Dark web stories - Page 12
A good part of the Internet is invisible to regular browsers and known as the deep web; a component of the deep web is the dark web, content which relies on the internet but isn’t available to regular browsers. While the dark web is used for legitimate purposes by businesses and other private networks, it is also commonly associated with the less salubrious aspects of the internet including criminal activity. Accessing the dark web is generally accomplished with specific software and configurations including ‘onion’ browsers the best known of which is probably Tor (The Onion Router).
Alphabay disappears: Three scenarios to look for next
Mon, 17th Jul 2017
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hackers
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opinion
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dark web
As AlphaBay vanishes, the dark web braces for upheaval, with markets jostling for supremacy or a radical shift to P2P trading.
Major Dark Web Player goes offline: Could it be an exit scam?
Fri, 7th Jul 2017
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ddos
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dark web
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digital shadows
One of the Dark Web's biggest marketplaces for illegal online trades was taken offline this week, with reports circulating that it was an 'exit scam'.
Bye bye, NPAPI: Mozilla issues critical update to Firefox, disables plugins
Fri, 10th Mar 2017
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microsoft
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mozilla
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browsers
Firefox has disabled all NPAPI plugin capability except Flash. Common plugins such as Adobe Acrobat, Java and Microsoft Silverlight no longer load.
Have you met Delilah? The first Insider Threat Trojan
Fri, 15th Jul 2016
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ueba
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cybersecurity
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trojan
New Trojan, Delilah, recruits insiders through social engineering and extortion, using ransomware techniques. Insider threats set to increase.
Insider threats escalate and thrive in the Dark Web
Wed, 22nd Jun 2016
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cybersecurity
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opinion
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dark web
Disgruntled employees are gladly selling their services to the bad guys in order to inflict harm on their employers.
Attacks against IoT, Dark Web indexing, and other tales from Ground Zero
Tue, 9th Feb 2016
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cybersecurity
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threat intelligence
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opinion
I've uncovered Israeli innovation countering soaring IoT attacks and Dark Web's underworld market indexing—key battlegrounds in cyber warfare.