Deep Web

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2020
Updated: Italian email provider Email.it hacked, data of 600k users available for sale

A database stolen from the Italian email provider Email.it containing more than 600,000 users is available for sale on the dark web. The Italian email provider Email.it has been hacked, the company admitted the incident while a hacker group named NN Hacking Group is offering the stolen data for sale on the dark web. The group […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020
538 Million Weibo users’ records being sold on Dark Web

Hackers are offering for sale on the dark web data belonging to 538 million Weibo users, including 172 million phone numbers. Data of 538 million Weibo users are available for sale on the dark web the news was reported by several Chinese media and users on social networks. 107 million records include personal data and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2020
Card data stole from the Volusion security breach surfaces on the dark web

Security experts have discovered that card data stolen last year from Volusion-hosted online stores is now available for sale on the dark web. Experts from the threat intel firm Gemini Advisory have discovered that card data stolen last year from Volusion-hosted online stores have surfaced on the dark web. Volusion is a privately-held technology company that […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2020
Hunting the coronavirus in the dark web

Let me share with you the result of a one-night long analysis of major black marketplaces searching for anything related to the coronavirus epidemic. Recently I have received many questions from journalists and colleagues about the activity in the dark web related to the coronavirus epidemic, here you are what I have found digging in […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2020
Personal details of 10.6M MGM Resorts guests leaked online

The personal information of 10.6 million guests who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels was stolen by hackers this summer and posted a hacking forum this week. ZDNet revealed in exclusive that the personal details of more than 10.6 million users who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels have been published on a hacking forum this week. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2020
Group-IB detects Half a Million Indian Banks’ Cards on Joker’s Stash Cardshop

Group-IB experts detected a database containing over 460,000 payment card records uploaded to Joker’s Stash cardshops, most of records were from the Indian banks. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has detected a database containing over 460,000 payment card records uploaded to one of the most popular darknet cardshops (Joker’s Stash) […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2020
Apollon Darknet market is allegedly pulling an exit scam

The Apollon market, one of the largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming after the administrators have locked vendors’ accounts. The Apollon market, one of the darknet’s largest marketplaces, is likely exit scamming, vendors and customers reported suspicious behavior of its administrators. Users on Reddit are reporting that vendors can’t withdrawal funds nor sign into their […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2020
Wawa card breach: 30 million card records for sale in the dark web

New revelations on the Wawa card data breach suggests that the incident might have exposed 30 million customers’ data that are now available online for sale. In December 2019, Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security team discovered a PoS malware on its payment processing systems. Wawa operates more than 860 convenience retail stores, this […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2019
Dark web Grey Market still down, users speculate possible Exit Scam

Exit scam – Bad news for Grey Market users, one of its administrators revealed that another administrator had emptied the cold storage wallets. According to one of the admins of the Grey Market marketplace one of the admins, ‘theiving‘, has stolen all the users’ funds the platform stored for the escrow service. “ you can […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 245

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs From iPhone to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM – exploit ‘Printconfig dll with a real-world example Iran announced to have foiled a second cyber-attack in a week Largest hospital system in New Jersey was hit by ransomware attack A thief stole […]