Blueliv, Europe’s Premiere CyberThreat Intelligence Company, Strikes Data Sharing Partnership with DarkOwl, the Global Darknet Authority
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Blueliv’s darknet data module will be enhanced by DarkOwl’s intelligence, while DarkOwl will benefit from access to Blueliv’s threat intelligence data
DENVER, April 13th 2021 – Darknet data experts, DarkOwl and Blueliv, Europe’s top cyber security company, have formed a partnership that will bring extensive darknet intelligence data to Blueliv’s Threat Compass users within the Dark Web Module. In return, DarkOwl will add Blueliv’s vast database of intelligence from its Threat Context module to its darknet database.
AUC Appoints Two New Members to the Board of Trustees April 6, 2021
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Shahira Zeid ‘83 and Wael Bayazid were recently appointed as the newest members of AUC’s Board of Trustees. Both coming from business and financial backgrounds, their expertise serves as a valuable asset to AUC’s goals in the near future.
Members of AUC s Board of Trustees are all volunteers who dedicate their time and resources to supporting the University. Coming from a range of backgrounds, AUC’s trustees include many alumni in the areas of business, law, education, philanthropy and scholarship. Primarily Egyptians and Americans, the trustees do not receive any compensation. They provide generous financial support to the University, in addition to their fiduciary responsibilities.
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State of the dark web: Insights from the underground
Rise of professional criminal gangs, malware-as-a-service and improved infrastructure for carrying out criminal activity are changing the dark web. Here s what that means for enterprise security Credit: Dreamstime
Lately, dark web actors have one more worry: getting caught by law enforcement. Tracking dark web illegal activities has been a cat-and-mouse game for authorities, but in the end, they often catch their adversaries and seize the dodgy money.
On the night of the 2020 presidential election, for example, US government officials managed to empty out a $1 billion Bitcoin wallet recovering funds linked to Silk Road, seven years after the market’s closure. Silk Road was a popular underground marketplace dealing in illegal goods and services such as narcotics, hacking for hire, and contract killing.
Cybercriminal group closure and exit scams
Events like these have compelled cybercriminals to plot new strategies, which sometimes involves closing shop and cashing out before they get on the feds’ radar. In October 2020, the Maze ransomware group, which has breached hundreds of companies including Xerox, LG, and Canon, shut itself down over a six-week period stating they had retired their activities. However, experts have suggested this is likely a façade. Ransomware operators often shut one operation down to join another rather than exit the business completely.
“In recent years, the dark net has dramatically changed, quite organically, due to increased organized criminal organizations’ use of anonymous forums and marketplaces, the increased presence of young YouTube inspired criminal wannabes, and naturally, the subsequent increased presence of law enforcement and their attempts to infiltrate, de-anonymize, and take down such groups and hidden services,” says Mark