Data breaches have become a fact of our digital world. Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report recorded over 12,000 breaches in that year alone. That’s nearly three dozen a day. And it gets worse. Troy Hunt, founder of Have I Been Pwned, says that data breaches are not being reported as openly as they once...Read More
With new and ever-increasing restrictions on abortion, Dr. Brent Monseur, a third-year Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellow, was curious to know if these illicit businesses are selling medications such as mifepristone and misoprostol as well as birth control pills through the dark web. It’s a project that received the 2022 Ted Adams Scholarship Award at...Read More
$12.5 billion lost: Internet crime complaints in the U.S. surged to 880,418 in 2023, with losses rising 22% from the previous year. 15 billion stolen credentials: The number of leaked account credentials on the dark web jumped 82% in 2022. 60% of dark web sites are illegal: A majority of dark web domains facilitate cybercrime....Read More
Among remote access and loader tools, several RAT and Trojan families continue to dominate underground discussions and sales activity, reflecting their ongoing role as first-stage infection mechanisms. Figure 1 illustrates the steady level of RAT activity observed across dark web forums and marketplaces, incorporating trends in mentions, listings, and related infection telemetry. All subsequent graphs...Read More
Right now, someone, somewhere could be using your credit card details to book a luxury holiday. Not for themselves, but for a bargain-hunting customer who, without realising it, is engaging in fraudulent activity. This is just one reality of the dark web, where stolen financial data is fuelling an out-of-control black market flogging discounted travel...Read More
No time to read? Listen to the article here: The darknet is a mysterious and often misunderstood part of the internet, attracting both intrigue and concern. Darknet markets, in particular, have gained attention for their role in facilitating the exchange of illicit goods and services. Despite their controversial nature, these marketplaces continue to evolve, offering...Read More
A cybersecurity expert has told the ABC that the personal data of Qantas customers has been released on the dark web. Up to six million Qantas customer records were exposed in July during a cyber attack on a third-party platform used by Qantas. The stolen data included some customers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth...Read More
Google has announced that early next year they are discontinuing the dark web report, which was meant to monitor breach data that’s circulating on the dark web. The news raised some eyebrows, but Google says it’s ending the feature because feedback showed the reports didn’t provide “helpful next steps.” New scans will stop on January...Read More
About the Author Rezaul Karim, a member of Compliance Week’s Advisory Board, is a seasoned financial crime compliance expert from Bangladesh with over a decade of experience in the field. He held multiple compliance AVP roles at HSBC and is a published author, speaker, and anti-financial crime thought leader shaping the best practices in the field. But the...Read More
For most visitors to Florida, going on a ‘tour’ usually means a trip to Disney World to meet Mickey and friends. Or perhaps a boat trip through the swamps. But at Zero Trust World in Orlando this year, ThreatLocker’s security specialist, Collin Ellis, took IT managers, services providers, (and a TI journalist) on a journey...Read More
