The Darknet Monitoring tool helps collect and respond to data from various news text feeds.
Darknet feeds monitoring refers to the practice of monitoring and analyzing information, discussions, and activities that take place on the darknet, which is a part of the internet that is intentionally hidden and not indexed by traditional search engines. The darknet includes networks like Tor (The Onion Router) and other anonymizing platforms that allow users to access websites and services while maintaining a higher level of privacy and anonymity.
Darknet feeds monitoring involves tracking and analyzing various sources of information within the darknet, including:
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Forums and Marketplaces: Monitoring discussions, forums, and marketplaces where illicit goods, services, and information may be traded or discussed.
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Threat Intelligence: Gathering intelligence about cyber threats, hacking activities, malware distribution, and other malicious actions taking place on the darknet.
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Data Leaks: Identifying instances where sensitive data, stolen credentials, or private information is being sold or shared on the darknet.
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Illegal Activities: Monitoring for illegal activities such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, counterfeit goods, and other criminal actions.
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Insider Information: Tracking discussions and information leaks related to organizations, industries, and government entities.
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Cybersecurity Research: Conducting research to better understand the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by cybercriminals.
Darknet feeds monitoring serves several purposes:
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Threat Intelligence: Organizations and security professionals can gather insights into emerging threats and vulnerabilities that might impact their systems and data.
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Early Warning: By monitoring darknet discussions, security teams can identify potential attacks or breaches before they become widespread.
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Investigations: Law enforcement agencies and cybersecurity firms use darknet monitoring to investigate cybercriminals and illegal activities.
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Risk Mitigation: Identifying leaked credentials or sensitive information on the darknet helps organizations take steps to mitigate the risk of unauthorized access.
It's important to note that monitoring the darknet requires specialized tools and expertise. Organizations that engage in darknet feeds monitoring often collaborate with cybersecurity firms, law enforcement agencies, and threat intelligence providers to stay informed about emerging threats and protect their digital assets.
¶ Subscriptions and Channels
To use Darknet Monitoring, you need to make subscription to interesting text feeds channels.
¶ Subscribe to predefined channels
There are predefined channels in the system. This way you can check the unsubscribed channels and subscribe to them.
¶ Subscribe to new channels
You can add an individual subscription. With a custom title and icon for the subscription.
You can add multiple subscriptions in bulk.
¶ Duplicates
Duplicates of subscriptions are not added. So you can safely bulk add subscriptions without worrying about it.
¶ History with publications from channels
For all channels, we collect the history of publications. So, even if the information about the publication is removed from the feed on the channel itself, it will remain with us. This may help you find what interests you.
If you subscribe to a channel that exists in the system, you will have access to the history.
¶ Updating
We regularly receive new posts from related channels. But you can force this update if necessary.
¶ Feed
You can watch the feed with publications from subscribed channels. And then go to remote publication by URL.
You can filter publications by subscription.
¶ Triggers and Reactions
Perhaps you want to track the appearance of some special publications.
¶ Triggers
You can create a trigger. It can be a simple keyword or a complex regular expression (regex). All triggers are reduced to lower case. We recommend setting a title for the regular expression for better readability.
¶ Reactions
Reactions are posts that match a trigger.
¶ How we find reactions?
We search match in the available information related to publications, given in lowercase, based on the trigger.