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Home   »   French underground

Distrust Breeds Enmity in the French Underground

  • Posted on:September 14, 2016 at 3:20 am
  • Posted in:Deep Web
  • Author:
    Cedric Pernet (Threat Researcher)
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We now know that most of the murky dealings that French cybercriminals engage in happen in the dark recesses of the Deep Web, specifically in the Dark Web. Every now and then though, cybercriminals would make their presence felt on the Surface Web. A popular cybercriminal marketplace now gone, French Dark Net, for one, was seen recently promoting its offerings on YouTube. We’ve seen similarities between the French as well as the Brazilian and North American underground markets in that they use social media as a platform to promote their illegal business. What sets the French underground apart?

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Tags: French Dark NetFrench underground

The French Dark Net Is Looking for Grammar Police

  • Posted on:September 8, 2016 at 5:56 am
  • Posted in:Deep Web
  • Author:
    Cedric Pernet (Threat Researcher)
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Ecrivez-vous français parfaitement?

Can you read and write in French? Do you have a keen eye for detail to spot mistakes and correct French spelling and grammar? You may just have a promising career as a cybercriminal; that is if you don’t mind getting paid with stolen goods.

Following our recent discoveries in the French underground, we stumbled across another interesting development—the underground marketplace was looking for a “cleaner” and posted the role with a job description on their forum to find a suitable candidate. Based on the job description, a “cleaner” is a person tasked to clean up content by checking for misspellings and overall readability.

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Tags: cleanerFrench Dark NetFrench underground

When Hackers Hack Each Other—A Staged Affair in the French Underground?

  • Posted on:August 23, 2016 at 12:10 am
  • Posted in:Deep Web
  • Author:
    Cedric Pernet (Threat Researcher)
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Recently, Trend Micro published a blog post on a new illegal gambling system known as “French Dark Bets (FDB).” FDB is run and hosted by one of the biggest French underground marketplace, the French Dark Net (FDN). This betting system runs entirely on Bitcoins (BTC), which make it easy for cybercriminals to inject and collect money through this platform.

Over the last few weeks, a series of events caught our attention: The FDN and FDB went offline and came back online within a few days, announcing that they were hacked and money was stolen. Following this incident, FDN went back online with changed features.

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Tags: FDBFDNFrench Dark BetFrench Dark NetFrench underground

French Dark Bets: Betting On Euro 2016

  • Posted on:July 12, 2016 at 3:00 am
  • Posted in:Deep Web
  • Author:
    Cedric Pernet (Threat Researcher)
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While French underground marketplaces are typically located in the “Dark Web”, recently they ventured out onto YouTube to advertise the newest addition to their services: online gambling.

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Tags: FDBFrench Dark BetFrench Dark NetFrench undergroundonline gambling

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