Dark Web

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2019
Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers

Two Romanian hackers are convicted of infecting 400,000 computers in the U.S. with malicious code and stole millions of dollars from the victims. Bogdan Nicolescu and Radu Miclaus are convicted of infecting 400,000 computers, most of them in the U.S.. The malware was developed to steal credentials, financial data, personal information, then the crooks offered […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2019
Genesis Store black marketplace offers more than 60k+ stolen bot profiles

Security experts at Kaspersky Lab reported that over 60,000 stolen profiles are offered for sale on an private marketplace called Genesis Store. More than 60,000 stolen profiles are offered for sale in the underground marketplace Genesis Store, it includes browser fingerprints, web site user logins and passwords, cookies, and credit card information. The seller is […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2019
Operation SaboTor – Police arrested 61 vendors and buyers in the dark web

Operation SaboTor – A coordinated operation conducted by law enforcement agencies from Europe, Canada, and the United States targeted vendors and buyers of illegal goods on dark web marketplaces.  The international operations, dubbed operation SaboTor, involved 17 countries, notably Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and Portugal. “During the course of this operation, international law enforcement agencies […]