Cybersecurity provider whose report traced the DeadCatx3 handle across GitHub, HackerOne, Steam and Telegram to attribute TeamPCP leadership.

Known aliases

  • flare.io
  • Flare Network
  • Flare Research
  • Flare's Emerging Threats Team
  • Flare Threat Flow

Current stories

investOne report1 publisher

Firelight's staked FXRP now backs $38 million of cover that was charged $56,914 in premiums

Firelight's Oct. 6 activation put existing FXRP stakers behind $38 million of cover, with exits now taking 30 to 60 days. Premiums charged came to about $56,914, or 0.15% of the cover, against a first-loss buffer near $1.0 million, CryptoSlate reported.

Publishers:cryptoslate.com

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption35
Hype gap+20
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence62
investOne report1 publisher

Staked XRP now backs loss cover in Sentora's DeFi vaults

Firelight on Oct. 6 activated loss cover for Sentora's DeFi vaults, backed by an XRP staking pool that passed 50 million tokens in March. Stakers collect operator-paid fees and are slashed after a confirmed loss, so XRP holders now underwrite DeFi exploit risk.

Publishers:news.bitcoin.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption30
Hype gap+25
Incentives70
Confidence40
securityConfirmed16 publishers

AFP sizes the Shai-Hulud syndicate's take at more than 500,000 credentials

Two men arrested in Australia this week are alleged TeamPCP members. The AFP estimate filed alongside the case puts the worm's take at more than 500,000 credentials and 300GB of data, and that scale makes token lifetime the live question.

Perspective Coverage

16 publishers
Builder
Builder 29%
Operator
Operator 56%
Investor
Investor 15%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption68
Hype gap+30
Incentives58
Confidence70
securityOne report1 publisher

Flare puts 46 percent of corporate stealer-log credentials on likely unmanaged devices

The figure comes from a vendor selling stealer-log monitoring, and no methodology is stated, but it lands on the awkward half of the response: containment on hardware the employer does not own, while the session cookie circulates.

Reality

Evidence26
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+38
Incentives88
Confidence44
productOne report1 publisher

Flare traced TeamPCP's GitHub handle to a HackerOne profile carrying a real name

Australian Federal Police arrested two men over malicious code the agency estimates reached more than 1,000 organisations. What identified the alleged leader was a screen name he kept using on other platforms.

Publishers:pcmag.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption52
Hype gap+18
Incentives62
Confidence55