Dark Web

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2019
Over 23 million stolen payment card data traded on the Dark Web in H1 2019

According to a report published by cyber security firm Sixgill data for over 23 million payment card were on offer in underground forums in the first half of 2019.  A report published by cybersecurity firm Sixgill revealed that data for over 23 million payment card were offered for sale in the cybercrime underground. The report, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2019
Irish Silk Road admin sentenced to 78 months in federal prison

An Irish national has been sentenced to 78 months in jail for his role as one of the administrators and forum moderators of Silk Road dark web marketplace. Gary Davis (31), of Wicklow, Ireland, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role as one of the administrators and forum moderators of Silk […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2019
Scraping the TOR for rare contents

Cyber security expert Marco Ramilli explains the difficulties for scraping the ‘TOR networks’ and how to enumerate hidden-services with scrapers. Scraping the “TOR hidden world” is a quite complex topic. First of all you need an exceptional computational power (RAM mostly) for letting multiple runners grab web-pages, extracting new links and re-run the scraping-code against […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2019
Retro video game website Emuparadise suffered a data breach

Retro video game website Emuparadise revealed to have suffered a data breach that exposed 1.1 Million accounts back in April 2018. Emuparadise is a website that offers tons of roms, isos and retro video games, users can download and play them with an emulator or play them with the web browser. The security breach occurred in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2019
Tor Project released Tor Browser 8.5.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android

A new version of the popular Tor Browser was released by the Tor Project, it is Tor Browser 8.5.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The Tor Project has released Tor Browser 8.5.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, the new version of the popular anonymizing browser. This release includes a temporary fix for a […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2019
Past, present, and future of the Dark Web

Which is the difference between the Deep Web and Dark Web? Considerations about past, present, and future of the Dark Web. These are intense days for the Dark Web. Operations conducted by law enforcement agencies lad to the arrests of many individuals and the closure of the most popular Black Marketplaces, many of which remained […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2019
Reading the Yoroi Cyber Security Annual Report 2018

Yoroi Cyber Security Annual Report 2018 – In 2018 cyber-security experts observed an increased number of cyber attacks, malware endure to be the most aggressive and pervasive threat. For this reason, analyzing the last year occurred events would help cyber-security professionals to prevent further attacks during the next few months. In many cases the attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2019
International Police operation seized DeepDotWeb and arrested its administrators

Police seized the DeepDotWeb website and arrested its operators for their business in facilitating the access to darkweb marketplaces and vendors. DeepDotWeb was a website for facilitating access to dark web sites and marketplaces. The site was seized and the arrests were made as part of an international operation involving the FBI, Europol, and Federal […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2019
INPIVX hidden service, a new way to organize ransomware attacks

A new service called Inpivx represents the evolution of the ransomware-as-a-service making it very easy for wannabe crooks to develop their malware and build a management panel. A new Tor hidden service called Inpivx evolves the concept of the ransomware-as-a-service making it very easy for crooks without technical skills to develop their own malware and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2019
Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale

The popular hacker Gnosticplayers made the headlines again, he is offering for sale on the dark web the fifth round of hacked accounts. The popular hacker Gnosticplayers is offering for sale on the dark web the fifth round of hacked accounts. Between February and March, the hacker disclosed the existence of some massive unreported data […]