Category: Dark Web
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Suspected Dream Market kingpin arrested after gold bars sent to his home address
Suspected Dream Market kingpin arrested after gold bars sent to his home address Lesson one for aspiring dark web kingpins: don’t have your laundered gold bars shipped to your home address. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley
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Incognito Market admin sentenced to 30 years for running $105 million dark web drug empire
Incognito Market admin sentenced to 30 years for running $105 million dark web drug empire He promised “the best security there is” to hundreds of thousands of drug buyers, while quietly making the kind of mistake that guaranteed a 30-year sentence. And maybe training police on cryptocurrency while running a running a vast Tor-hidden drug…
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Telegram Hosting World’s Largest Darknet Market
Telegram Hosting World’s Largest Darknet Market Wired is reporting on Chinese darknet markets on Telegram. The ecosystem of marketplaces for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers hosted on the messaging service Telegram have now grown to be bigger than ever before, according to a new analysis from the crypto tracing firm Elliptic. Despite a brief drop after Telegram…
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Darknet Market Escrow Systems is Vulnerable to Administrator Exit Scams
Darknet Market Escrow Systems is Vulnerable to Administrator Exit Scams Darknet markets, operating beyond the reach of traditional payment processors and legal systems, rely on escrow systems to secure cryptocurrency transactions between buyers and vendors. These systems, using multisignature wallets and automated release mechanisms, aim to ensure transaction security and facilitate dispute resolution. However, vulnerabilities…
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Hackers Allegedly Selling WinRAR 0-day Exploit on Dark Web Forums for $80,000
Hackers Allegedly Selling WinRAR 0-day Exploit on Dark Web Forums for $80,000 A threat actor using the handle “zeroplayer” advertised a previously unknown remote-code-execution (RCE) exploit for WinRAR on an underground forum. The post, titled “WINRAR RCE 0DAY – 80,000$,” claims the flaw works “fully on the latest version of WinRAR and below,” is not…
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Using AI to identify cybercrime masterminds
Using AI to identify cybercrime masterminds Analyzing dark web forums to identify key experts on e-crime gallagherseanm Go to sophos