Dark Web Hydra Market Mastermind Sentenced to Life by Russia

Stanislav Moiseyev, the organizer of the notorious Hydra Market, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Moscow court. Learn about the massive scale of this dark web marketplace and the international efforts to dismantle it...

Bitcoin Fog Operator Gets 12.5 Years for Longest-Running Bitcoin Laundering

Bitcoin Fog operator sentenced to 12.5 years for laundering $400M in crypto. The dark web's longest-running mixer processed…...

Dark Web Anti-Bot Services Let Phishers Bypass Google’s Red Page

Anti-bot services on the dark web allow phishers to bypass Google's Red Page warnings, evading detection and making…...

Stealer here, stealer there, stealers everywhere!

Introduction Information stealers, which are used to collect credentials to then sell them on the dark web or use in subsequent cyberattacks, are actively distributed by cybercriminals. Some of them are available through a monthly subscription model, thus attracting novice cybercriminals. Accordi...

Authorities Seize Dark Web Marketplaces Sipulitie and Tsätti

Finnish Customs and Swedish Police, with Bitdefender's support, shut down dark web marketplaces Sipulitie and Tsätti. These platforms…...

Whispers from the Dark Web Cave. Cyberthreats in the Middle East

The Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team analyzed cybersecurity threats coming from dark web cybercriminals who targeted businesses and governments in the Middle East in H1 2024. Our research highlights the most severe and pervasive threats, and identifies potential risks and consequence...

Bohemia and Cannabia Dark Web Markets Taken Down After Joint Police Operation

The Dutch police have announced the takedown of Bohemia and Cannabia, which has been described as the world's largest and longest-running dark web market for illegal goods, drugs, and cybercrime services. The takedown is the result of a collaborative investigation with Ireland, the United Kingdom...

Gamers Tricked Into Downloading Lua-Based Malware via Fake Cheating Script Engines

Users searching for game cheats are being tricked into downloading a Lua-based malware that is capable of establishing persistence on infected systems and delivering additional payloads. "These attacks capitalize on the popularity of Lua gaming engine supplements within the student gamer...

Facebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext, Meta fined

Ireland’s privacy watchdog Data Protection Commission DPC has fined Meta €91M $101M after the discovery in 2019 that Meta had stored 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords in plaintext. The DPC ruled that Meta was in violation of GDPR on several occasions related to this breach. It determin...

Dark Web Sales Fuel 32% Increase in Global Healthcare Cyberattacks

Healthcare organizations face a 32% surge in cyberattacks, with sensitive patient data being sold on the Dark Web.…...

Police Broke Tor Anonymity to Arrest Dark Web Users in Major CSAM Bust

German authorities dismantled Boystown, a notorious Dark Web platform for CSAM, by deanonymizing Tor users in 2021. This…...

Top 3 Threat Report Insights for Q2 2024

Cato CTRL Cyber Threats Research Lab has released its Q2 2024 Cato CTRL SASE Threat Report. The report highlights critical findings based on the analysis of a staggering 1.38 trillion network flows from more than 2,500 of Cato's global customers, between April and June 2024. Key Insights from the...

FBI Cracks Down on Dark Web Marketplace Managed by Russian and Kazakh Nationals

Two men have been indicted in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in managing a dark web marketplace called WWH Club that specializes in the sale of sensitive personal and financial information. Alex Khodyrev, a 35-year-old Kazakhstan national, and Pavel Kublitskii, a 37-year-old Russian...

City of Columbus tries to silence security researcher

The City of Columbus, Ohio is suing a security researcher for sharing stolen data. All the complaint will accomplish, we imagine, is spotlight the ignorance of certain city officials in handling a common security matter. What happened is that the City of Columbus was attacked by a ransomware grou...

Man certifies his own (fake) death after hacking into registry system using stolen identity

A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to 81 months in jail after hacking governments systems to fake his own death to dodge paying child support. Yes, you read that right. The press release by the US Attorneys Office, Eastern District of Kentucky, paints a detailed picture of what went down. In...

Russian Hacker Jailed 3+ Years for Selling Stolen Credentials on Dark Web

A 27-year-old Russian national has been sentenced to over three years in prison in the U.S. for peddling financial information, login credentials, and other personally identifying information PII on a now-defunct dark web marketplace called Slilpp. Georgy Kavzharadze, 27, of Moscow, Russia, plead...

Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges

A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by the U.K. National Crime Agency NCA has led to the arrest and extradition of a Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national believed to be associated with Russian-speaking cybercrime groups. Maksim Silnikau aka Maksym Silnikov, 38, went by the onli...

Data theft forum admins busted after flashing their cash in a life of luxury

Two men without a clear source of income landed cyberfraud charges after being so flash with their ill-gotten cash that it gained the attention of the authorities. In 2022, Russian national Pavel Kublitskii and Kazakhstan national Alexandr Khodyrev arrived in Florida and requested asylum, which w...

2024 Midyear Threat Landscape Review

As we navigate the complexities of 2024, its crucial to pause and reflect on the evolving threat landscape that surrounds us. This moment offers a unique opportunity to scrutinize our triumphs and missteps, understand the events that have decisively shaped our environment, and consider those that...

Cyber Threat Intelligence: Illuminating the Deep, Dark Cybercriminal Underground

Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill's threat experts. Each story shines a light on underground activities, the threat actors involved, and why you should care, along with what you can do to mitigate risk. The deep and dar...