The Latest: News from the Underworld
$400.000 stolen with trojanized TOR browsers
A wave of cryptocurrency thefts targeting victims in numerous nations and using the dark-web browser Tor as a cover have been discovered, indicating the thieves' motivations are likely financial rather than nationalistic. Antivirus firm Kasperksy claimed to have found...
Report: Darknet Data is critical for IT Security
More than a thousand CISOs from significant companies in the US and UK participated in a recent poll, which found that 93 percent of them are concerned about risks from the darknet and 72 percent think that knowing about cybercriminals is essential to protecting their...
BreachForums owner charged with computer crime
A man from Peekskill, New York, who they claim operated the infamous dark web data breach forum "BreachForums" under the handle "Pompompurin," has been detained by federal officials. A group of detectives detained Conor Brian Fitzpatrick at his residence at around...
More Patient data from Health Network leaked to the darknet
According to a spokesman for Lehigh Valley Health Network, more patient images have been leaked and are currently available on the dark web. The Russian ransomware group BlackCat, according to Brian Downs, has exposed "more sensitive information" regarding patients on...
Dread Forum is back online
After months of downtime due to ddos attacks, the Dread darknet forum has now returned. On reddit HugBunter announced: "Starting to write this announcement, my mind is blank. There are literally no words to describe the feeling of relief to finally bring my project...
Indigo refuses to pay ransom – employee data to be published
The largest chain of bookstores in Canada, Indigo, claims it will not pay a ransom to the "criminals" behind the ransomware attack last month and anticipates that data about current and past employees will start to surface on the "dark web" as early as Thursday. There...
Darknet Dealer charged for selling counterfeit pills
A Pennsylvania man has been accused with operating a drug trafficking business on the dark web and using cryptocurrencies to launder counterfeit proceeds in a Washington court. The 25-year-old Jacob Blair is also accused of possessing fentanyl and methamphetamine in...
Royal Mail data on the dark web after ransomware attack
In an effort to demand millions of pounds from Royal Mail, hackers with ties to Russia have uploaded 44 terabytes of data that were taken from the corporation via a ransomware attack. On Thursday afternoon, the LockBit gang made the stolen data available via its dark...
Beware of new darknet malware "Stealc"
Recent observations on the dark web suggest that the new information-stealing malware "Stealc" is searching for both its next victim and its next client. A threat actor going by the name of "Plymouth" was recently uncovered by cybersecurity experts from SEKOIA to be...
Dark Web Drug Ring Laundered $7.2M With Cryptocurrency
A Queens-based drug ring promised "STEALTH" as they shipped 10,000 drug packages. Now, five people face drug charges, prosecutors said. A massive bust took down a New York City-based dark web drug ring that laundered $7.2 million by cryptocurrency and shipped more...