2014 was a year in flux for the Deep Web. We briefly discussed this in our annual security roundup, but this is a topic worth exploring in some detail. In late 2013, the operator of the Silk Road marketplace, Ross Ulbricht (also known as Dread Pirate Roberts) was arrested, and recently he was convicted on various charges…
Read MoreThe past few weeks have not been good for Bitcoin. Mt. Gox shut down withdrawals due to concerns over transaction malleability. The same flaw was reportedly used to loot more than 4,000 BTC (worth more than 2.7 million US dollars) from Silk Road 2.0 Deep Web marketplace. These stories, together with others that have shaken…
Read MoreWhile Ross Ulbricht, the accused operator of the first Silk Road Marketplace, remains in trial in New York, a new version of the deep web site, named Silk Road 2.0, has been launched yesterday. The launch was announced through the Twitter account of Dread Pirate Roberts, the pseudonym Ulbricht allegedly used while operating the site. Figure…
Read MoreFour men were arrested a week ago in the Netherlands for spreading the so-called TorRAT malware. This malware only targeted Dutch speaking users and utilized the Tor for is command and control (C&C) servers. Its primary goal was financial theft from online banking accounts. Our Threat Encyclopedia entry for TROJ_INJECT.LMV provides a more in-depth description of…
Read MoreEarlier, we published a blog post talking about the recent shut down of the Silk Road marketplace. There, we promised to release a new white paper looking at cybercrime activity on the Deep Web in more detail. This paper can now be found on our site here. While the Deep Web has often been uniquely associated…
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