DarkTracer and DarkTrace are two different companies, and it's clear that the LockBit ransomware group got confused! It seems that Darktrace company has not been breached by LockBit - and has not even been a target. Instead, the newly added entry on the LockBit leak site is apparently a response to recent tweets from DarkTracer, a Singaporean dark web threat intelligence company that has nothing to do with Darktrace company.

Elude.in, once considered one of the most reliable anonymous encryption exchange services on the dark web, has been in operation for over five years. In addition to serving as a cryptocurrency exchange and mixer, they also provide a free anonymous email service, which is also popular among dark web users. It is confusing that currently, Elude.in's dark and clear web sites, along with all of its services, remain online, seeming to carry out the exit scam to the end.

Only a few days after a dramatic relaunch, Dread, a well-known forum focused on communicating about the dark web market, is once again offline for the same reason: what co-administrator HugBunter calls a "well-funded DDOS attack". The high volume of DDOS attacks, even though the site has been updated and revamped, is still indefensible.

Dread Forum was officially restored on March 6, although it seems to be back to normal, however, not every time can be successfully accessed, now access to its dark website most of the time is still showing the status page.

This article, "ODN" introduces the top three Russian cybercrime forums on the dark web to watch in 2023, and where companies need to focus their monitoring efforts.

AlphaBay's senior administrator, TheCypriot, posted a PGP signature message on Reddit warning users of the marketplace to stay away from it until the problems arising from the absence of its creator, DeSnake, are resolved.

Customers are confused about the state of the AlphaBay market because Desnake, the AlphaBay market administrator, has been missing for more than five weeks and canary, which is used for website signatures, has not been updated.

The "ONION LIST" is for fraud. Only a few of the 372 dark Web sites listed on the "ONION LIST" are "reviewed and rated" and "promoted". The rest of the sites are scam sites run by the group or its collaborators, so please stay away from the "Onion List" and do not trust the links listed.

The U.S. Department of Justice has dismantled an international ransomware network responsible for extorting and attempting to extort hundreds of millions of dollars from victims in the U.S. and around the world. The Hive ransomware ring has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from more than 1,500 victims in hospitals, schools, financial companies, and critical infrastructure in more than 80 countries around the world.

Libre Forum, a new forum coded from scratch, claims to want to provide the dark web community with an alternative to freely discussing the ideas of dark web users. They are still in the early stages of building the site, so there is a lot to look forward to. The forum has a nice user interface and full functionality, and access is relatively quick.