Deep Web

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2017
Dark Web users of a child porn website tracked after visiting file sharing site

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has identified dark web users after they downloaded media through a file sharing services. The DHS obtained the IP addresses of several suspects that visited a child porn site hosted in the Tor network. According to court filings, the suspects shared links to password-protected child pornography media on the  Ziifile […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2017
Zomato Data breach – Nearly 17 million usernames and hashed passwords stolen

Nearly 17 million Zomato usernames and hashed passwords have been stolen by hackers., the company suspects it is an insider’s job. Nearly 17 million Zomato usernames and hashed passwords have been stolen by hackers. Zomato is the Indian largest online restaurant guide, the company confirmed data breach announcing that hackers have stolen accounts details of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2017
Hackers are selling fake diplomas and certifications in the dark web

According to Israeli threat intelligence firm Sixgill, certifications and fake diplomas are very cheap and easy to buy in the dark web. It is quite easy to buy in dark web marketplaces any kind of illegal product and service, including fake certifications and diplomas. According to Israeli threat intelligence firm Sixgill, certifications and degrees are very cheap and it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2017
European law enforcement takes down Darknet marketplace

Europol supported the Slovak NAKA crime unit in an operation that resulted in the seizure of the Bloomsfield darknet marketplace. Another success of the European police, last week Europol supported the Slovak NAKA crime unit in the arrest of a Slovak national believed to operate the Bloomsfield darknet marketplace dealing in drugs and arms. “Bloomsfield started its marketplace […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2017
Graph theory applied to a portion of the Dark Web shows it a set of largely isolated dark silos

A group of researchers conducted a study on the Dark Web leveraging the Graph theory. This hidden space appears as composed by sparse and isolated silos. A group of experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s SMART lab in Singapore has recently published an interesting research paper on the Dark Web. The researchers collected and analyzed the dark web […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2017
US Court sentenced Russian hacker Roman Seleznev to 27 years in jail for hacking

Roman Seleznev, the son of the prominent Russian Parliament member Valery Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in jail for hacking. The Russian hacker Roman Seleznev, aka Track2, was sentenced to 27 years in prison, he was convicted of causing $170 million in damage by hacking into point-of-sale systems. This sentence is the longest one ever imposed in […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2017
Anatomy of Cybercriminal Communications: Why do crooks prefer Skype

Security firm Flashpoint published an interesting paper titled, ‘Cybercrime Economy: An Analysis of Cybercriminal Communication Strategies‘ about cybercriminal communications of threat actors. A recent research by the threat intelligence firm Flashpoint has uncovered how malicious threat actors communicate to share information between them. The research has found out that there is a growing economy in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2017
Karmen Ransomware, a cheap RaaS service that implements anti-analysis features

Experts at Recorded Future have discovered a cheap RaaS, the Karmen Ransomware that deletes decryptor if detects a sandbox. Security experts from threat intelligence firm Recorded Future have spotted a new ransomware as a service (RaaS) called Karmen. The service allows customers to easy create their ransomware campaign in a few steps and without specific skills. Wannabe-crooks […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2017
Are you searching for stolen US University email credentials? Search on the Dark Web

According to a new research published by the nonprofit DCA, millions of stolen US University email credentials are available for sale on the Dark Web. According to a new research published by the nonprofit Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA) that searched the Dark Web for credentials from the top 300 US universities, millions of stolen email […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2017
Over 20 million Gmail and 5 million Yahoo accounts available for sale on the Dark Web

The vendor “SunTzu583” is offering for sale over 20 million Gmail and 5 million Yahoo login credentials on the Dark Web A vendor with the online moniker “SunTzu583” is reportedly selling millions of login credentials for Gmail and Yahoo accounts on a black market in the dark web. Over 20 million Gmail accounts and 5 million […]