Nethone Darknet Summary
35 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago -Hello, and welcome to the Nethone Darknet Summary! Andrew Elliott and Michał Barbaś introduce you to the hottest news and observations on the Dark Web.
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Episodes
The growth of the AI voice cloning scam
June 06, 2023 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.25 MBIn this month’s episode, we look into the increasing sophistication of the AI voice cloning scam. You may have seen deepfake disinformation videos in the news in the last few years, and perhaps you may even have used AI voice generators or text-to-speech services. You likely thought they were good, but at the same time, they didn’t quite look or sound like a real human. But the tech has been improving. The AI voice cloning scam - just another trick to fool victims Fraudsters and scammers ...
Genesis Market raided in international sting
May 11, 2023 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.22 MBIn this month’s episode of the Darknet Summary, we talk about the latest FBI-led international sting on Genesis Market - one of the largest cybercrime platforms. The sting, known as Operation Cookie Monster, was a coordinated action involving law enforcement agencies in 14 countries. It resulted in the initial arrests of 119 people, from operators of Genesis Market’s domains down to suppliers who provided stolen data for later use in fraud activities. Genesis Market was raided - what we kno...
Sanctions evasion is a threat to all merchants and banks
April 14, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 4.09 MBIn the latest episode of the Darknet Summary, we return to the topic of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war - not to talk about the conflict itself, but rather the impact of international economic sanctions imposed on Russia since they began their full-scale invasion. Preventing sanctions evasion is something merchants and banks must take more seriously Sanctions have proven largely successful in denting the Russian economy and impacting its effectiveness in waging war. On the other hand,...
The darknet and online romance scams
March 16, 2023 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.74 MBIn this latest episode of the Darknet Summary, we deal with matters of the heart - online romance scams (also referred to as online dating scams and pig butchering scams), which are fast becoming one of the biggest schemes in the world! When it comes to falling head over heels for someone, all too often, all reasoned thinking might go out the window. Most scammers know this and will use numerous techniques to reel in victims and then use their emotions against them to make money. Online rom...
Dark web vendors are creating their own mobile apps
February 10, 2023 06:00 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MBIn the first episode to cover dark web trends that will affect 2023 and beyond, we start afresh by looking at a trend that you will be accustomed to seeing with all digital goods and services - the option to use a dedicated mobile app. But now it’s no longer just eCommerce stores enticing you to download their latest apps, but also dark web vendors seeking to better reach customers beyond forums and marketplaces. Dark web vendors using mobile apps for improved security and more control To ...
Supply and demand for ‘aged accounts’ is spiking
January 18, 2023 13:00 - 5 minutes - 3.92 MBIn the final episode to cover fraud issues in 2022, our latest fraud investigation aims to highlight an often overlooked yet important fraud technique - using aged accounts to trick and build trust with e-Commerce merchants and other service users and most importantly, to fool anti-fraud systems. The real appeal of using aged accounts is to take advantage of the clean account history, reviews and ratings, otherwise ‘normal’ activity associated with genuine users. Fraudsters use Aged accounts...
Beware reshipping scams
December 20, 2022 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.64 MBIn the latest Darknet Summary, we look into how fraudsters attempt to add additional layers of anonymity to their activities by using simple but effective reshipping scams. Such scams have various names including parcel mule scam, work from home scams, but they are more commonly known as reshipping scams. Call them what you like, but the format is usually the same. Fraudsters will prey on job seekers by advertising fake jobs online that look too good to be true. The job always offers people ...
Credit card dumps entice fraudsters to BidenCash
November 16, 2022 08:00 - 4 minutes - 3.09 MBIn the latest Darknet Summary, we again revisit the BidenCash carding market. Back in July of 2022, we looked at how BidenCash was promoting itself with credit card dumps. We explained how carding site admins like to focus on marketing campaigns to garner interest in their services. Fast forward to October and BidenCash again made the news with further credit card dumps - this time leaking the details of 1.2 million credit cards. Has this darknet marketing ploy worked? Is BidenCash flourish...
Keep your guard up against Black Friday scams!
October 28, 2022 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBIn a special edition of the Darknet Summary, we talk with cybersecurity expert and Nethone’s R&D Advisor, Mateusz Chrobok, as he tells us how eCommerce businesses and online shoppers should prepare against Black Friday scams! Listen now, or watch the video interview on YouTube. Nethone.com is a fintech company that fights online transaction fraud using its proprietary software solution. In order to keep clients safe, we keep track of what’s happening in the darknet, the sometimes-murky und...
Keep your guard up against Black Friday scams!
October 28, 2022 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBIn a special edition of the Darknet Summary, we talk with cybersecurity expert and Nethone’s R&D Advisor, Mateusz Chrobok, as he tells us how eCommerce businesses and online shoppers should prepare against Black Friday scams! Listen now, or watch the video interview on YouTube. Nethone.com is a fintech company that fights online transaction fraud using its proprietary software solution. In order to keep clients safe, we keep track of what’s happening in the darknet, the sometimes-murky und...
There's trouble in carding forums and markets
October 19, 2022 17:00 - 4 minutes - 2.91 MBIn the latest Darknet Summary, we look at the trouble brewing in carding forums and markets. We often think about fraudsters as being one large group of kindred spirits, working in cahoots to defraud large companies, organisations and financial institutions. But the truth is, fraudsters will use any means possible to make financial gains, which includes turning on each other - and there has been a recent increase in such cases. So now we pose a question in the form of a tongue twister: ju...
Rivalry in the Russian language darknet | Darknet Summary
September 13, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 3.58 MBIn this month’s episode, we look into a parallel conflict taking place in the Russian language darknet. Pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian Russian-speaking cybercriminals are pitting themselves against each other with rival forums and marketplaces, seeking to fill the void left by the closure of Hydra Marketplace. What’s unique about this situation is that prior to the war in Ukraine, there was an element of comradery in the Russian-speaking darknet. The result was the dominance and sophisticati...
911 proxy is no more - another big proxy supplier disappears | Darknet Summary
August 10, 2022 07:00 - 4 minutes - 3.06 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In this month’s episode, we’ll take a look at the recent closure of 911 proxy - the last of the original big three proxy sites popular amongst cybercriminals due to its huge stockpile of clean IP addresses. The late-July closure of 911[.]re follows in the footsteps of VIP 72 which went down in 2021 and LuxSocks, which disappeared in January of this year. The repercussions of the fall of 911 are already evident as fraudsters struggle with less reliable al...
BidenCash: how carding sites gain notoriety | Darknet Summary
July 11, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes - 3.64 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In the latest episode, we’ll look at the emergence of BidenCash - a new carding site offering millions of people's valuable stolen credit card numbers and personally identifiable information (PII). Following the rise of new carding sites allows us to see how the admins of such sites aim to boost their notoriety and build up credibility among cybercriminals. Want to learn more? Listen to our podcast as Intelligence Specialist Michał Barbaś explains more ...
The war in Ukraine and its effects on credit card fraud | Darknet Summary
June 10, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 4.09 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In the latest episode, we’ll look into the war in Ukraine and how financial sanctions against Russia are leading to a global rise in credit card fraud. Want to learn more? Listen to our podcast as Intelligence Specialist Michał Barbaś explains more about the increase in credit card fraud originating from Russia! Nethone.com is a fintech company that fights online transaction fraud using its proprietary software solution. In order to keep clients safe,...
Dark Web Takedowns: The Seizures of Hydra Marketplace and RaidForums
May 11, 2022 22:00 - 7 minutes - 5.14 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In the latest episode, we take a look at some major dark web events that occurred amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine - in April, we saw two major dark web takedowns - the seizure of the fraudster havens Hydra Marketplace and RaidForums. We will explain how Russian users of the dark web find themselves in a situation where they must grapple with financial sanctions, but also face new opportunities, as real world events continue to affect the dark web. Fr...
Nethone Darknet Summary | March 2022 | The Russian invasion of Ukraine
April 08, 2022 18:00 - 6 minutes - 4.28 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In the latest episode, we focus on events connected to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how geo-political divisions have become apparent in dark web circles. Where political neutrality is encouraged on most dark web forums, inevitably, there have been those that have expressed backing for Russia or Ukraine in the ongoing war with somewhat predictable outcomes. Listen to our podcast to find out more as Intelligence Specialist Michał Barbaś helps summa...
Nethone Darknet Summary | TikTok | Be cybersmart to prevent fraud
March 10, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In this special edition of our podcast, we talk to Roland Cloutier, Global Chief Security Officer at TikTok. We discuss how being cybersmart can go a long way in preventing successful fraud attempts against all our online accounts - whether it be on social media, eCommerce stores or banking services! Listen to this insightful podcast, or watch online, to learn more. And make sure to check out @tiktoktips to see how #tiktok users are encouraged to #bec...
Nethone Darknet Summary | January 2022 | Card not present fraud report
February 14, 2022 12:00 - 6 minutes - 4.52 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In this month’s episode, we look back at 2021 - the year when payment card fraud dominated the darkweb, aided by the rise in eCommerce during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The growth of online shopping has allowed fraudsters to use tactics that take advantage of vulnerabilities in eCommerce platforms, allowing them to skim consumer credit card details, which are then sold online. We will pay particular focus to American cybercrime agency Gemini Advisor...
Nethone Darknet Summary | December 2021 | Credit Card Fraud | Stolen Logs Markets
January 12, 2022 23:00 - 7 minutes - 5.04 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In this month’s episode we we find ourselves returning to the issue of credit card fraud. Cybercriminals are continually looking for innovative ways to steal and benefit from your details. By using social engineering techniques, botnets, malware and security flaws in trusted services, fraudsters gain credit card information and data rich logs. We will look at... how fraudsters take advantage of security loopholes in Google Tag Manager as highlighted by...
Nethone Darknet Summary | November 2021 | eCommerce Fraud
December 12, 2021 23:00 - 6 minutes - 4.77 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In this month’s episode we focus on growing concerns about how cybercrime is affecting eCommerce, which is partly fueled by the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as more shoppers move online. We will look at... the recent leak of customer personal information from Wirecard Brasil by ShinyHunters. payment skimming attacks on the Magento e-commerce platform. the release of Europol’s Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (or iOCTA) for 2021....
Nethone Darknet Summary | October 2021 | Great Firewall of China | Black Friday
November 24, 2021 06:00 - 7 minutes - 4.95 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In this month’s episode we look at... how fraudsters in the People's Republic of China go about their cybercrime activities behind the Great Firewall. the steps cybercriminals are taking to prepare for November’s Black Friday with their own top deals on hacking tools and services. the latest cybercrime related Dark HunTOR police raids across the world. Listen to our podcast to find out more as Intelligence Specialist Michał Barbaś helps summarise t...
Nethone Darknet Summary | September 2021 | Card Not Present Fraud
October 22, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.76 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In last month’s episode, we took a look at carding, a form of credit card fraud. Customer card details are stolen and used by cybercriminals to buy expensive goods which are then resold online for profit. For September’s summary, we continue our analysis, specifically 'card not present' fraud, by looking into card validity testing methods and even the musical side of fraud expressed through hacker rap! First up, we look at the work of analysts at Amer...
Nethone Darknet Summary | August 2021 | Carding Fraud
September 30, 2021 21:00 - 6 minutes - 4.67 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In this episode, we take a look at carding, a form of credit card fraud where customer card details are stolen and used by cybercriminals to buy expensive goods which are then resold online for profit. We’ll focus on the latest high-profile carding attack. According to a new report by analysts at Italian cybercrime agency D3Labs, the credit card data of almost 1 million people has been available for free via an online carding database called ‘All World C...
Nethone Darknet Summary | July 2021
August 27, 2021 13:00 - 9 minutes - 6.65 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In this episode, we take a look at the use of Ransomware - the one time go-to malware tool for cyber criminals, which has lately come under increasing scrutiny - even in Darkweb circles. Listen to our podcast to find out more as Intelligence Specialist Michał Barbaś helps summarize the latest Darknet news. Nethone.com is a fintech company that fights online transaction fraud using its proprietary software solution. In order to keep clients safe, we keep...
Nethone Darknet Summary | July 2021 | Ransomware
August 27, 2021 13:00 - 9 minutes - 6.65 MBWelcome to Nethone's Darknet Summary! In this episode, we take a look at the use of Ransomware, the one time go-to malware tool for cyber criminals, which has lately come under increasing scrutiny - even in Darkweb circles - after the Colonial Pipeline attack by the RaaS group Darkside. Listen to our podcast to find out more as Intelligence Specialist Michał Barbaś helps summarize the latest Darknet news. Nethone.com is a fintech company that fights online transaction fraud using its propri...
Nethone Darknet Summary | March 2021
April 09, 2021 14:00 - 5 minutes - 3.84 MBWelcome to the Nethone Darknet news summary! Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most respected Russian-language online forums serving thousands of experienced cybercriminals have been hacked. What was leaked and what does it mean? Nethone.com is a fraud prevention software company, so we constantly keep track of what’s happening generally and specifically in the darknet. We created this podcast, to share our findings! Today, machine learning engineer Kuba Karczewski...
Nethone Darknet Summary | February 2021
March 09, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutes - 2.52 MBHello and welcome to the Nethone Darknet summary! Here’s the most important news from February: Have the Hydra (DNM) administrators been unmasked? Or is it a marketing ploy? What are Hydra's development plans anyway? Joker’s Stash is no more, so who is in line to assume the carding marketplace crown? How are the upstart carding marketplaces trying to win over Joker's Stash's former users?
Nethone Darknet Summary | January 2021
February 05, 2021 08:00 - 3 minutes - 2.4 MBHello and welcome to the Nethone Darknet Summary We would like to introduce you to the hottest news and observations on the Dark Web—here’s the most important news from January: A big announcement from the founders of the AVC Joker's Stash Sixgill provides their assessment of the state of the cyber underground of 2020 and the possible trends of 2021.
Nethone Darknet Summary | December 2020
January 15, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.39 MBHello and welcome to the Nethone Darknet Summary Decemeber edition! We would like to introduce you to the hottest news and observations on the Dark Web—here’s the most important news from the previous month: Law enforcement recently raided Joker's Stash (the biggest card shop) and Safe-Inet (the most popular virtual private network company among cybercriminals)
Nethone Darknet Summary December 2020
January 15, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.39 MBHello and welcome to the Nethone Darknet Summary Decemeber edition! We would like to introduce you to the hottest news and observations on the Dark Web—here’s the most important news from the previous month: Law enforcement recently raided Joker's Stash (the biggest card shop) and Safe-Inet (the most popular virtual private network company among cybercriminals)
Nethone Darknet Summary | October 2020 | Travel Fraud
January 06, 2021 18:00 - 2 minutes - 1.66 MBHello and welcome to Nethone Darknet Summary! We would like to introduce you to the hottest news and observations on the Dark Web—here’s the most important news from October: Travel fraud is on the rise - Patriarh & Trickster marketplaces are up and running again! What do they offer and what are the prices?! 3 million new card records on Joker’s Stash - a pile of 3 million compromised cards has been uploaded to the Joker’s Stash DNM. What was the source of the breach?
Nethone Darknet Summary | November 2020 | Hydra Cryptomarket
January 06, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.4 MBHello and welcome to the Nethone Darknet Summary November edition! We would like to introduce you to the hottest news and observations on the Dark Web—here’s the most important news from November: Russian DNM Hydra is the 6th biggest cryptocurrency receiver in Eastern Europe. No other DNM in any part of the world is placed in the first top 20 crypto receivers. What is behind their success? 'Tis the season for refund fraud. A robust dialogue among scammers on dark web forums over retailers...
Nethone Darknet Summary November 2020
January 06, 2021 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.4 MBHello and welcome to the Nethone Darknet Summary November edition! We would like to introduce you to the hottest news and observations on the Dark Web—here’s the most important news from November: Russian DNM Hydra is the 6th biggest cryptocurrency receiver in Eastern Europe. No other DNM in any part of the world is placed in the first top 20 crypto receivers. What is behind their success? 'Tis the season for refund fraud. A robust dialogue among scammers on dark web forums over retailers...
Nethone Darknet Summary October 2020
January 06, 2021 18:00 - 2 minutes - 1.66 MBHello and welcome to Nethone Darknet Summary! We would like to introduce you to the hottest news and observations on the Dark Web—here’s the most important news from October: Travel fraud is on the rise - Patriarh & Trickster marketplaces are up and running again! What do they offer and what are the prices?! 3 million new card records on Joker’s Stash - a pile of 3 million compromised cards has been uploaded to the Joker’s Stash DNM. What was the source of the breach?