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Report: Darknet Business is Booming

Report: Darknet Business is Booming

According to BDO's most recent Scam Culture Report, there is a surge in activity on the dark web due to an increase in users and social media accounts that may be purchased. According to data from the September quarter, 2.7 million people accessed the dark web daily,...

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Owens Group hit by ransomware: Data published

Owens Group hit by ransomware: Data published

The very real threat that businesses confront in an increasingly digital environment has been hammered home once more by a ransomware cyberattack on a trucking company in the UK. This month, a cyberattack on the Welsh company Owens Group led to the publication of its...

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Ransomware Group Files SEC Complaint: Data Breach not reported

Ransomware Group Files SEC Complaint: Data Breach not reported

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has received a complaint from a well-known ransomware group alleging that a victim failed to notify of a purported data breach that was the consequence of an attack carried out by the cybercrime gang itself. The systems...

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Monopoly Market Operator could face life in jail

Monopoly Market Operator could face life in jail

On Wednesday, a Serbian man entered a guilty plea for running the darknet drug trafficking portal Monopoly Market. The 33-year-old Milomir Desnica is accused of starting and running Monopoly in late 2019 and using it to help sell a variety of substances, including...

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Ransomware criminal sabotages his own operation

Ransomware criminal sabotages his own operation

After responding to an advertisement offering to become part of a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, researchers found themselves in a cybercriminal job interview with one of the most active threat actors in the affiliate industry, who happens to be the source...

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