
By Brad Liggett
The Deep & Dark Web is a mystery to most in the mainstream today: many have heard about it, but few understand just a fraction of what’s going on there.
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Planning your roadmap, executing your projects, and keeping an eye on the barrage of ransomware headlines, it’s understandable if you and your team are feeling some anxiety.
Cyber anxiety can indeed be paralyzing, but new software solutions have the potential to become game-changers for IT departments. These automated programs will hunt the Deep & Dark Web for you, trawling through the deepest and dirtiest pools, looking for the next threat that has your name on it.
There are many facets to what I’ll call “The Underground.” It extends beyond the Deep & Dark Web to: unindexed Web forums, messaging boards, and marketplaces, encrypted messaging systems, and code repositories. It is simply impossible for a human analyst to sort through it all.
Additionally, filtering through these channels is made even more difficult due to language barriers, as well as gaining trust and access to these various forums.