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Dark Web
What is Dark Web?
The Dark Web is a reality that has existed since the beginning of the internet. While there is a load of information indexed on the web, easily accessible by anyone with internet connectivity irrespective of geography, there is even more information and data that do not come to notice because it is hidden and requires special privileges to access. This unchartered portion of the web is called Dark Web.
How is Dark Web different from Web
Information on the dark web is not defined by regulations and content policies. Moreover, web pages serving information on the dark web do not appear on
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Latest Updates on Dark Web
At least 20% cybercrimes involve dark web usage by attackers: Report
The dark web is a platform on the internet that can be accessed using special tools. It is usually very difficult to trace the identity and location of a dark web user
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Govt eyes crackdown on ecommerce dark patterns amid festive shopping season
In December last year, the Consumer Affairs Ministry introduced rules defining 13 dark patterns in ecommerce, classifying them as violations of consumer protection laws
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52 of 53 top apps in India use 'dark patterns', says ASCI study
The report said that ethical design alternatives and choice architecture in apps should be introduced to bring down such cases
Eyes on dark web: How Indian firms can protect their data from cyberthieves
To mitigate risks from dark web, organisations should implement cybersecurity monitoring that includes preparation, detection, analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-activity measures
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Consumer affairs secretary warns e-commerce sites on dark patterns
The government has been working towards eliminating the usage of dark patterns by e-commerce platforms
Boat suffers data breach: Personal data of 7.5 mn users leaked on dark web
The threat actor has put out around 2 Gigabytes of personally identifiable information (PII) of boAt users on dark web forums, claimed the reports
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Data of 7.5 mn boAt customers leaked on dark web: Forbes India report
The personal data of 7.5 million boAt customers is a being sold at just two euros on the dark web
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67% of consumers experienced subscription trap: LocalCircles survey
Over 1 in 2 consumers surveyed who bought something via app or software platforms said they experienced dark patterns like subscription trap, drip pricing and bait and switch, said the survey
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'Virtual currency, e-payments, dark web attracts terrorist organisations'
According to a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report, virtual currencies such as Bitcoin have increasingly been used in various illegal and criminal activities and terror financing
 "'Virtual currency, e-payments, dark web attracts terrorist organisations'")
Indian national pleads guilty in US to running dark web drug enterprise
Customers ordered controlled substances from Singh using the vendor sites and by paying with cryptocurrency
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Personal information of 750 mn Indians up for sale on dark web: CloudSEK
The dataset allegedly encompasses around 85 per cent of the Indian population, making it one of the largest breaches of its kind
How well can govt's dark pattern rules curb customer manipulation online?
You looked for tickets on a travel website and it showed a particular price. But, within minutes, the price increased
Battling dark patterns
Ensuring consumer protection on the web will boost growth
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Develop digital forensic infrastructure to deal with Dark Web: NHRC chief
"We must invest and develop a broad-based digital forensic infrastructure to tackle the misuse of cyberspace and criminal commerce. At the same time we have to ensure the digital divide is not there"
Banks focusing on client acquisition, less on grievance redress: RBI's Rao
Deputy guv says efforts to provide timely solutions to grievances have not kept pace with technology
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Centre issues advisory for social media platforms regarding deepfakes
Deepfakes are videos creating delusion with the use of deep learning, AI, and photoshopping techniques to make images of fake events
Aadhaar data of 815 million on sale on the dark web, says report
The hacker was willing to sell the entire Aadhaar and Indian passport dataset for 80,000 US dollars when contacted by Resecurity
Govt launches hackathon to tackle 'dark patterns' on some online platform
This is the third hackathon the consumer affairs department is organising after the successful hackathon on onion and tomato, he said
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WormGPT: A malicious cousin of ChatGPT with no ethical boundaries
A new AI tool has been developed called WormGPT, which aims to launch sophisticated phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. The WormGPT could be accessed only through the dark web
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Google to expand its Dark Web monitoring tool to all Gmail users in US
Google has announced that it will expand its Dark Web monitoring to all Gmail users in the US and later to international markets
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