Pierluigi Paganini
August 24, 2019
UK authorities have seized over ÂŁ920,000 ($1.1 million) worth of Bitcoin from a prolific hacker, the funds will be used to compensate his victims. Grant West, aka ‘Courvoisier,’ is a hacker that was arrested by the police on September 2017 as result of a two-year-long investigation code-named ‘Operation Draba.’ The man was charged with multiple […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2019
One of the most active drug sellers on the Dark Web was charged by law authorities and ordered to forfeit over $4 million in cryptocurrency. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) charged Richard Castro (36) (aka “Chemsusa,” “Chems_usa,” and “Jagger109”) with participating in a conspiracy to distribute carfentanil, fentanyl, and a fentanyl analogue over the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2019
An Irish national has been sentenced to 78 months in jail for his role as one of the administrators and forum moderators of Silk Road dark web marketplace. Gary Davis (31), of Wicklow, Ireland, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role as one of the administrators and forum moderators of Silk […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2017
Europol supported the Slovak NAKA crime unit in an operation that resulted in the seizure of the Bloomsfield darknet marketplace. Another success of the European police, last week Europol supported the Slovak NAKA crime unit in the arrest of a Slovak national believed to operate the Bloomsfield darknet marketplace dealing in drugs and arms. “Bloomsfield started its marketplace […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2017
The Ukrainian Cybercriminal who tried to get revenge on Brian Krebs for exposing him was sentenced to 41 months in prison in the US. The Ukrainian cybercriminal Sergey Vovnenko (31, aka âSergey Vovnencko,â âTomas Rimkis,â âFlycracker,â âFlyck,â âFly,â âCenturion,â âMUXACC1,â âStranierâ and âDarklife.â) who attempted to get revenge on the notorious cyber security investigator Brian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2016
Two researchers have analyzed images Exif metadata included in the photos used by crooks to advertise their products on black marketplaces in the dark web. Darknets are a privileged environment for crooks that intend to develop a prolific business protecting their anonymity, anyway, there are several aspects that they need to consider in order to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2016
Security experts at DigitalShadow security firm published a detailed analysis that demonstrates Deer.io platform facilitates cybercrime activities. Security experts from Digital Shadows have conducted a deep analysis of the Russian cybercrime website Deer.io. The site aims to facilitate cyber criminal activities allowing even crooks without specific skills to become dangerous crooks. The barriers to entry in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2016
The United Nationâs Office on Drugs and Crime published its annual report and placed special emphasis on curbing the illicit trade on the Dark Web. The United Nationâs Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published its annual report on Thursday and placed special emphasis on curbing the illicit trade on the Dark Web. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2016
The administrator of Crypto Market launched Silk Road 3.0, the fourth iteration of the popular black market (Silk Road, Silk Road 2.0, Silk Road Reloaded). We all know that Silk Road was one of the greatest black marketplaces in the criminal underground, but many ignore that someone is still running the fourth iteration of the popular […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2016
A coordinated operation of law enforcement agencies in 7 countries raided operators of darknets trading in illegal products and services. A joint effort of law enforcement agencies in seven European countries (Germany, Bosnia, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Lithuania and Russia) allowed authorities to identify and arrest operators of darknet online platforms trading in illegal products […]
