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Revenue at dark web illicit marketplaces plunged in 2022 following seizure by U.S. and German police last spring of what was then the world’s largest online bazaar for illegal goods and services. The April shutdown of the Russian-speaking Hydra Market Read More …
The dark web is a collective name for a variety of websites and marketplaces that bring together individuals willing to engage in illicit or shady activities. Dark web forums contain ads for selling and buying stolen data, offers to code Read More …
Pakistan’s government has warned its agencies that the dark web exists, is home to all sorts of unpleasant people, and should be avoided. That revelatory information was delivered last week in a cabinet advisory [PDF] titled “Leakaqe of Sensitive Data Read More …
Online markets selling drugs and other illegal substances on the dark web have started to use custom Android apps for increased privacy and to evade law enforcement. Besides ordering, these apps allow shop clients to communicate with drug vendors and Read More …
Bank account details of Cambridge Water customers have been published to the dark web, following a cyber attack. Customers have been left alarmed and furious after learning that names and current addresses, sort codes and account numbers are among the Read More …
Hackers who breached Medibank’s systems have dumped another batch of data on the dark web, along with claims the files contain all of the data they took in a heist that impacted 9.7 million customers. The Australian insurance group confirms Read More …
More than 5.4 million Twitter user records, including personal phone numbers and email addresses, are up for grabs on the dark web in a massive data dump that some believe the Elon Musk-owned firm is attempting to cover up. The Read More …
A notorious British hacker was arraigned on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly running the now defunct ‘The Real Deal” dark web marketplace. The 34-year-old defendant Daniel Kaye (aka Bestbuy, Spdrman, Popopret, UserL0ser) allegedly ran the illicit Read More …
Ransomware operators typically constrain their activities to the dark web to conceal their illegal activities. Their public leak sites and victim communication portals are accessible only on The Onion Router (TOR) network via a specific URL that is only available Read More …
More than half of the 24.6 billion stolen credential pairs available for sale on the dark web were exposed in the past year, the Digital Shadows Research Team has found. Data recorded from last year reflected a 64 percent increase Read More …