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Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2016
Project Cumulus – Tracking fake phished credentials leaked to Dark Web

Project Cumulus – A group of experts at Bitglass used watermarks to track data through the Dark Web and discover how far do phished credentials get. In April 2015, a group of experts at Bitglass used watermarks to track data through the Deep Web and discover how far does it get after a data breach. The experts discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2015
McAfee study on the prices of stolen data on the Dark Web

McAfee Labs has analyzed a number of websites and services in the Dark Web used by the criminal communities for the commercialization of stolen data. You know my passion for the Dark Web, I spend a lot of time monitoring activities in the hidden part of the web with a particular interest in illegal activities that […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2015
Who is behind the hack of Uber’s driver database?

The findings of the investigation conducted by Uber on the recent security breach raise doubts on the alleged involvement of a competitor, the Lyft. The findings of the investigation conducted by Uber on the recent security breach that exposed details of its drivers, seems to confirm the involvement of a competitor, the Lyft. On May 2014, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2015
How far do stolen data get in the deep web after a breach?

A group of experts at Bitglass used watermarks to track data through the Deep Web and discover how far does it get after a data breach. Early detection of a data breach is crucial to limit the data exposure, unfortunately sometimes they are necessary many months before a breach is detected by security experts. To […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2014
Alleged members of hacking Team Digi7al arrested for violating government networks

Alleged members of the hacking Team Digi7al were arrested by NCIS and charged for Hacking more than 30 government and private sites. The US attorney’s Office in Tulsa charged two men for involvement in anti government conspiracy, they are accused to have violated the computer systems of dozens of government and commercial organizations, including the […]