DarkCyber for July 24, 2018, Now Available
July 24, 2018
DarkCyber for July 24, 2018, is now available at www.arnoldit.com/wordpress and on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/281132690 .
Stephen E Arnold’s DarkCyber is a weekly video news and analysis program about the Dark Web and lesser known Internet services.
This week’s program covers five Dark Web and security related stories.
The first story reports that a hacker stole technical details of the hunter killer MQ9 Reaper drone. These documents were offered for sale on a Dark Web eCommerce site. The documents in the wrong hands could lead to a bad actor’s development of jamming technology.
Second, the consumerization of encrypted blockchain services is accelerating. The Chinese electronics giant Huawei has announced that it will release a blockchain enable mobile phone in the fall of 2018. The idea is to make it easy to use digital currency from a mobile device. Each device can function as a node on the network which would expand the use of digital currency.
Third, Opera has released as a beta product of its flagship browser with a built in digital currency wallet. The implementation eliminates most of the technical complexity associated with using Bitcoin or other digital currencies. Stephen E Arnold, author of Dark Web Notebook, said: “Consumerization of encrypted services can be a plus for some business transactions. However, if the user of the encrypted services engages in illegal activity, the challenge for law enforcement becomes significantly more difficult for some investigations.”
The fourth story reports that German authorities are stepping up certain Tor related activities. Operators of Tor nodes and computers providing Tor relay services were seized in multiple locations in the country. German authorities allegedly wanted information about the use of Tor as well as the names of individuals who have contributed money to the US based Tor Project, a non profit organization sponsoring the development of the Tor software bundle.
The final story discloses that Mozambique has developed a fast growing heroin smuggling industry. The infrastructure used by the bad actors is based on mobile phones and WhatsApp messaging software. The heroin business now rivals Mozambique’s coal exporting business in revenue.
DarkCyber is released weekly on Tuesday at 0130 am US Eastern time.
Kenny Toth, July 24, 2018
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