One of the greatest advantages of the dark web is the anonymity and encryption it offers while allowing users to access everything on the world wide web. This also makes it the hotbed of some of the most notorious cyberattacks. Much of the dark net’s activities are focused around marketplaces that offer ammunition, pornography, drugs, […]
Malware Targets 67 Online Brands Ahead of Black Friday
14 malware families have been discovered as part of an elaborate scam aimed at users shoppers of major e-commerce sites looking for pre-Black Friday deals. We’re all gearing up for some level of online purchasing for the holidays. The lure of great deals is enough to get any shopper paying attention to promotions of sales […]
Dark Web’s ‘Evolution Market’ Vanishes
The Evolution Market , an online black market that sells everything contraband — from marijuana, heroin and ecstasy to stolen identities and malicious hacking services — appears to have vanished in the last 24 hours with little warning. Much to the chagrin of countless merchants hawking their wares in the underground market, the curators of the project have reportedly absconded with the community’s bitcoins — a stash that some Evolution merchants reckon is worth more than USD $12 million. The “Fraud Related” section of the Evolution Market before it vanished.
Taking Stock of Tor: Top 5 Tips for Using The Onion Router
The Silk Road and NSA spying may be old news, but The Onion Router (Tor) continues to generate interest among Internet users seeking online anonymity. Tor isn’t all upside, though. As I found out, you pay a price for privacy