Cyber Threat Intelligence & Dark Web Monitoring

Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) is the continuous collection, analysis, and delivery of actionable information about threats targeting your organization, including dark web monitoring, leaked credential detection, brand impersonation alerts, and threat actor profiling.

A pentest tests your defenses at a point in time. CTI monitors the threat environment continuously, detecting leaked credentials, brand impersonation, and emerging threats before they become incidents.

Cyber Threat Intelligence scope at Cybersecify covers four pillars. (1) Dark web and deep web monitoring: forum scrapes, marketplace listings, paste sites, Telegram channels, code repositories for mentions of your brand, domain, IP ranges, executive names, leaked credentials, sensitive data. (2) Brand impersonation: typosquatting domain detection, fake mobile app detection on Play Store + App Store + third-party stores, social media profile impersonation on LinkedIn + X + Instagram + Facebook, phishing kit detection targeting your login flow. (3) Threat actor profiling: tracking adversary groups active in your sector (fintech, SaaS, healthcare), their tactics + techniques + procedures (TTPs) mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, indicators of compromise (IOCs) enrichment for your SOC. (4) Executive and VIP exposure: monitoring founder + key executive personal data exposure (home address, family details, personal email leaks). Out of scope: offensive action (we monitor and alert, we do not take down infrastructure unilaterally), nation-state attribution claims (we report observed activity without speculative attribution).

Brand Protection and CTI are adjacent but distinct services at Cybersecify. Brand Protection is automated scan + alert: typosquatting domains, fake mobile apps, social impersonation, leaked credentials, surfaced via continuous automated monitoring and delivered as monthly reports. The Security Retainer at INR 24,999 per month includes one free Brand Protection scan per month. CTI is analyst-driven enrichment: contextualizing alerts (is this typosquatting domain actually being weaponized or is it parked, who is behind it, what is their pattern), tracking threat actor groups specifically targeting your sector, producing strategic threat briefings for board-level consumption, supporting incident response with adversary context. CTI is appropriate when the buyer already has an internal SOC or security team that can consume tactical IOCs and strategic briefings; Brand Protection alone is appropriate when the buyer wants surface monitoring without analyst overhead.

Both, depending on engagement scope. Cybersecify CTI engagements use a mix of free open-source intelligence (OSINT) sources (Shodan, Censys, GreyNoise community tier, AlienVault OTX, abuse.ch URLhaus and MalwareBazaar, Spamhaus, Have I Been Pwned API, certificate transparency logs, public dark web indexes), paid commercial feeds (anonymized for buyer confidentiality), and our own internal collection (proprietary scrapers, honeypots, partnership feeds with sector peers). Free feed sourcing is well-covered in our blog post comparing the top threat intelligence platforms for 2026. Paid feed costs are passed through to the buyer with a documented invoice or absorbed into the engagement fee, agreed at scoping. Open-source-only engagements are viable for buyers in cost-sensitive cohorts; paid feeds are recommended for fintech, healthcare, and regulated sectors where analyst confidence in coverage matters.

Yes. Cybersecify CTI deliverables align with the STIX 2.1 (Structured Threat Information eXpression) data model for indicator and threat-actor objects + TAXII 2.1 (Trusted Automated eXchange of Intelligence Information) for transport when the buyer wants automated ingest into a SIEM (Splunk, Sentinel, Elastic, Sumo Logic) or threat-intelligence platform (Anomali, ThreatConnect, MISP, OpenCTI). For buyers running MISP internally, we can publish to a MISP instance directly. For buyers without TIP infrastructure, we deliver via PDF threat briefing + CSV IOC list + JSON indicator export. The Growth pentest plan does not bundle CTI; CTI is a separate engagement (custom-scoped, typically INR 1,50,000 to INR 5,00,000 depending on scope and feed cost). Continuous monitoring engagements are billed monthly with quarterly strategic briefings.

Yes. Indian fintech and SaaS are the sectors Cybersecify CTI has the deepest coverage for, driven by founder background and active engagement portfolio. Specific value for Indian fintech: RBI Master Direction on Cyber Security (April 2022) requires regulated entities to have threat intelligence capability and report material incidents within 6 hours under CERT-In Rule 14; CTI engagements with Cybersecify produce the IOC list + threat-actor briefing + incident-context evidence that supports both RBI and CERT-In reporting workflows. Specific value for Indian SaaS exporting to enterprise customers: brand impersonation monitoring on platforms specific to Indian fraud patterns (Telegram groups, fake recruiter LinkedIn profiles, fake invoice + IndiaMART supplier impersonation, fake APK distribution on third-party Android stores), executive exposure monitoring tuned to Indian PII patterns (Aadhaar, PAN, family relations from voter rolls). We are not CERT-In empanelled (that is a separate empanelment letterhead we do not carry); we work alongside CERT-In empanelled firms when buyers need empanelled incident response.

For Indian fintech and RBI-regulated entities, Cybersecify CTI engagements map outputs to the RBI Master Direction on Information Technology Framework for the NBFC Sector + the RBI Master Direction on Cyber Security in the Banking Sector + the SEBI Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework. Specific touch-points: continuous threat intelligence capability (a documented function with named analyst; the engagement letter satisfies this), incident reporting evidence (IOC + threat-actor context produced as part of CTI is the underlying evidence for RBI and CERT-In submissions), tabletop preparedness (the threat-actor profiling output feeds into incident response tabletop scenarios). Important framing: Cybersecify is NOT CERT-In empanelled; we deliver CTI as analyst service, but formal CERT-In incident response under CERT-In Rule 14 requires an empanelled firm. We partner with empanelled firms for the empanelment-bound portion when buyers need it.

Per the 2026-06-05 pentest focus pivot, Cybersecify narrowed the active push to pentest + retest only for the 3-month window ending 2026-09-05. CTI, audit, OpenEASD, and Brand Protection are inbound-only buckets, we deliver them when buyers inquire, we do not actively market them. The reason: founder bandwidth is the binding constraint. Two founders cannot lead 5 service lines + run sales + run delivery + ship product without sacrificing quality on the bread-and-butter line (pentest). Pentest is the highest-conversion service with the clearest buyer triggers (compliance + investor + customer onboarding + post-incident fear). CTI buyers exist (Indian fintech is the dominant inquiry source) and we serve them, but we do not prioritize CTI in outreach. This may change post-2026-09-05 if pentest delivery hits sustained 3-conversion-per-month ceiling and the 2nd-tier team is operational. CTI inquiries today are handled with same quality bar; the difference is on the inbound vs outbound side.

CTI engagements at Cybersecify are scoped per buyer (not productized like pentest plans). Typical scopes. Point-in-time threat briefing (one-time, 2 to 3 week delivery, scope = your domain + your industry sector + executive exposure check): INR 75,000 to INR 1,50,000 depending on industry breadth. Continuous monitoring engagement (monthly delivery, scope = brand monitoring + leaked credential watch + threat actor tracking + monthly threat briefing): INR 1,00,000 to INR 3,00,000 per month depending on feed cost. Strategic threat briefing (quarterly, board-facing, scope = sector threat landscape + adversary trends + recommended posture changes): INR 1,50,000 per briefing. All CTI engagements include analyst availability for follow-up questions in the engagement window. International pricing on request; CTI buyers in regulated sectors typically have local data residency preferences we accommodate.

OSINT (open-source intelligence) and dark web monitoring overlap but are distinct. OSINT is the broader category, any publicly accessible information source (search engines, social media, court records, CT logs, public APIs, government databases, news archives, GitHub, paste sites, regulatory filings). Dark web monitoring is a specific OSINT sub-category covering content accessible only via Tor / I2P / Freenet, plus invitation-only forums and marketplaces, plus Telegram and Discord channels indexed by threat-intel vendors. Cybersecify CTI engagements use both. OSINT covers the bulk of brand impersonation, executive exposure, leaked credentials in public dumps, and competitor activity. Dark web monitoring covers the specific subset of credentials traded in underground markets, malware sold for use against your sector, exfiltrated data offered for sale, and ransomware operator chatter. For Indian buyers, Telegram is increasingly the dominant underground channel (more so than traditional Tor forums); our coverage prioritizes Telegram + Tor in roughly equal weight.