
Hunting Telegram, Web3, Hydra Saiga Post-exploitation: February’s intel update
Source: YouTube · VMRay · published Feb 24, 2026 · 45:49
The webinar discusses Telegram-based infrastructure as a primary tool for cybercriminals, highlighting its popularity due to perceived anonymity and ease of use 1:45.
Key Takeaways:
• The hosts introduce the February 2026 highlight series, focusing on technical threat landscape updates 1:05.
• Telegram remains a "favorite" for criminals due to its encryption and minimal moderation compared to other platforms 1:50.
• Cybercriminals leverage Telegram for hosting malicious infrastructure, distributing malware, and coordinating attacks 1:55.
This trend underscores the need for enhanced monitoring of encrypted messaging apps in cybersecurity strategies.
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Hello everyone. We will wait for just 30 seconds then we are going to start. Thank you. I think we can start. Um, hello everybody. Welcome to the February 2026 edition of our highlight series, webinar series. I am Arur Rukara and I'm joined today by one and only uh Patrick Stapman, team lead of thread analysis from our labs. It's great to have you here Patrick in this channel again. >> Yeah, thanks for having me and hello everyone as well from my side. So I mean we we keep momentum going from the last one again focusing on the technical uh you know uh technical side um of the threat landscape and today the highlight be around uh as we um used in the announcement uh telegram-based infrastructure uh is kind of always absolute favorites for cyber criminals um but as well as um like nation sta…