Matthew Venturi

The dark web is a never-ending source of stories, myths, and urban legends — most of them belonging to the horror genre. Hitmen for hire, organ auctions, illegal porn, cannibal forums — it may seem that the dark web is something to avoid at all costs.   But how much of it is fact, and […]

We’ve already seen Kilos — just under a different name. Essentially, it is a search engine, much like Google. But there’s a twist: it’s for dark web markets. Kilos was created back in November 2019 and quickly got quite popular among cybercriminals. They mainly use Kilos to find answers to their queries and search for

The world at large is preoccupied with the coronavirus outbreak. Nearly all news outlets are covering it 24/7 while the people try their best not to panic. But even in these dark times, there are some causes for celebration. Namely, in March of 2020, two decades ago, we witnessed the birth of the dark web.

Digital Shadows, an Internet risk management company, found a listing on the dark web that sells boxes of surgical masks to people infected with the coronavirus. Each box contains 2,000 masks and costs roughly $6,500. But this listing isn’t the only one on the deep web to take advantage of the pandemic. In Ukraine, a