Dark Web Users Identified After Visiting File Sharing Site The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has obtained the IP addresses of several users of a dark web child porn site after they downloaded media on a file sharing service. Several alleged users of a child pornography dark web site have become implicated after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was able to obtain their IP addresses from a file sharing service outside the encrypted Tor network. According to court filings, users of the dark web site posted links to password-protected child pornography media on U.S.-based Ziifile, a file sharing service. A court order was all that was needed to obtain the IP addresses of all the suspected dark web site users from the file sharing service. Bizarrely Simple Takedown The Department of Homeland Security was able to gain crucial information on several child pornography website users without resorting to highly specialized methods, such as deploying sp...

xDedic Marketplace Infamous for Selling Access to Hacked Servers The xDedic marketplace now has over 85,000 hacked RDP servers listed for sale or purchase for an average price of $6. After Kaspersky Labs ousted xDedic last summer for employing hacked servers for purchase or hire, many believed it was curtains for the marketplace. The exposé was meant to steer traffic away from the xDedic marketplace for dealing with illegitimately obtained servers. However, after just a few weeks offline, the marketplace was back doing what it apparently knows best: selling even more hacked servers for an average price of $6. Kaspersky’s 25-page report revealed the initial number of hacked servers for sale or hire on xDedic marketplace to be around 70,000. After rising from its ashes, it was confirmed that the marketplace now has over 85,000 servers listed for sale or hire. The majority of the compromised servers suffer the same fatal flaw—they have open unsecured RDP (Remote ...

Russian Tor Exit Node Operator, Arrested A Russian math instructor who administrates a Tor exit node was arrested and charged with inciting mass riots and terrorism via the internet. Russian Tor exit node operator Dmitry Bogatov, who was accused of inciting mass riots and terrorism amongst other charges, still faces preventative detention until June 8, 2017. Bogatov was arrested on April 6 after Russian law enforcement tied his IP address to incendiary comments on several forums through the Tor anonymity network. All of the computer equipment at his home was seized. Bogatov is a mathematics instructor for high school and graduate students in Moscow. Dmitry Bogatov works for the Moscow Finance and Law University (MFUA). He is an outspoken privacy activist, develops free and open-source software, and contributes to the Tor network. He has been caught in the crosshairs of a significant penal case that is being overseen by Russia’s Investigation Committee, whic...

The Future Of Bitcoin And Will It Ever Fall? By 3313 - May 16, 2017 Experts warn about a sudden Bitcoin crash which could leave the whole cryptocurrency in ruins, possibly never able to return. Bitcoin is at a record high as of May 11, 2017. The price sits over $1,800 and experts predict it to reach $2,000 by then end of this month. It is crazy to think it was $0.08 a bitcoin, and now it is over a thousand dollars. But is all of this just a warning of the future downfall of bitcoin. Bitcoin is the biggest cryptocurrency in the world right now, with a market cap around 30 billion dollars. Bitcoin started in 2008 as a cryptocurrency and a digital wallet. Bitcoin in 2008 was eight cents which is a 23,000 percent increase compared to today’s price. Since Bitcoin is rapidly growing, all of the other cryptocurrencies are booming too. Ethereum and Litecoin , both cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, are rising. Ethereumrose from around $10 in April to around $9...

YouTube Experiences Its Biggest Hack Ever By C.M. - April 26, 2017 Prominent YouTubers’ accounts have been compromised by OurMine, following a previous hack of high-profile personnel. Just recently, popular YouTube accounts were hacked in a bid to raise security awareness amongst users. The targeted accounts were mainly of individuals with a massive following and the capacity to drive the message home. During the hack, only the names of YouTube videos were altered and no further damages were made. For instance, the hashtag #OurMine was at the beginning of every video that belonged to a compromised account. The YouTube accounts affected include Multi-channel network (MCN) and Omnia. Some of the channels under MCN are those of RomanAtwoodVlog which currently has slightly more than 12 million subscribers, JustKiddingNews with 1.6million subscribers, and Wranglerstar with slightly more than 500 thousand subscribers. Others accounts affected include: Nightblu...

A Service that Will Create Your Onion Site on Tor Network UK-based Dogsbody Technology is offering to create Tor hidden services for its customers using Muffet’s EOTK. Alec Muffet’s darknet site creation tool, The Enterprise Onion Toolkit (EOTK), was considered a trailblazer upon its release in February this year. Barely a month afterward, and the push towards utilizing anonymity tools such as Tor is picking up speed thanks to Dogsbody Technology, a hosting and technology infrastructure firm that is pitching a range of Tor hidden services to its customers. The owner of the hosting firm, Dan Benton, believes that it is time to rid Tor of the stigma surrounding it. Benton spoke to Motherboard via email and said that his mission is to spread awareness that Tor is not just the domain of the cybercriminal, but technology that can also be used to do a lot of good. He announced in a subsequent blog post that his UK-based tech startup has begun to offer turn-key hidden ...