Dark web criminals are selling tools to help target your firm’s data
Dark web listings of malware aimed at companies are on the rise.
Commonly when surfing the web, Transport Layer Security (TLS) is the cryptographic protocol that provides confidentiality for your communication with the server. The green lock on your URL bar is an assurance, but not a guarantee, that you’re communicating confidentially with the entity you think you are. While TLS is designed to provide confidentiality and identity, dark web protocols are designed to provide confidentiality and anonymity. There are many of these dark net protocols, but Tor is by far the most common, likely because of its use of exit nodes to allow a user to obtain anonymity on the public internet by routing traffic across the Tor network.
On Anonymous Networks, Reputation Is Everything
A vendor cannot have an appreciation of these problems and not talk about their solution to them. If they are just trying to sell you on their ability to collect data from the dark web and then show you their platform, you don’t need to see the platform.
Finally, There’s Some Really Bad Stuff On Dark Nets, But They Also Are A Critical Resource For The Oppressed
I’m going to wrap this blog with a bit of a personal appeal. Anonymous networks are critical to journalists, whistleblowers, survivors of domestic abuse, people with sensitive medical conditions, the politically oppressed, and more. Please consider supporting projects such as the Tor Project or Tails — and if you’re in a decision-making position at an organization where people might assemble or seek to obtain information, please ensure that your site is usable when coming from a Tor exit node with JavaScript turned off. Unlike so much that we do in the cyberdomain, this can actually save lives.
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This blog was written by Senior Analyst Josh Zelonis and originally appeared here.
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