Dark Web

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2017
A collection of 1.4 Billion Plain-Text leaked credentials is available online

A 41-gigabyte archive containing 1.4 Billion credentials in clear text was found in dark web, it had been updated at the end of November. Another monster data dump was found online, the huge archive contains over 1.4 billion email addresses, passwords, and other credentials in clear text. The huge trove of data, a 41-gigabyte archive, has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2017
Dark Web – The median price range for Android ransomware kits hits $200

According to the firm Carbon Black, Android ransomware kits are very popular in the dark web, and the median price range for them hits $200. According to the firm Carbon Black, Android ransomware kits are very popular in the dark web, more than 5,000 Android ransomware kit listings have been discovered in 2017. Even if most ransomware kits are still focused […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2017
Halloware Ransomware, a new malware offered for sale on the Dark Web for Only $40

The Halloware ransomware is a new malware offered for sale in the dark web, the author that goes online with the moniker Luc1F3R is selling it for just $40. According to the experts at Bleeping Computer, Luc1F3R started selling the Halloware this week through a dedicated portal on the Dark web. Luc1F3R claims to be a 17-year-old college […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2017
Experts explain the Return on Investments in the cybercriminal underground

How much is the return on investment in the cybercriminal underground? Let’s dig a report recently published by threat intelligence firm Recorded Future to find the answer. Cybercrime is a profitable business and the returns of investments can be enormous, this is what emerged from another interesting research of the threat intelligence firm Recorded Future. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2017
CUTLET MAKER ATM malware offered for 5000 USD on darknet forum

Hacking ATM could be very easy thanks to the availability of the CUTLET MAKER ATM malware on an underground hacking forum. Wannabe crooks can buy an ATM malware on a Darknet market for around $5000, the discovery was made by researchers at Kaspersky Lab that noticed a forum post advertising the malicious code dubbed Cutlet Maker. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2017
Credit agency Experian is using scare tactics to sell a service for tracking traded user data on the dark web

Credit agency Experian is using scare tactics to sell a service for tracking traded user data on the dark web, let’s give a close look at the user agreement In the dark web, it is quite easy to find a lot of identities of unaware individuals and any other data that could expose companies to frauds. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2017
Yahoo hack – All 3 Billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in 2013 attack

The Yahoo hack occurred in 2013 is bigger than originally stated, Verizon confirmed that all 3 Billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in the attack. The Yahoo hack occurred in 2013, the biggest known data breach suffered by a tech company, is bigger than originally stated. Verizon Communications, which acquired Yahoo for $4.48 billion in June, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2017
Dream Market dark web drug dealer OxyMonster arrested on way to beard contest

The Dream Market dark web drug dealer was arrested by US authorities after he traveled the US for this year’s annual World Beard and Mustache Championships. A Dark-Web drug dealer was arrested by US authorities after he traveled the US for this year’s annual World Beard and Mustache Championships. The French national Gal Vallerius (38) was arrested a few weeks ago while he was […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2017
Learning About ISIS Intentions Using Open Source Intelligence

Learning About ISIS Intentions Using Open Source Intelligence – How terrorists are exploiting technology for propaganda and radicalization. ISIS’ weekly newsletter al-Nabā’ published an editorial about the lessons to be learned from the attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan (July 30, 2017), which it called “an action of high quality.” In the editorial, attacking […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2017
British model Chloe Ayling kidnapped by Black Death group for auction in the dark web

The British model Chloe Ayling kidnapped in Italy by an alleged member of the ‘Black Death’ organisation who offered her on the Dark Web The 20-year-old British model Chloe Ayling was kidnapped in Milan, Italy, to be auctioned off on a pornographic website on the dark web. According to the declaration of the model to the Italian […]