The stolen Puma data includes the source codes of internal management applications purportedly linked to the company's product management portal. That data could be used by attackers to mount a more sophisticated attack on the company.

Although Phorpiex's C&C servers are currently inactive, anyone who buys the source code could set up their servers and gain access to infected devices.

The dark web is a more flexible tool used in the current epidemic of new crowns and allows for anonymous delivery via cryptocurrencies. Mafia groups have made particular use of the cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Monero.

Last week, information provided to Victoria police by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) prompted the largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure by Australian law enforcement. A 31-year-old woman from Kinglake, north of Melbourne, and a 30-year-old man from Preston were arrested.

A number of police officers in the Bangalore police system with technical knowledge of the Internet and the ability to work with it created teams to track dark web activity, and in January this year, after continuous monitoring of dark web activity, Indian police seized LSD worth Rs. 13 billion.

Consumers should always double check their bank statements to ensure there are no unknown transactions and if there is any suspicious activity, they should contact their bank as soon as possible to freeze the old card and use the new one.

Halifax Public Library caused a data breach as a result of Homewood Health, but to date, neither Homewood Health nor its third-party cybersecurity experts have been able to find any evidence of unauthorized access to any Homewood Health customer application systems.

Reports that the Tokyo Olympics ticket portal leaked some fans' user IDs and passwords that were then posted on the dark web have been called false by the Tokyo Olympic Committee's international communications team.

Advocate Ms. Taylor said her clients entered a cycle of looking at images, downloading them, and storing them, and they succumbed to the urge to do so again.

Interpol will expand Project Pandora to Southeast Asia next year, including countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, to help combat biochemical threats emerging from the dark web.