November 3, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Friday” 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! November 3, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Endpoint security needs...

Excerpts from The Ransomware Economy: Emergence and Innovation

Carbon Black recently published an investigative report on the Dark Web marketplace for ransomware. This is an 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 Future-Proof Your Ransomware Prevention...

Excerpts from The Ransomware Economy: Analysis

Carbon Black recently published an investigative report on the Dark Web marketplace for ransomware. This is an 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 Future-Proof Your Ransomware Prevention...

You can now buy ATM malware on Dark Web for $5000

By Uzair Amir A few days back we informed you about the findings This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: You can now buy ATM malware on Dark Web for $5000...

Krebs Given ISSA’s ‘President’s Award’

KrebsOnSecurity was honored this month with the 2017 President's Award for Public Service from the Information Systems Security Association, a nonprofit organization for cybersecurity professionals. The award recognizes an individual's contribution to the information security profession in the ar...

October 13, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Friday the 13th” 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! October 13, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Equifax’s website may ha...

October 12, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Fall Harvest Edition” 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! October 12, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Ransomware market soars...

October 11, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “San Francisco” 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! October 11, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Ransomware market soars...

Dark Web Ransomware Economy Growing at an Annual Rate of 2,500%

CryptoLocker. GoldenEye. Locky. WannaCry. It’s no secret that 2017 is shaping up to be the most notorious year on record for ransomware. Even a casual news consumer can identify several, if not all, of the menacing ransomware attacks that have cost worldwide businesses an estimated $1 billion thi...

World’s largest child porn site was run by police for undercover op

By Carolina Dark web is home to explicit and illegal content including child This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Worlds largest child porn site was run by police for undercover op...

Dark-Web Drug Dealer Arrested After He Travelled US for World Beard Championships

United States authorities arrested suspected dark web drug kingpin late last month while he was travelling from his base in France to the United States of America for this year’s annual World Beard and Mustache Championships. Gal Vallerius, a 38-year-old French national, was travelling to Austin,...

Mass-Scale Ransomware Attacks Providing Hackers the Ability to Earn Quick Money

During the past six months, the Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU analyzed more than 1,000 ransomware samples, categorizing them into 150 families, and found the following: Attackers are looking to make quick, easy money with unsophisticated malware combined with sophisticated delivery method...

Equifax Data Breach: Steps You should Take to Protect Yourself

Equifax has suffered one of the largest data breaches in history that has left highly sensitive data of as many as 143 million people—that's nearly half of the US population—in the hands of hackers. Based on the company's investigation, some unknown hackers managed to exploit a security flaw on t...

Stolen 6M Celebrities data from Instagram sold on Dark Web

By Waqas The data is available on a searchable website called DoxaGram. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Stolen 6M Celebrities data from Instagram sold on Dark Web...

Neo Nazi site DailyStormer moves to dark web that’s as good as dead

By Waqas On August 14th it was reported that Internet domain registrar and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Neo Nazi site DailyStormer moves to dark web thats as good as dead...

Israeli Teen Accused of Running Bomb Threat Service Against Jewish Community Centers On Dark Web

By Waqas The authorities believe he is part of a larger bomb-threat-for-hire This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli Teen Accused of Running Bomb Threat Service Against Jewish Community Centers On Dark Web...

August 7, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Teddy Roosevelt” 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! August 5, 2017 - Headlines Ransomware can cost firms over $700,000; cloud...

Polish Kidnapper Tried Selling British Model on Dark Web

By Carolina We have heard about Dark Web marketplace asking for funds This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Polish Kidnapper Tried Selling British Model on Dark Web...

Tor Developer Busts Myths, Announces New Features

The Tor Project gets a bad rap as being a playground for the guilty. That’s why Tor Project co-founder Roger Dingledine took the stage last week at DEF CON to bust popular myths and announce upcoming features related to the anonymity network that averages 2 million users a day. Dingledine’s bigge...

Explained: the Dark Web

You may have seen the Dark Web referenced in popular TV shows and have gotten the wrong idea, or if you already knew about it, you may have snorted in derision. It’s also sometimes called the Deep Web, when in fact the Dark Web is only a part of the Deep Web. Terminology Surface Web is what we...