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Security Operations · Intermediate

Dark Web Monitoring

Watching underground forums, marketplaces and leak sites for stolen data, credentials or threats targeting an organization.

Definition

Monitoring services and intelligence teams search for leaked credentials, access sales by initial access brokers, ransomware leak site postings and discussions of planned attacks. Findings drive password resets, incident investigations and threat assessments.

Example

Discovering employee credentials from an infostealer log sold on a dark web market.

Exam tip

Dark web monitoring is a threat intelligence source, often for operational intelligence.

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