Deep Web

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2018
Kraken ransomware 2.0 is available through the RaaS model

The author of the infamous Kraken ransomware has released a new version of the malicious code and launched a RaaS distribution program on the Dark Web. Researchers from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group and McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team have discovered a new version of the malware that is offered through a RaaS distribution program on the Dark Web. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2018
Crooks offered for sale private messages for 81k Facebook accounts

Cybercriminals offered for sale private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook accounts claiming of being in possession of data from 120 million accounts. Crooks are offering for sale Criminals are selling the private messages of 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts for 10 cents per account. According to the BBC, crooks are offering for sale on underground […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2018
85 Millions of voter records available for sale ahead of the 2018 US Midterm Elections

Ahead of the 2018 US midterm elections, sellers are flooding the cybercrime underground markets with data from voter databases. Experts at cybersecurity company Carbon Black found tens of different state voter databases available for sale on the dark web. “Carbon Black researchers found 20 different state voter databases available for purchase on the dark web, several from swing states.” […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2018
BEC scams, hacked accounts available from $150 up to $5,000

Security experts from Digital Shadows have conducted an interesting study about the technique adopted by crooks to infiltrate company emails, so-called BEC scam. According to the FBI, the number of business email account (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) scam incidents worldwide reached 78,000 between October 2013 and May 2018. Business email compromise (BEC) and email account […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2018
Silk Road admin pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges and faces up to 20 years in prison

Gary Davis, one of the admins and moderators of the notorious Silk Road black marketplace, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. Gary Davis is an Irish national (20) who was one of the admins and moderators of the notorious Silk Road black marketplace, on Friday he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. “Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2018
The ‘Gazorp’ Azorult Builder emerged from the Dark Web

Checkpoint experts discovered in the Dark Web an online builder, dubbed Gazorp, that allows crooks to create customized binaries for the Azorult malware. Security researchers from Checkpoint have discovered in the Dark Web an online builder, dubbed Gazorp, that allows crooks to easily create customized binaries for the Azorult info-stealing malware. The Gazorp builder allows generating for free the malicious code […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2018
Access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo

Security experts at Flashpoint discovered the availability of the access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo A new report published by researchers at Flashpoint revealed the availability on an underground hacking forum for Russian-speaking users of access to over 3,000 breached websites. “Access to approximately 3,000 breached websites has been discovered for […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2018
Zerodium disclose exploit for NoScript bug in version 7 of Tor Browser

Zero-day broker Zerodium has disclosed a NoScript vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Tor Browser. Zero-day broker Zerodium has disclosed a NoScript vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the Tor Browser. NoScript is a popular Firefox extension that protects users against malicious scripts, it only allows […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 179 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      John McAfees Bitfi cryptocurrency wallet was hacked by […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2018
Many misconfigured Tor sites expose the public IP address via SSL certificates

Security researcher discovered that many misconfigured Tor sites using SSL certificated could expose the public IP addresses of underlying servers. Yonathan Klijnsma, a threat researcher at RiskIQ, has discovered that many misconfigured Tor sites using SSL certificated could expose the public IP addresses of underlying servers. Properly configured servers hosting hidden services have to listen only on the localhost (127.0.0.1) […]