Dark Web

At least 20% cybercrimes involve dark web usage by attackers: Report

At least 20 per cent of cybercrimes in India involve attackers using dark web, according to a report by cyber security firm Lisianthus. 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. "At least 20 per cent of cybercrimes in India involve the usage of the dark web by online attackers," the study conducted by Lisianthus Tech said. The attackers used the dark web for cybercrimes like data breaches, hacking, phishing, ransomware, identity theft, sale and purchase of banned products like narcotics and weapons. The study is based on a detailed analysis of several cases of cybercrime reported across the country, said Khushhal Kaushik, founder and CEO of Lisianthus Tech. The study was conducted on a sampling basis over a period of two months which concluded last week, he said. "Study was completed using several samples of crime data taken from state police, National Cr

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

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

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

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

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

'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

Indian national pleads guilty in US to running dark web drug enterprise

A 40-year-old Indian national extradited from the UK has pleaded guilty to operating a global dark web enterprise to sell "deadly and dangerous drugs to communities across America" and agreed to forfeit approximately USD 150 million in cryptocurrency. According to court documents, Banmeet Singh from Haldwani in Uttarakhand created vendor marketing sites on dark web marketplaces to sell controlled substances, including fentanyl, LSD, ecstasy, Xanax, Ketamine, and Tramadol, the US Department of Justice said in a press release. Customers ordered controlled substances from Singh using the vendor sites and by paying with cryptocurrency. Singh then personally shipped or arranged the shipment of the drugs from Europe to America through US mail or other shipping services, the release said on Friday. Banmeet Singh and traffickers like him think they can operate anonymously on the dark web and evade prosecution...Today's guilty plea, which includes forfeiture of approximately USD 150 million

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

Develop digital forensic infrastructure to deal with Dark Web: NHRC chief

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice Arun Kumar Mishra on Sunday expressed concern about the Dark Web and the threat it poses to society, adding that there is a need to develop a digital forensic infrastructure to deal with it. Speaking at a Constitution Day event here, the former Supreme Court judge also said that public interest litigations (PILs) should not be used for political purposes. "We live in the digital era which is helpful for progress and development. There is a phenomenon of increasing the number of internet users. However, 96 per cent of the cyberspace is the Dark Web. It is used for criminal purposes such as exploitation of children, destroying the right to privacy, modern slavery, trafficking, and demanding ransom by data hacking...it must be stopped," the NHRC chief said. "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 .

Banks focusing on client acquisition, less on grievance redress: RBI's Rao

The deputy governor also said that an excessive exposure to risk within banks and financial institutions can lead to catastrophic outcomes if not effectively managed

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

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

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