Italian authorities have discovered that a malicious actor has obtained tens of thousands of high-resolution scans of passports, ID cards and other documents taken from hotel guests during check-in. The hacker, known as “mydocs,” posted 90,600 images for sale on the dark web in several batches between August 8th and 12th. The actor claimed to...Read More

We uncovered personally identifiable information (PII) stolen from a China-based hotel chain being sold on a deep web forum we were monitoring. Further analysis revealed that the stolen data was not only the PII of Chinese customers, but also included the hotel chain’s customers from Western and East Asian countries. The sample data we saw...Read More

Most people think the internet is just what they see: Google searches, social media feeds, news websites, and online shopping. But what you browse every day is only a tiny fraction of what actually exists online. Beneath the familiar surface lies a much larger, mostly invisible world, one that’s widely misunderstood, often misrepresented, and rarely...Read More

Whenever I have to research a specific topic, I naturally turn to the web. However, I don’t always have the time to spend hours reading every article out there. Instead, I can ask an AI chatbot to tackle much of the initial work for me. A variety of popular AIs offer a Deep Research mode,...Read More

Definition and uses Silk Road was the first modern darknet market and was accessible only via the Tor network, which anonymizes users by routing their activity through a global server network, making their activities difficult to trace. Silk Road used Bitcoin for transactions, which allowed users to make payments with greater anonymity than traditional payment...Read More

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You hear the phrase “dark web monitoring,” and it can feel unsettling. If a company is scanning shady corners of the internet for your information, are they exposing you even more? That question comes up often. In fact, Joyce from Florida wrote in with a concern many...Read More

The dark web continues to fuel a growing underground economy where cybercriminals buy and sell stolen data, malicious tools, and hacking services. In 2026, the barrier to entry for cybercrime is lower than ever, allowing threat actors with limited technical skill to purchase ransomware kits, stolen credentials, or even hire malicious hackers for targeted attacks. Key Takeaways...Read More

In the wake of several high-profile data breaches in 2024 — including one of the largest to date — Americans have once again turned their attention to the dark web. Stolen data often ends up for sale on this secret section of the internet, where the total amount of money made by markets and fraud...Read More

Google has officially deployed Gemini AI agents within Google Threat Intelligence to autonomously monitor dark web forums in public preview. These agents process millions of posts daily, using advanced organizational profiling to detect specific security risks like data leaks and initial access brokers. Traditional dark web monitoring relies heavily on regex and static keyword scraping,...Read More

Introduction Combolists and URL-Login-Password (ULP) files have existed since the earliest user data leaks. These files offer a convenient format for storing and distributing compromised credentials — typically just a username (or email) and password — where all “unnecessary” information is removed. It’s simplicity makes them ideal tools for cybercriminals launching attacks such as credential...Read More