Ben Lampere

Ransomware has evolved into a global criminal industry that operates more like a Fortune 500 company than a street gang. Built on a franchise model known as Ransomware as a Service (RaaS), these groups provide malware, infrastructure, customer support, and even brand management to affiliates. As attackers become more organized and sophisticated, defenders including law enforcement, cyber insurers, and threat intelligence teams have been forced to evolve just as quickly.

Most malicious scanners are looking for real vulnerabilities and leaks, so I gave them as much as they could ask for. With the help of AI, you can nearly instantly generate any data being requested. With a single ChatGPT/Claude subscription and a Digital Ocean instance, the most annoying honeypot was possible. Back in 2023, I bought a .zip domain name when they first came out. There was a lot of buzz that these domains would be used almost exclusively for malicious activity, given the name's...

It’s the year 2026 and the war on the Chatbots is in full swing. I constantly see articles about who is the best AI, but I honestly don’t know what is marketing and what is true. For that reason, I decided to take the contest into my own hands. So how do you determine who is the smartest? The same way we have decided who is the smartest all through history: Trivia Night. But this is AI, so we don’t need to wait for Thursday night at the bar. We can have trivia tonight, tomorrow, nonstop....