Dancho Danchev

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Dancho Danchev

Dancho Danchev (born November 1984) is a cybersecurity researcher[1][2] based in Bulgaria.[3][4]

Early Life

Dancho Danchev has been an active security blogger since 2007. He is a cybersecurity researcher and a WhoisXML API threat researcher.[5][6][7]

Danchev went missing in 2011, according to reports, after his blog post on the collection of his research on terrorist organisations' use of the internet for jihad.[8][9]

Professional career

In a portfolio of domains and IP addresses used in ransomware campaigns, Dancho Danchev found a list of known threat actors, and that portfolio has 810 IP addresses and 62,763 domain names.[10]

Through OSINT research, he gathered 20 email addresses that belonged to credit card criminals.[1]

Dancho Danchev investigated the Democratic National Committee (DNC) system intrusion in-depth using publicly available indications of compromise (IoCs).[11]

Related pages

  • How I Got Busted for Loving the U.S in Cyberspace?[12]
  • Global Cyberspace Operations Synchronization[13]
  • "Enable Dislike Button" Facebook scam[14]
  • Exposing TrickBot’s Bitzlato Cryptocurrency Exchange – An OSINT Analysis[15]
  • Profiling the Internet Connected Infrastructure of the Genesis Market Cybercrime-Friendly Online Marketplace[16], Part 2[17]
  • The Most Wanted Cyber Jihadist – An Analysis[18]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Uncovering Stolen Card E-Shops Using DNS Intelligence" (in en). https://circleid.com/posts/uncovering-stolen-card-e-shops-using-dns-intelligence. 
  2. "Dancho DANCHEV personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK" (in en). https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/KHvFuxIoAiNNVFkQvIZqigxaVFE/appointments. 
  3. Danchev, Dancho (2022-02-04). "Who is Dancho Danchev?" (in en-US). https://securityboulevard.com/2022/02/who-is-dancho-danchev/. 
  4. "Predator Surveillance Software May Not Be Lawful at All" (in en). https://circleid.com/posts/20220712-predator-surveillance-software-may-not-be-lawful-at-all. 
  5. "Who Could Be Behind the Latest GitHub-Hosted Malware Infrastructure?" (in en). https://circleid.com/posts/20220928-who-could-be-behind-the-latest-github-hosted-malware-infrastructure. 
  6. "Koobface Makes a Comeback" (in en). https://circleid.com/posts/20220730-koobface-makes-a-comeback. 
  7. "Predator Surveillance Software May Not Be Lawful at All" (in en). https://circleid.com/posts/20220712-predator-surveillance-software-may-not-be-lawful-at-all. 
  8. Zetter, Kim. "Security Researcher, Cybercrime Foe Goes Missing" (in en-US). Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. https://www.wired.com/2011/01/dancho-danchev-missing/. 
  9. Chen, Adrian (2011-01-14). "Cybercrime Blogger Vanishes After Finding Tracking Device In His Bathroom" (in en). https://www.gawker.com/5733961/cybercrime-blogger-vanishes-after-finding-tracking-device-in-his-bathroom. 
  10. "Profiling a Massive Portfolio of Domains Involved in Ransomware Campaigns" (in en). https://circleid.com/posts/20230314-profiling-a-massive-portfolio-of-domains-involved-in-ransomware-campaigns. 
  11. "Profiling the Massive Infrastructure Behind the Democratic National Committee Cyberintrusion" (in en). https://circleid.com/posts/20220919-profiling-the-massive-infrastructure-behind-the-democratic-national-committee-cyberintrusion. 
  12. Danchev, Dancho (2023-04-28). "How I Got Busted for Loving the U.S in Cyberspace?" (in en-US). https://securityboulevard.com/2023/04/how-i-got-busted-for-loving-the-u-s-in-cyberspace/. 
  13. Danchev, Dancho (2023-06-02). "A Brief Overview of U.S Cyber Command's Global Cyberspace Operations Synchronization (GCOS) Concept - Or Can We Make The Difference Between Real-Time and Synchronization in Cyberspace?" (in en-US). https://securityboulevard.com/2023/06/a-brief-overview-of-u-s-cyber-commands-global-cyberspace-operations-synchronization-gcos-concept-or-can-we-make-the-difference-between-real-time-and-synchronization-in-cyberspace/. 
  14. "'Enable Dislike Button' scam spreading on Facebook" (in en). https://www.zdnet.com/article/enable-dislike-button-scam-spreading-on-facebook/. 
  15. Danchev, Dancho (2023-02-09). "Exposing TrickBot's Bitzlato Cryptocurrency Exchange - An OSINT Analysis" (in en-US). https://securityboulevard.com/2023/02/exposing-trickbots-bitzlato-cryptocurrency-exchange-an-osint-analysis/. 
  16. Danchev, Dancho (2023-04-06). "Profiling the Internet Connected Infrastructure of the Genesis Market Cybercrime-Friendly Online Marketplace" (in en-US). https://securityboulevard.com/2023/04/profiling-the-internet-connected-infrastructure-of-the-genesis-market-cybercrime-friendly-online-marketplace/. 
  17. Danchev, Dancho (2023-04-10). "Profiling the Internet Connected Infrastructure of the Genesis Market Cybercrime-Friendly Online Marketplace - Part Two" (in en-US). https://securityboulevard.com/2023/04/profiling-the-internet-connected-infrastructure-of-the-genesis-market-cybercrime-friendly-online-marketplace-part-two/. 
  18. Danchev, Dancho (2022-10-26). "The Most Wanted Cyber Jihadist - An Analysis" (in en-US). https://securityboulevard.com/2022/10/the-most-wanted-cyber-jihadist-an-analysis/.