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The Dark Dive podcast is designed to demystify the dark web - arming you with everything you need to know about what the dark web is and how it is used. Join us for a deep dive into dark web markets, hacking forums, and ransomware leak sites. Listen to real life stories from experts that feature criminals buying and selling stolen data, trading exploits, and planning cyberattacks from the dark web. Most importantly, find out how the cybersecurity and law enforcement community can do something about it.Want to find out more?Email: thedarkdive@slcyber.ioWebsite: www.slcyber.ioLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/searchlight-cyberX: www.twitter.com/SLCyberSecWeekly newsletter: www.slcyber.io/beacon/
Searchlight Cyber hosts The Dark Dive, a technology show with 21 episodes published.
In this episode of The Dark Dive we check in on the ransomware landscape, following major developments identified by the Searchlight Cyber threat intelligence team. Luke Donovan, Head of Threat Intelligence at Searchligh
On May 7th, 2025 the notorious ransomware group LockBit’s dark web leak site displayed an unusual message: “Don’t do crime, crime is bad xoxo from Prague”. Alongside this text was the link to an archive file, containing
This month's episode of The Dark Dive revisits the topic of Attack Surface Management. In particular, how it relates to a relatively new cybersecurity term, CTEM: Continuous Threat Exposure Management. In a lively discus
This month's episode of The Dark Dive tackles the thorny issue of hacktivism: hackers that are driven by ideological - rather than financial - motivations. Threat intelligence experts Luke Donovan and Vlad join the podca
This bumper episode of The Dark Dive features no fewer than four co-founders, as the CEO and CTO of Searchlight Cyber (Ben Jones and Gareth Owenson) are joined by their counterparts from the Attack Surface Management com
In this episode of The Dark Dive we look at how specific individuals - Executives, VIPs, and high-net worths - are targeted by cybercriminals and on the dark web. Ahead of the launch of their Digital Footprint Review ser
In the first episode back of the year we've assembled two of Searchlight Cyber's threat intelligence experts to give their take on what we can expect from the dark web in 2025. Louise Ferrett and Luke Donovan say what th
In this episode of The Dark Dive we're looking at a particular type of malware called Information Stealers or "infostealers". This malware is designed to (you guessed it!) steal information from infected devices. Threat
This episode of The Dark Dive focuses on encrypted communication apps, including Telegram, Tox, Signal, Session, and Jabber. While not strictly speaking part of the "dark web", these apps are used by the same criminals t
In this episode of The Dark Dive we're joined by incident response heavyweight Caleb Barlow (former head of IBM X-Force and now CEO of Cyberbit) and Searchlight Cyber's Head of Threat Intelligence Luke Donovan to discuss
Can you quantify the risk the dark web poses to organizations? In this episode of the podcast, we discuss a landmark study that has tried to do just that. We're joined by Scott Stransky, Managing Director and Head of the
This episode of the podcast looks at the Qilin ransomware group's attack on the UK's National Health Service. Or - more accurately - their ransomware attack against Synnovis, a third party pathology testing organization
This episode of The Dark Dive takes a listener's question as a jumping off point to talk about the topic of data leaked on the dark web. Guests Luke Donovan and Adam Wilson discuss noteworthy data leaks from over the yea
In the first episode of season two, The Dark Dive takes a forensic look at Operation Cronos, the international law enforcement takedown of the notorious ransomware group LockBit. Dr. Gareth Owenson and Louise Ferrett giv
The final episode of this limited series looks at how law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals can respond to the dark web criminality outlined in the previous five episodes. Returning guest Dr. Gareth Owenson is
This episode of The Dark Dive looks at what host Aidan Murphy describes as "dark web service providers" - i.e. the services that keep dark web criminality ticking. In particular, threat intelligence experts Carlito Persc
In this episode of The Dark Dive we look at how cyber defender's biggest nemeses - ransomware groups - use the dark web. Returning threat intelligence experts Jim Simpson and Louise Ferrett explain all of the functions o
We're joined by threat intelligence experts Joe Honey and Vlad to delve into dark web hacking forums. The conversation covers how dark web forums differ from regular internet forums, the topics that users are discussing,
In this episode of The Dark Dive - the podcast that delves into the depths of the dark web - we take a forensic look at dark web markets. Guests Louise Ferrett and Dave Osler outline the different types of marketplaces t
In this first episode of The Dark Dive we start at the beginning, with the question: what is the dark web? Renowned dark web academic Dr. Gareth Owenson and threat intelligence expert Jim Simpson define exactly what the
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