When you speak Cyber ​​protection It is always emphasized that all users, without exception, should be careful when clicking on unknown links, downloading files and even what they post on social networks. Believe me “It will never happen to me“It is a common mistake, as credentials can be Sold in a dark network by hackers Or Deep network (Deep network).

We must remember that the Deep Web can be found on the Internet and Its pages can be accessed through a browser and a search engine, Similar to the Surface Web that everyone knows and uses. The difference is that Sites like YouTube, FacebookWikipedia, Twitter, by the way, is indexedThis means that they are publicly visible in the first results of the search engine. Deep websites are not indexed.

According to the Royal Academy of Spain (RAE), The word indexing means: “orderly registration of data and information to prepare its index”. This means that these are sites that appear in Google results, for example. Although the sites found on the Surface Web are huge, they are a small part of the internet.

Non-indexed sites remain in the “deep” part. Many of them are not “evil” because these are sites that are known by name “Intranet” And used by companies to communicate with their employees.

However, this option of not appearing in search engines was used by hackers to sell illegal items, such as: the personal data of the persons who attacked Social Engineering.

In addition to child pornography sites, violent videos, drugs or fake documents, there are For sale medical records, subscriber service certificates, driving licenses Scanned, by the way, according to the data Kaspersky, They are worth the following:

– Data credit cardFrom 6 to 10 USD.

– Driving licenses Scanned, from $ 5 to $ 25.

– Passports Scanned, $ 6 to $ 15.

– Subscriber servicesFrom $ 0.5 to $ 8.

– Selfie with documentsFrom $ 40 to $ 60.

– ისტორიაMedical historyFrom $ 1 to $ 30.

– IDFrom $ 0.5 to $ 10.

The last item also includes full name, date of birth, social security number, email, cell phone and other details. While the price may seem affordable, Entering a dark network to make purchases can be risky.

Part of the danger lies in the delivery There may be fraudThat is, the transaction is complete, but the purchase is never accepted or something does not match. On the other hand, that Cyberpolice or hackers They will discover it.

It should be noted that the transaction is in a deep network Bitcoin is needed (In fact they are known as Deep Web currencies). Cryptocurrency is the safest method of making purchases without trackingThis is due to the fact that they are decentralized and do not go beyond the vision of financial entities.

Another reason for its use is thanks to the chain blocks (Blockchain) Because their analysis requires large technological investment and data collection from all its nodes.

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