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Pakistan's government has warned its agencies that the dark web exists, is home to all sorts of unpleasant people, and should be avoided. Linking the dark web to terrorism therefore associates the networks with threats to national security.
The dark web is getting darker as cybercrime gangs increasingly shop their malware, phishing, and ransomware tools on illegal cybercrime markets. In 2022, threat actors preferred joining a RaaS for ransomware attacks as they tend to have more freedom and can deploy faster than private ransomware.
Cybercrime marketplaces are increasingly selling stolen corporate email addresses for as low as $2 to fill a growing demand by hackers who use them for business email compromise and phishing attacks or initial access to networks. Analysts at Israeli cyber-intelligence firm KELA have closely followed this trend, reporting at least 225,000 email accounts for sale on underground markets.
In this Help Net Security video, Roman Faithfull, Cyber Intelligence Analyst at Digital Shadows, talks about how threat actors mobilize new members within the cybercriminal ecosystem. Cybercriminal forums are awash with users advertising and requesting the services of developers to design fresh new malware.
Medibank on Thursday confirmed that the threat actors behind the devastating cyber attack have posted another dump of data stolen from its systems on the dark web after its refusal to pay a ransom. "We are in the process of analyzing the data, but the data released appears to be the data we believed the criminal stole," the Australian health insurer said.
Medibank on Thursday confirmed that the threat actors behind the devastating cyber attack have posted another dump of data stolen from its systems on the dark web after its refusal to pay a ransom. "We are in the process of analyzing the data, but the data released appears to be the data we believed the criminal stole," the Australian health insurer said.
Dark web marketplaces sell a plethora of tools, stolen data, and forged documents, and some of the things for sale are priced higher than the rest. The dark web also houses victims' personal information, including national insurance numbers, passports, and their driver's license details.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday said it seized 50,676 Bitcoin in November 2021 that was stolen in the 2012 hack of the now-defunct Silk Road dark web marketplace.The bitcoin, which was obtained in 2012 and valued at $3.36 billion when it was discovered last year, is now worth $1.04 billion.
A 22-year-old student German federal police believe to be the administrator of one of the largest German-speaking, dark-web forums has been arrested. According to German law enforcement, the student, from Lower Bavaria, served as the operator of the third version of Deutschland im Deep Web since November 2018.
Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office has arrested a 22-year-old student in Bavaria, who is suspected of being the administrator of 'Deutschland im Deep Web', one of the largest darknet markets in the country. The platform had already gone offline in March 2022, with 16,000 registered users, 28,000 posts, and 72 high-volume sellers of prohibited goods, including weapons and drugs.