How Dutch Police Busted Hansa Dark Web Marketplace

By Waqas Hansa was once the second largest dark web marketplace after This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How Dutch Police Busted Hansa Dark Web Marketplace...

3,000 Databases with 200 Million Unique accounts found on Dark Web

By Waqas Dark Web is a strange place where one can conduct This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3,000 Databases with 200 Million Unique accounts found on Dark Web...

The Perfect Storm:  Cyberspace Requires Defense in the Cloud

Cyberspace is a free-fire zone. Corporations are regularly under siege from multiple threat actors. The cyber-arms bazaar that flourishes around the world has allowed criminals and nations to wage long-term campaigns against corporations and government agencies. These attackers stalk businesses a...

Dark Web’s worst pedophile sentenced to 32 years in prison

By Carolina Birmingham Crown Court UK has jailed a dark web pedophile for This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark Web's worst pedophile sentenced to 32 years in prison...

This Week in Security News: Senate Hearings and Equifax Breaches

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, leaders of six security agencies testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Equifax hack grew in severity, and hackers used the...

Dark Web’s largest cybercrime group indicted after stealing $530M

By Waqas Infraud organization is the largest group of cybercriminals on Dark This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark Web’s largest cybercrime group indicted after stealing $530M...

Cybercriminals Selling Social Security Numbers of Infants on Dark Web

By Waqas Dark Web has become a creepy place since it is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cybercriminals Selling Social Security Numbers of Infants on Dark Web...

Expert: IoT Botnets the Work of a ‘Vast Minority’

In December 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments and guilty pleas by three men in the United States responsible for creating and using Mirai, a malware strain that enslaves poorly-secured "Internet of Things" or IoT devices like security cameras and digital video recorders f...

6 years jail time for ‘one of the largest’ dark web drug dealer

By Carolina The 40-year-old David Ryan Burchard from Merced, a dark web vendor This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 6 years jail time for ‘one of the largest dark web drug dealer...

4 Predictions for the Cybersecurity Landscape in 2018

Targeted attacks are on the rise, and the dark web isn’t helping curb that trend. To compound this, the recent revelations on Shadow Brokers and CIA Vault 7, as well as burgeoning nation-state cyber capabilities aren’t helping either. It’s only a matter of time before more attack methods are...

December 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Maria Magdalene Dietrich” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! December 27, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Unsafe personal...

Skyrocketing Bitcoin Fees Hit Carders in Wallet

Critics of unregulated virtual currencies like Bitcoin have long argued that the core utility of these payment systems lies in facilitating illicit commerce, such as buying drugs or stolen credit cards and identities. But recent spikes in the price of Bitcoin -- and the fees associated with movin...

With 1.4 Billion Stolen Log-Ins on the Dark Web, it’s Time to Take Password Management Seriously

Last week you may have seen some worrying news: researchers probing the darkest corners of the underground web found a secret trove containing 1.4 billion breached usernames and passwords. Yes, that’s right: 1.4 BILLION. Yours might very well be among them, and if you reuse the same password acro...

The Market for Stolen Account Credentials

Past stories here have explored the myriad criminal uses of a hacked computer, the various ways that your inbox can be spliced and diced to help cybercrooks ply their trade, and the value of a hacked company. Today's post looks at the price of stolen credentials for just about any e-commerce, ban...

Collection of 1.4 Billion Plain-Text Leaked Passwords Found Circulating Online

Hackers always first go for the weakest link to quickly gain access to your online accounts. Online users habit of reusing the same password across multiple services gives hackers opportunity to use the credentials gathered from a data breach to break into their other online accounts. Researchers...

Hacked Password Service Leakbase Goes Dark

Leakbase, a Web site that indexed and sold access to billions of usernames and passwords stolen in some of the world largest data breaches, has closed up shop. A source close to the matter says the service was taken down in a law enforcement sting that may be tied to the Dutch police raid of the...

Excerpts from The Ransomware Economy: Projections

Carbon Black recently published an investigative report on the Dark Web marketplace for ransomware. This is the final excerpt from that report, which you can find here. For more information about the rise of ransomware, and what you can do about it, check out the Ransomware Epidemic: Stop Bad...

A Dark Web hacker is offering services to track anyone anywhere

By Waqas Would you not like to track the traveling patterns of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Dark Web hacker is offering services to track anyone anywhere...

Malaysian Data Breach Leaves Stolen Data Online for a ‘Long Time’

A 2014 data breach may have left the personal details for tens of millions of Malaysians for sale online for “a long time,” according to Vijandren Ramadass, the founder of tech portal Lowyat.net, who uncovered the data leak. According to a New York Times report, “Malaysia said on Wednesday it was...

The Rise of Super-Stealthy Digitally Signed Malware—Thanks to the Dark Web

Guess what's more expensive than counterfeit United States passports, stolen credit cards and even guns on the dark web? It's digital code signing certificates. A recent study conducted by the Cyber Security Research Institute CSRI this week revealed that stolen digital code-signing certificates...