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Picture this: you stumble upon a concealed secret within your company’s source code. Instantly, a wave of panic hits as you grasp the possible consequences. This one hidden secret has the power to pave the way for unauthorized entry, data breaches, and a damaged reputation. Understanding the secret is just the beginning; swift and resolute […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given a November 17, 2023, deadline for federal agencies and organizations to apply mitigations to secure against a number of security flaws in Juniper Junos OS that came to light in August. The agency on Monday added five vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, […]
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a darknet marketplace called InTheBox that’s designed to specifically cater to mobile malware operators. The actor behind the criminal storefront, believed to be available since at least January 2020, has been offering over 400 custom web injects grouped by geography that can be purchased by other adversaries looking to […]
Organizations face a new inside threat Cybercriminals have rendered the darknet into their workplace. According to security monitoring and ethical hacking experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security, in darknet you can find malicious software, cyberattack services against companies or individuals, even buying confidential information sales, such as credit card numbers or identity details. […]
Dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets, overlay systems which use public Internet yet we must particular software, configuration or approval to use. Let’s see TOR and VPN Anonymous enough for Dark Web. You can also take the Secrets of Dark Web – How to Access Dark Web Safely Online course […]
Species in critical situations are affected by these crimes Specialists in digital forensics and cybersecurity point out that darknet forums are exerting a significant influence on the way in which illicit activities are carried out. While most of the attention is focused on the drug or weapons sale, there are many other illegal activities to […]
In addition to making you anonymous, the Tor network also gives access to the world of Darknet where activities like selling of drugs, weapons, and other illegal stuff happen. A year-long sting operation was conducted by different US agencies including the Secret Service, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), ICE’s Homeland Security Investigation (HSI). It led to […]
A recent press release given by German police stated that they had made a substantial Darknet-related arrest after investigating a 43 year old man from Bedburg. They were also able to connect two accomplices that were involved in the operation. The man’s arrest had came from a raid executed by German special forces that target […]
Dr. Matthew Falder, 28, of Birmingham, England is at the center of one of the most horrific crimes law enforcement has come across on the Darknet. Falder has recently plead guilty to 137 charges that include sexual exploitation and distributing child pornography. Falder was also discovered to have encouraged another man to rape a child […]
In an astonishing hit to the Darknet, four of it’s most popular marketplaces all went down at the same time. Marketplaces involved include Tochka, Wall Street, Trade Route and Dream Market. It has been suspected, according to details of the event, these markets that went down, wasn’t due to government involvement. Users believe the sites […]
Short Bytes: Tor or The Onion Router is a network that enables a user to stay anonymous on the internet and get rid of any possible surveillance, location tracking, etc. while using the internet. We can access the Tor network with the help of a modified Mozilla Firefox ESR web browser. Tor or The Onion […]
Short Bytes: Following the unsealed documents recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, it has been known that the FBI ran 23 child porn websites on the darknet. It is contrary to what was revealed earlier, that the FBI only hacked and hosted PlayPen for 13 days to catch pedophiles using NIT. Earlier, it […]
The cyberattack that knocked hundreds of school networks offline in Japan last week had at least one novel feature: It was allegedly instigated by a student. A 16-year-old high school student who said he was frustrated with his teachers unleashed an attack on the Osaka Board of Education server that took 444 elementary, junior high […]
Short Bytes: A new study has surfaced which claims the yearly earnings to the pirates to be around $70 million/year. Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA) commissioned RiskIQ to conduct the study out of a sample of 800 pirate websites. The dusts from the unabating tussle between the pirates and the copyright holders is still befouling the […]
Short Bytes: Anonymous hacktivist group has just hacked an ISIS propaganda website on the dark web. Trolling ISIS and its supporters, the group has replaced it with an advertisement of a website selling drugs like Viagra and Prozac. Just a couple of days ago, we reported that ISIS is spreading its operations to the Darknet […]
Short Bytes: Increasing data breaches have made the personal identifiable information (PII) market very hot. The latest report outlines the different aspects of data breaches. Read more here. Recently I wrote a piece describing the ways to know if your identity was hacked/stolen in some recent data breach. Many of you are unaware of the […]
Short Bytes: Do you know about the Darknet and TOR? Here’s an interesting piece of information if you are interested in the web security and related niche. The internet you use and the websites your browse – these are just a fraction of the entire web. Some of you would be knowing this widely popular fact […]