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CTV News
2 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Some NS Power customers' info on the dark web
Atlantic Watch Some Nova Scotia Power customers say their personal information has shown up on the dark web.
Associated Press
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Countdown to Terror: New Book 'Murder.net' Delivers Gripping Cyber-Thriller for the Dark Web Era
When murders are livestreamed for paying viewers, every second counts. is a chilling thriller about the dark web's deadly side. WEST PALM BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES, May 30, 2025 / / -- A chilling new thriller pulls readers deep into the darkest corners of the internet. - Countdown to The Next Nightmare by author John Colascione is a pulse-pounding ride through a digital nightmare—where a sadistic killer livestreams his murders to the highest bidder, and the countdown to the next victim is always ticking. When LAPD intern Amanda Curtis joins the Homicide Bureau, she's prepared for crime scenes and long hours—but nothing could prepare her for The Headhunter. This ruthless predator targets young women with promises of fame, only to broadcast their brutal deaths live on a dark-web platform called Each murder is staged with chilling precision. Each broadcast ends in silence, save for a blood-red countdown clock marking the time until the next killing. As Amanda and her mentor, Detective Michael Peters, chase a killer who's always one step ahead, they must navigate the tangled world of cybercrime, media frenzy, and their own growing personal tensions. Every clue brings them closer—until the killer turns his game on them. ' is more than a thriller,' says Colascione. 'It's a warning shot about how easily technology can become a tool for terror—and how the dark web blurs the lines between entertainment and horror.' is available now in paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon. For fans of dark, high-stakes thrillers like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Bone Collector, is a must-read exploration of obsession, technology, and the dangerous games played in the digital shadows. For orders and information: For media inquiries, review copies, or interviews, please email [email protected] About the Author John Colascione is a digital entrepreneur, author, and founder of SEARCHEN NETWORKS®, a leading digital marketing agency specializing in search engine optimization (SEO) and web marketing solutions. With over two decades of experience navigating the evolving landscape of online technology, Colascione brings a unique insider's perspective to the dark web thriller His work explores the intersection of technology, media, and human behavior—drawing from real-world insights into how digital platforms can both empower and endanger society. John Colascione Searchen Networks® +1 561-370-7366 email us here Visit us on social media: LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Sky News
3 days ago
- Health
- Sky News
Kyle Enos: Man who made and sold poisonous diet pills is jailed
A man who made and sold poisonous diet pills has been jailed. DNP is poisonous to humans and has been banned for human consumption in the UK. The industrial chemical, which is officially known as 2,4-Dinitrophenol, has been illegally sold as a pill for weight loss, according to police. Kyle Enos, 33, from Maesteg, Bridgend, was jailed for three years on Thursday after a multi-agency investigation. DNP can cause serious physical side effects or death, according to the Food Standards Agency. Enos was found to have purchased the pure form sodium salt of the powder from China via the dark web. He made the pills using cutting agents and a pill press in his bedroom and advertised them on a website he had made. After receiving orders via email, he would ship the products within the UK and beyond, disguising them as vitamins and minerals. Following the investigation, he was charged with multiple drug offences and pleaded guilty at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on 1 May. 'Extremely ill or even dying' He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court for one count of member of public import/acquire/possess/use of a regulated substance without licence, one count of supply regulated substance to member of public without verifying licence and one count of supply of regulated poison by person other than a pharmacist. He was also found to have failed to comply with a serious crime prevention order (SCPO) after a previous conviction for the supply of the Class A drug Fentanyl. Detective Constable Kieran Morris, of South Wales Police's regional organised crime unit (ROCU) Tarian, said Enos was supplying the pills "with no safety precautions in place", which could have led to buyers "becoming extremely ill or even dying". "Tarian ROCU are committed to safeguarding members of the public not only within our region, but across the United Kingdom and beyond," he added. Alison Abbott, head of the National Crime Agency's prisons and lifetime management unit, said SCPOs were "a powerful tool" to help prevent those convicted of "serious offences" from reoffending after their release from prison. "This case should serve as a warning to others," she added.
Forbes
6 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
94 Billion Stolen Browser Tracking Cookies Published To Dark Web
Billions of leaked browser tracking cookies are available on the dark web. Although you would be right to be concerned about the number of compromised credentials that have been published to the dark web, some 19 billion passwords alone, there's more to worry about than just the stolen password problem. Even as the FBI is recognized for having success as part of Operation RapTor, disrupting dark web marketplaces, and Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit likewise for disrupting the Lumma Stealer password-compromising malware infrastructure, so the true scope of shadowy criminal hacker resource forums emerges. The latest research has confirmed the truly staggering number of stolen browser tracking cookies that have been published on the dark web, all 94 billion, along with the hacking threats that accompany them. Here's what you need to know. Nord Security's Aurelija Skebaite has revealed in a May 27 report how threat exposure researchers at NordStellar analyzed 93.7 stolen browser cookies found on the dark web. While most cookies can be thought of as harmless enough, in the overall scheme of life on the internet, once they get into the wrong hands, all bets are off. 'Even the smallest crumb can reveal a whole digital trail,' Skebaite warned, 'so accepting web cookies blindly can be a risky habit.' The newly published research reveals just how risky. The research revealed what NordVPN has called a massive malware operation. The total of 94 billion cookies stolen is bad enough, a 74% increase from the 2024 report totals from the same researchers, but more than 20% of them are currently active and pose a threat to user privacy and security, which is even worse. There are some 18 billion assigned IDs and 1.2 billion session IDs exposed, critical data types when it comes to identifying users and securing their online accounts. 'The stolen information often included full names, email addresses, cities, passwords, and physical addresses,' Skebaite said, 'key personal data that can be used for identity theft, fraud, and unauthorized account access.' Digging into the data, the researchers found that there were more than 4.5 billion cookies associated with Gmail, Google Drive and assorted Google services, with YouTube and Microsoft also accounting for more than a billion cookies each. 'Popular platforms make for tasty targets because you can scrape more information off of them,' Skebaite explained. Here's the kicker, though, using stolen session cookies could give hackers access to email, files, calendars, and accounts, 'with no need to guess passwords or trigger two-factor authentication.' Several mitigations can be considered, including blocking cookies and not accepting them initially. Rejecting unnecessary cookies is always a good move, and third-party ones that track you, especially so. You can always reject them, and if it impacts your use of a website, then you have the option to go back and accept. Whatever, I would recommend clearing your browser cookie cache, along with your browsing history, on a regular basis. If nothing else, as Skebaite said, 'it helps reduce the window of time during which your data can be hijacked.'
Forbes
23-05-2025
- Forbes
Dark Web Down — Hundreds Arrested As FBI Strikes
Operation RapTor hits Dark Web hard. Anything that disrupts the criminal dark web is a good thing. Especially when those underground marketplaces, only accessible using specialized browser software and by those with highly vetted criminal credentials, are home to the sale of 19 billion stolen passwords, organized and prolific cybercrime gangs, and ransomware initial access brokers. But there's more to the dark web than passwords and malware; there's also a global trade in the most dangerous of recreational drugs. The FBI has now coordinated a strike against some of the leading dark web drug dealers selling everything from cocaine and methamphetamine, right through to Fentanyl. With 270 arrests, the FBI is determined to take this deadly part of the dark web down. Here's what you need to know. Don't get me wrong, the so-called dark web does a lot of good in providing a safe space online for the persecuted and at risk when the surface web could be too dangerous a place for them to gather. However, sadly, it's also one of the most evil areas of the internet, and that's not a term I use lightly. When you get arms dealers, drug dealers, pedophiles and people traffickers all in the one place, not to mention the cybercrime operators trading in stolen data and account access, it is hard to come up with a more appropriate word. Although by its very nature, the dark web operates under the radar to some degree, that doesn't mean it is out of reach of law enforcement, as Operation RapTor has just proven. Operation RapTor has, in effect, taken a significant portion of the dark web down. Specifically, that which deals in deadly drugs such as fentanyl. 'In Operation RapTor, participating law enforcement agencies in the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia arrested 270 darknet vendors, buyers, and administrators,' the FBI confirmed. In all, more than 317 pounds of fentanyl were seized, and given that 2 pounds could kill around 500,000 people according to the FBI, that's no small potatoes. "By cowardly hiding online, these traffickers have wreaked havoc across our country and directly fueled the fentanyl crisis and gun violence impacting our American communities and neighborhoods," FBI Director Kash Patel said. "But the ease and accessibility of their crimes ends today." 'We're trying to keep people safe,' Aaron Pinder, unit chief of the Hi-Tech Organized Crime Unit at FBI Headquarters, responsible for the running of the FBI's Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement team, said. 'We have become very adept at identifying the individuals behind these marketplaces, no matter what role they're in, whether they're an administrator or a vendor, a money launderer, or indeed a buyer.' Like most such criminal infrastructure disruptions, this won't be the end of dark web drug dealing. Far from it, sadly. However, by taking out big players, dark web admins and buyers included, it will surely slow things down for a while. And that, my friends, has got to be a good thing.
