Dark Web

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2016
UN seeking solutions to stopping drug trade on dark web

The United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime published its annual report and placed special emphasis on curbing the illicit trade on the Dark Web. The United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published its annual report on Thursday and placed special emphasis on curbing the illicit trade on the Dark Web. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2016
Boffins spotted over 100 snooping Tor HSDir nodes spying on Dark Web sites

Two security experts have conducted a study that allowed them to spot over 100 snooping Tor HSDir Nodes spying on Dark Web Sites. The attempts of snooping traffic from Tor nodes are not a novelty, in the past, we have reported the activity of threat actors that set up malicious exit nodes to de-anonymize users. Early 2014, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2016
Hardened Tor Browser implements the Selfrando feature to defeat exploits

Earlier June the Tor Project announced a hardened version of the popular Tor Browser that implements a feature dubbed Selfrando to defeat exploits. Early June the Tor Project announced a hardened version of the popular Tor Browser, the Tor Browser 6.5a1-hardened. “A new hardened Tor Browser release is available. It can be found in the 6.5a1-hardened […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2016
Over 45 Million passwords from Verticalscope 1,000 sites leaked online

In February Verticalscope platform was hacked and more than 45 Million passwords from  1,000 websites running on it have been leaked online. Data breaches, a never ending saga! Recently we reported a number of clamorous data breaches, hundred thousand million credentials were offered for sale in dark web. LinkedIn, mySpace, VKontakte, and Twitter are some of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2016
Twitter resets account login credentials for exposed accounts

Twitter investigated account login credentials recently offered for sale on the dark web, locked the accounts and reset their passwords. This week a Russian hacker offered for sale more than 32 million Twitter account credentials on the Dark Web. The alleged Russian hacker offered Twitter account credentials for 10 Bitcoins (over $5,800). In response to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2016
32 Million Twitter account credentials offered for sale

A hacker is offering for sale more than 32 million Twitter account credentials with plans to sell the account details on the Dark Web. Recent news of massive data breaches suffered by IT giants LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr, and VK.com shocked  the security industry. Millions of login credentials are available for sale in the principal black markets, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2016
It is too easy to find enterprise logins on the Dark Web

Anomali Labs analyzed attacks against the reputation of FTSE 100 companies highlighting the availability in the Dark Web of employees data. Anomali Labs analyzed attacks against the reputation of FTSE 100  companies highlighting the availability in the Dark Web of employees’ data. Brand spoofing is an illegal practice that causes several damages to companies worldwide, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2016
Hundred Million Stolen MySpace Passwords for sale in the darkweb

The hacker Peace is offering for sale hundred Million stolen MySpace Passwords on the black marketplace. This is one of the greatest leaks of ever. A few days ago a hacker with the nickname “Peace” offered for sale on the black market 117 million LinkedIn account credentials. The same hacker is offering for sale 360 million emails and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2016
Journalists get scammed trying to buy an AK47 in the Dark Web

Producers from the German broadcaster ARD have conducted an interesting experiment to demonstrate how to buy a weapon on the dark web. When journalists write about the black markets hosted on the dark web always describe these places as crucial aggregators where it is possible to buy any kind of illegal product and service. A keyboard, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2016
Did you buy on AlphaBay?Someone may have accessed your info

A security vulnerability in AlphaBay, one the most popular black markets, could expose private messages and data of its users. One of the most popular black marketplaces, the AlphaBay, is affected by a serious flaw that could expose the private messages of its users. One year ago the operators behind the black market launched a fully automatic credit […]