Collating Hacked Data Sets

Two Harvard undergraduates completed a project where they went out on the dark web and found a bunch of stolen datasets. Then they correlated all the information, and combined it with additional, publicly available, information. No surprise: the result was much more detailed and personal. "What we were able to do is alarming because we can now find vulnerabilities in… Continue reading Collating Hacked Data Sets

Dark Web Fraud and Cybercrime with Emily Wilson

In episode 105 for January 27th 2020: What are the new forms of fraud and cybercrime being found on the Dark Web? We discuss this fascinating topic with Emily Wilson, VP of Research at Terbium Labs. ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show ** Emil… Continue reading Dark Web Fraud and Cybercrime with Emily Wilson

Dark Web Site Taken Down without Breaking Encryption

The US Department of Justice unraveled a dark web child-porn website, leading to the arrest of 337 people in at least 18 countries. This was all accomplished not through any backdoors in communications systems, but by analyzing the bitcoin transactions and following the money: Welcome to Video made money by charging fees in bitcoin, and gave each user a unique… Continue reading Dark Web Site Taken Down without Breaking Encryption

Dark Web Site Taken Down without Breaking Encryption

The US Department of Justice unraveled a dark web child-porn website, leading to the arrest of 337 people in at least 18 countries. This was all accomplished not through any backdoors in communications systems, but by analyzing the bitcoin transactions… Continue reading Dark Web Site Taken Down without Breaking Encryption

“Welcome to Video” raid leads to 337 arrests due to Bitcoin Exchanges that use strong KYC

The darkweb child sexual exploitation video site, “Welcome to Video”, first came onto Law Enforcement’s attention as a result of a case in the UK, where a geophysicist Matthew Falder was arrested.  When the National Crime Agency was looking into… Continue reading “Welcome to Video” raid leads to 337 arrests due to Bitcoin Exchanges that use strong KYC