We go into the Dark Web to make sure you stay out of it.
Are your company credentials for sale on the Dark Web?
The Dark Web is a shrouded part of the internet, hidden from search engines where sensitive data is shared and sold. Our Dark Web Monitoring service will scan the dark areas of the web to detect your stolen email addresses, usernames and passwords, and help protect you from cyber threats.
Digital credentials connect you and your staff to business applications and online services. But users will often use the same password across multiple accounts such as network login, social media and online shopping – increasing your risk of compromise.
Cyber criminals know the value of your digital identity. They traffic stolen credentials on the Dark Web to infiltrate your company network to steal data, for identity theft and financial gain through fraud and deception.
But this is difficult to detect until it’s too late.
How we help
We’ll safeguard your digital identity helping to prevent identity theft, data breaches or other cyber-crimes before they happen. Using a sophisticated combination of human and artificial threat intelligence, we monitor the Dark Web in real-time 24/7/365, searching the most secretive corners of the internet for any compromised or exposed company credentials.
24/7/365 monitoring
Searching the most secretive parts of the Dark Web and criminal hacker underground, we continuously monitor your credentials 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Mitigating threats in real-time
We proactively monitor your domain in real-time and are alerted straight away when a cyber threat is detected, so we can act to mitigate this immediately.
We scour millions of sources
We monitor millions of sources including: botnets, criminal and black-market sites that sell credentials; repositories that post these publicly; peer-to-peer networks; forums; private networks; bulletin boards; chat rooms; malicious websites; blogs; and social media sites found only on the Dark Web.
Safe & secure
Our service is safe and secure connecting to multiple Dark Web services including Tor, I2P and Freenet, to search for compromised credentials. It’s completely risk-free and there is no need to connect any of your software or hardware to these high-risk services directly.
Our platform uses sophisticated human and artificial threat intelligence. It enables us to predict industry patterns long before they become trends so we have intelligence to act quickly and keep you and your staff safe.
Threat predictions
Our platform uses sophisticated human and artificial threat intelligence. It enables us to predict industry patterns long before they become trends so we have intelligence to act quickly and keep you and your staff safe.
Extensive logging & reporting
Our extensive logging and reporting capabilities allow us to track and triage incidents so we can create effective policies and procedures to minimise any future risk.
Why you need Dark Web monitoring
- Compromised credentials are used to conduct further criminal activity, such as data breaches of sensitive corporate information, financial fraud and identity theft of individual employees.
- You have limited visibility into when your credentials are stolen; over 75% of compromised credentials are reported to victims by third parties.
- When your employees use their work email on third party websites it makes your business vulnerable to a breach.
- Staff often have the same username and password for multiple services, such as network logon, social media, online stores, banking and other services, exponentially increasing the potential damage from a single compromised credential.
What types of information can we monitor?
We are able to monitor a number of different types of information that, if fallen into the wrong hands, can seriously impact your business. These include:
- Email addresses
- Debit/Credit cards
- Bank details
- Usernames
- Passwords
- Phone numbers
Benefits of our Dark Web monitoring
- Prevents data breaches, identity theft & cyber crime before it happens
- Prevents exposure of credentials to criminals / malicious individuals
- Monitors staff email addresses, usernames & passwords
- Provides enterprise-level credential monitoring capabilities
- Provides actionable intelligence to keep organisation & staff better protected
- Proactive solution providing real-time awareness of compromises
- Enables immediate response to threats to prevent major breach
- Significantly decreases risk of reputational & financial damage
- Demonstrates commitment to protecting own IP & customers/supplier data
- Assists with GDPR compliance & reputation management
Why work with us
Best-of-breed security systems & tools
Certified team dedicated to you
ISO, ITIL accredited
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Dark Web FAQ’s
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What is the Dark Web?
The Dark Web is a collection of hidden sites which can only be accessed using a specialist web browser. Some people use it purely because it provides anonymity and they don’t want to be tracked whilst using the web. However, this inevitably means that it is largely used by criminals who want to cover up their tracks.
This part of the internet can only be found if you’re actively looking for it. There are specific tools you would need, and it can’t be accessed through mainstream search engines.
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When and how the Dark Web started
You might be surprised to find out that the browser that allows users to remain anonymous on the web was actually prototyped by the US Naval Research Laboratory. The aim was to allow secret agents to communicate without risking the interception of their conversations and destinations.
Unfortunately, criminals soon realised that this browser would be ideal to carry out their illicit activities without being tracked easily.
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Difference between the Dark Web and the Deep Web
The Dark Web is contained within the ‘Deep Web’, a sublayer of the Internet.
The Deep Web itself isn’t malicious, it simply refers to the parts of the internet that can’t be accessed by search engines like Google, Bing, etc. The Deep Web is actually more than 500 times the size of the indexed ‘surface’ internet that you can access through search engines.
Things like your email inbox and Netflix subscriptions, for example, are part of the Deep Web – imagine if anyone could access these from a quick Google search!
The Dark Web, then, is simply a different part of the Deep Web which is used mainly for illicit activity.
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Why should I be concerned?
The Dark Web holds a vast amount of data and personal information stolen in cyberattacks. One of the many criminal activities it’s used for is as a marketplace for selling stolen data.
Email addresses, usernames and passwords, that have been obtained in cyberattacks, are sold to criminals that will use them to gain access to critical business applications, as well as online services. And, because most people reuse the same passwords across multiple accounts, it only takes a single breach for cybercriminals to potentially access all of a user’s other online accounts.
If your user credentials are stolen and then sold, it would allow criminals to infiltrate your company network to steal data and sensitive corporate information and conduct other malicious activities.
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How to check if your credentials are up for sale on the dark web
For business use:
- Dark Web monitoring is an effective way of finding out whether your business and/or employee details are available on the Dark Web.
For personal use:
- Mozilla’s Firefox Monitor tool and the Have I Been Pwned? tool allow you to enter your personal email address and see if it has been involved in any data breaches.
- Google’s Password Checkup tool lets you know if any passwords connected to your Google account have been compromised or are weak.
- Please note that these methods are not intended for business use.
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What is Dark Web Monitoring?
It is a way of scanning the dark areas of the web in order to detect whether credentials relating to your business and/or employees are up for sale on the Dark Web.
This does not involve your IT infrastructure, and works by connecting to a variety of Dark Web servers through which evidence of compromised credentials can be found. It will scour botnets, criminal and black market sites, repositories, peer-to-peer networks, forums, private networks, bulletin boards, chat rooms, malicious websites, blogs and social media sites based in the Deep/Dark Web. And, if stolen data is detected, you can take emergency steps to reduce potential damage.
A dark web scan is a one-off occurrence which is a starting point for finding out whether your business is at risk, but Dark Web monitoring is an ongoing service which continuously searches, monitors and reports on the presence of your organisation’s credentials on the Dark Web.
With monitoring in place, you can rest assured that any evidence of stolen sensitive data will be caught and remediated as quickly as possible.
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