Security News

Dark web market Alpha Bay was shut down by law enforcement (Help Net Security)
2017-07-14 22:59

Dark web black market Alpha Bay went offline on June 5, leaving users to wonder whether its operators did it and ran off with their money. Reassurances that the market will be back online shortly...

Dark Web Market AlphaBay Goes Down (Security Week)
2017-07-14 17:08

AlphaBay, a Dark Web markerplace for illegal products, went down last week after authorities seized equipment following raids in three different countries. read more

Men stole bitcoin by phishing individuals on the dark web (Help Net Security)
2017-07-10 15:10

Michael Richo, a 35-year-old from Connecticut, had the brilliant idea of stealing bitcoin from people involved in illegal deals through dark web marketplaces. Perhaps he thought that he would be...

AlphaBay Dark Web Market Goes Down; Users Fear Exit-Scam (The Hackers News)
2017-07-06 01:17

AlphaBay Market, one of the largest Dark Web marketplaces for drugs, guns, and other illegal goods, suddenly disappeared overnight without any explanation from its admins, leaving its customers...

Week in review: PowerPoint malware delivery, dark web fraud guides, security through APIs (Help Net Security)
2017-06-12 01:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: UK ICO offers grants for practical privacy research The programme is open to academic institutions, civil society...

Dark web fraud guides reveal potential threats to orgs (Help Net Security)
2017-06-07 15:02

An in-depth look at content from more than 1,000 fraud guides available for sale on the dark web revealed that the majority of these guides are useless. Still, as many as 20 percent have the...

Week in review: Fireball malware infects 250 million computers, attacks within the Dark Web (Help Net Security)
2017-06-05 02:02

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: OneLogin suffers data breach, again OneLogin, a popular single sign-on service that allows users to access thousands...

Attacks within the Dark Web (Help Net Security)
2017-05-31 16:37

For six months, Trend Micro researchers operated a honeypot setup simulating several underground services on the Dark Web. The goal of their research was to see if those hidden services will be...

Why 'DIY Deep & Dark Web Intelligence' is a Bad Idea (Security Week)
2017-05-30 11:54

Trying to Gather Threat Intelligence From the Deep & Dark Web Creates a Substantial Risk for Organizations read more