Most dark web activity revolves around a handful of topics 2026-05-21 at 08:31 By Sinisa Markovic Dark web activity often becomes visible during marketplace seizures, major data leaks, or sudden spikes in criminal activity. Those events can create an impression of an ecosystem where attention shifts quickly and new trends regularly replace old ones. A […]
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B1ack’s Stash Marketplace Gives Away 4.6 Million Stolen Credit Cards 2026-05-19 at 15:35 By Ionut Arghire The stolen credit card data was released as a free download, allegedly in response to seller misconduct. The post B1ack’s Stash Marketplace Gives Away 4.6 Million Stolen Credit Cards appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from
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Gemini picks up criminal activity buried in dark web noise 2026-03-25 at 15:07 By Sinisa Markovic To help teams make faster and more accurate decisions on emerging threats, Google has introduced a dark web intelligence capability in Google Threat Intelligence. Powered by Gemini, the feature analyzes millions of dark web events each day and surfaces
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Incognito dark web drug market operator gets 30 years in prison 2026-02-04 at 18:17 By Sinisa Markovic Rui-Siang Lin, a Taiwanese national, was sentenced to 30 years in U.S. federal prison for operating Incognito Market, one of the world’s largest illicit online narcotics marketplaces. Incognito Market splash page and graphical interface Incognito Market operated on
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There was no data breach, Instagram says 2026-01-12 at 13:20 By Zeljka Zorz News of a possible Instagram data breach spread over the weekend after Malwarebytes reported that cybercriminals had stolen sensitive information from 17.5 million Instagram accounts, potentially leading to a surge in password reset requests. Users have been complaining last week about receiving
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DIG AI: Uncensored darknet AI assistant at the service of criminals and terrorists 2025-12-22 at 13:00 By Help Net Security Resecurity has identified the emergence of uncensored darknet AI assistants, enabling threat actors to leverage advanced data processing capabilities for malicious purposes. One of these – DIG AI – was identified on September 29 of
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For $40, you can buy stolen police and government email accounts 2025-08-14 at 15:01 By Sinisa Markovic Active police and government email accounts are being sold on the dark web for as little as $40, giving cybercriminals a direct line into systems and services that rely on institutional trust. According to new research from Abnormal
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Archetyp Dark Web Market Shut Down by Law Enforcement 2025-06-16 at 16:33 By Eduard Kovacs The Archetyp Market drug marketplace has been targeted by law enforcement in an operation involving takedowns and arrests. The post Archetyp Dark Web Market Shut Down by Law Enforcement appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek
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Police shut down long-running dark web drug market 2025-06-16 at 15:33 By Anamarija Pogorelec Law enforcement authorities across Europe have dismantled Archetyp Market, the most enduring dark web drug market, following a large-scale operation involving six countries, supported by Europol and Eurojust. Between 11 and 13 June, a series of coordinated actions took place across
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How does your data end up on the dark web? 2025-03-26 at 07:01 By Help Net Security The dark web is a hidden corner of the internet where people can remain anonymous. It’s often confused with the deep web, but they’re not quite the same thing. The deep web is just everything online that’s not
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Dark Web Activity January 2025: A New Hacktivist Group Emerges 2025-01-31 at 10:03 By daksh sharma Overview Cyble dark web researchers investigated more than 250 dark web claims by threat actors in January 2025, with more than a quarter of those targeting U.S.-based organizations. Of threat actors (TAs) on the dark web targeting U.S. organizations
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UN aviation agency investigating possible data breach 2025-01-07 at 16:49 By Zeljka Zorz The United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) confirmed on Monday that it’s “actively investigating reports of a potential information security incident allegedly linked to a threat actor known for targeting international organizations.” The statement came a few days after 42,000 documents
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Phishing scams and malicious domains take center stage as the US election approaches 2024-10-22 at 07:03 By Help Net Security Phishing scams aimed at voters, malicious domain registrations impersonating candidates, and other threat activity designed to exploit unassuming victims take center stage as the US election approaches, according to Fortinet. “As the 2024 US presidential
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Weekly IT Vulnerability Report: Cyble Urges Fixes for NVIDIA, Adobe, CUPS 2024-10-04 at 18:01 By dakshsharma16 Key Takeaways Overview Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) investigated 19 vulnerabilities from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1 and flagged eight of them in four products for security teams to prioritize. CRIL researchers also observed 10 exploits discussed on
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Companies mentioned on the dark web at higher risk for cyber attacks 2024-09-26 at 06:01 By Help Net Security The presence of any data relating to an organization on the dark web demonstrably increases its risk of a cyber attack, according to Searchlight Cyber. Dark web insights and breach correlation Marsh McLennan Cyber Risk Intelligence
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Two Indicted in US for Running Dark Web Marketplaces Offering Stolen Information 2024-09-09 at 16:32 By Ionut Arghire A Kazakhstani and a Russian national were indicted in the US for operating dark web sites facilitating PII, card, and banking information trading. The post Two Indicted in US for Running Dark Web Marketplaces Offering Stolen Information
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The changes in the cyber threat landscape in the last 12 months 2024-07-23 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz When it comes to the cyber threat landscape, change is the only constant: the inevitable interplay between cybercriminals and law enforcement agencies makes it inevitable. Europol’s recently released Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2024 report covers
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How AI helps decode cybercriminal strategies 2024-07-11 at 07:32 By Help Net Security With terms like “AI washing” making their way into mainstream business consciousness, the hype surrounding AI is making it harder to differentiate between the true applications and empty promises of the technology. The quest for tangible business benefits is in full swing,
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Why are threat actors faking data breaches? 2024-06-24 at 07:16 By Help Net Security Earlier this year Europcar discovered a hacker selling info on its 50 million customers on the dark web. The European car rental company immediately launched an investigation, only to discover that the data being sold was completely doctored, possibly using generative
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Cheap ransomware for sale on dark web marketplaces is changing the way hackers operate 2024-04-18 at 08:01 By Help Net Security Since June 2023, Sophos X-Ops has discovered 19 junk gun ransomware variants — cheap, independently produced, and crudely constructed — on the dark web. The developers of these junk gun variants are attempting to
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