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Dark web monitoring
MyCyberIQ’s Dark web monitoring service is an effective and cost-efficient way to monitor your presence on the dark web and prevent hacking. By monitoring your exposure to the dark web and by exposing any dark web security vulnerabilities via a regular reporting mechanism, we can confidently help you stay aware of the latest cyber threats to your organization.
According to techjury.net, “the Dark Web will be 6% of the Internet market share in 2022.“
Since the dark web has grown in popularity over the last several years, it is no longer a platform only criminals use. Instead, businesses also use these portals to explore and watch new competitors. With the rise in the importance of dark web monitoring services, it can be a valuable service tool for organizations.
We protect our clients from potential threats to retain and grow their customer base. This means keeping up-to-date with the latest malware threats, vulnerabilities and exploits by monitoring the dark web regularly to catch any signs of malicious activity before it happens.
Our Dark web monitoring provides fast results that lead to better decisions. This is especially true for organizations who have limited resources and need immediate visibility into emerging threats. Our services allows you to identify threats before they spread or become widespread enough to impact your clients or business operations. Stay Aware. Stay Smart. Stay Secure.
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Penetration testing and Ethical hacking exercises simulate an attacker’s technique to break into vulnerable applications.
According to the 2022 DBIR Verizon report, roughly 80% of attacks on web applications leverage stolen credentials. And 81% of data breaches leverage stolen or weak passwords. Dark web monitoring can mitigate this by alerting when credentials are found on the Dark Web and taking preventive measures.
With the recent change in attack vectors and techniques cybersecurity specialists must change their testing techniques to reflect the latest strategies used by cybercriminals.
Using dark Web Scans for Penetration tests
Dark web monitoring is a powerful tool for testing the security of online systems and internal networks. With this service cybersecurity specialists performing penetration tests and ethical hacking exercises can scan the dark web to look for compromised credentials, disclosed vulnerabilities or confidential data that could compromise customer systems.
Additionally, this service may also be used to extract information about the most vulnerable users and include these risks in the final report.
How attackers leverage stolen credentials to access applications
According to the National Cyber Security Alliance, 47 percent of all SMBs were hit by a successful cyberattack, and of that number, 60 percent went out of business. Most hacking-related breaches leverage stolen or weak passwords that are often exposed in the DarkWeb and then used by cyber criminals to access employee accounts in enterprise applications. This strategy is especially effective considering that roughly 72 percent of people reuse one or two passwords everywhere.
When an online service is compromised and user credentials are stolen, they usually end up being traded on the Dark Web. These credentials are then purchased and used by malicious actors to gain access to enterprise systems and other services that share the same or similar email/user and password.
According to Hacked.com, small businesses are in a new era of cyberattacks. Recent reports show a 434 percent uptick in hacks on unexpecting establishments, with 42 percent of them closing their doors after the dreaded data breach. The news headlines are riddled with tales of the latest cyber-attacks on big business. Whether the Target hack that left millions of faithful customers open to credit card fraud or the ransom attack on Colonial Pipeline that brought this major gas pipeline to a standstill, digital thieves declared an all-out war on data security. Still, with the next generation of cybersecurity tools and specialists on the hunt, businesses are adopting new techniques to protect their data.
While the big boys weather the storm, many smaller enterprises and municipalities fall prey to ransom demands climbing in the millions. Industry leaders are turning to MyCyberIQ for cybersecurity expertise. This “Dark Web Monitoring” platform keeps an eye on the bad guys operating in shady places like black market sites, P2P networks, hidden chat rooms, botnets, and private websites.”
The Impact of the Dark Web on Cybersecurity
81 percent of hacking-related breaches leverage stolen or weak passwords that are often exposed in the DarkWeb and then used by cyber criminals to access employee accounts in enterprise applications. This strategy is especially effective considering that roughly 72 percent of people reuse one or two passwords everywhere. MyCyberIQ aims to protect businesses from the dangers of the DarkWeb by scanning the darkest places of the internet 24×7, alerting and taking action when potentially dangerous information is found so that preventive actions are taken. MyCyberIQ watches for relevant information, credentials, vulnerabilities and indicators of ongoing or future attacks to keep organizations one step ahead. More than 20 Billion records have been collected historically and millions are added daily.
White hat experts are essential in this new cybersecurity era. Millions of confidential database records are exposed and traded daily, and to the right hacker, it is a treasure trove of information. A nimble and proficient defense system can not only monitor the systems for vulnerabilities and alert users, but it stops malicious actors before they can do any damage.
Dark web monitoring contributes to organizations’ compliance security controls by mitigating multiple attack vectors. The following list summarizes a few examples.
The Cost of Dark Web Monitoring For Business
According to a Deloitte study, the average company spends up to 14 percent of the annual IT budget staving off cybersecurity threats. Still, even with that investment, some businesses have fallen prey to hackers to the tune of millions in loss and revenue and irreparable damage to their brand name. MyCyberIQ has a better way forward by securing ecosystems with their proprietary cyber security system that thwarts the criminal plans to use weak or lessened passwords or confidential data often found on the DarkWeb.
DarkWeb monitoring for businesses are usually expensive with an average annual cost of 30 to 50 thousand dollars. Thus making this essential solution not affordable for many organizations with limited cybersecurity budget. MyCyberIQ enables real-time monitoring for five different elements: emails, domains, IPs, user names and phone numbers. Get started today and protect your business.
How to Protect your data from the Dark Web
The best solution is to monitor the Dark Web and protect your company and clients by proactively identifying compromised or stolen data before malicious actors can use it. By fighting fire with fire you can keep an eye on the bad guys operating in shady places like black market sites, P2P networks, hidden chat rooms, botnets and private websites. Once clients or employee credentials are found, act quickly to mitigate the threat.
Mitigating a Threat
Once the data has been compromised, the best immediate step is to reset user credentials and review activity logs to ensure the attacker has not gained access already.
The next steps include data removal from the Dark Web. Even though the data might be already out there, it is possible to use legal resources to attempt a data takedown. MyCyberIQ mitigations provide step by step instructions to help mitigate data breaches.