Deep Web

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2019
Research confirms rampant sale of SSL/TLS certificates on darkweb

A study conducted by academics discovered that SSL and TLS certificates and associated services can be easily acquired from dark web marketplaces. A study sponsored by Venafi and conducted by researchers from Georgia State University in the U.S. and the University of Surrey in the U.K. discovered that SSL and TLS certificates and associated services […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2019
70000 Pakistani banks’ cards with PINs go on sale on the dark web.

Group-IB experts discovered new databases with a total of 69,189 Pakistani banks’ cards that have shown up for sale on the dark web. Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has discovered new databases with a total of 69,189 Pakistani banks’ cards that have shown up for sale on the dark web. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2019
Crooks offer millions to skilled black hats to help them in extortion campaigns

Cybercriminals are offering over a million dollars per year to skilled professionals like vxers and penetration testers to help them in extortion campaigns. According to a new report published by the security firm Digital Shadows cybercriminal organizations are willing to pay millions to skilled hackers and malware developers. The analysis of posts on Dark Web […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2019
Gnosticplayers round 3 – 92 Million fresh accounts from 8 unreported security breaches available for sale

Gnosticplayers hacker is offering in a third round a new set of databases containing millions of hacked accounts from unreported data breaches. Last week, the hacker who goes by online with the moniker Gnosticplayers disclosed the existence of some massive unreported data breaches in two rounds. The experts offered for sale the huge trove of data for […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2019
A new batch of 127 million records appears in the dark web

A new batch of 127 million records appears in the dark web, this time the huge trove of data appears to be originated from eight companies. A hacker that goes online with the moniker ‘gnosticplayers‘ is offering for sale the data on the Dream Market marketplace asking $14,500 worth of Bitcoin. Early this week, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2019
Coffee Meets Bagel dating app confirms data breach

The week closes with the news of another embarrassing data breach, the Coffee Meets Bagel confirmed a hack on Valentine’s Day. The dating app Coffee Meets Bagel confirmed that hackers breached its systems on Valentine’s Day and may have obtained access to users’ account data. The company notified the incident to account holders, the intrusion […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2019
620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites available for sale on the dark web

620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites (Dubsmash, Armor Games, 500px, Whitepages, ShareThis) available for sale on the dark web The Register revealed in exclusive that some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are available for sale on the dark web. The advertising for the sale of the huge trove […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2019
Authorities shut down XDEDIC marketplace in an international operation

A  joint operation conducted by law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe allowed seizing the xDedic marketplace. Law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe announced the seizure of the popular xDedic marketplace, an underground market offering for sale access to compromised systems and personally identifiable information. “On 24 January, the U.S. Prosecutor’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2018
6,500+ sites deleted after Dark Web hosting provider Daniel’s Hosting hack

On Thursday, November 15, hackers compromised Daniel’s Hosting, one of the largest Dark Web hosting provider, and deleted 6,500+ sites. On Thursday, November 15, hackers compromised Daniel’s Hosting, one of the largest Dark Web hosting provider. The news was confirmed by Daniel Winzen, the software developer behind the hosting service. Daniel’s Hosting became the largest Dark Web hosting provider earlier […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2018
New set of Pakistani banks’ card dumps goes on sale on the dark web

According to the head of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing.almost all Pakistani banks were affected by a recent security breach. Group-IB experts discovered another large set of compromised payment cards details that was put on sale on Joker’s Stash, one of the most popular underground hubs of stolen card data, on Nov. 13. The […]