COVID

Eden David and Sony Salzman report that coronavirus testkits are still not available to consumers(see https://lnkd.in/g-NrxQ6). It is not surprising in this sense that darknet vendor offer test kits for a reasonable price.

Ad from the darknet scrap. Wishful thinking? Love the mention for the isrealites (israel ?) Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group Georgia State University – Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

#chloroquine ads are popping on #darknet #markets and #telegram channels like mushrooms after the first rain Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group Georgia State University – Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Briana Vannoz reports that infectious disease experts are searching for a #covid19 #antidote (see here https://lnkd.in/eWqiWY6). Looks like this #darkent #vendor could help in this race 🤔. Any one willing to purchase for $10k?

Simone Weichselbaum and @weihua li from The Marshall Project that one of the outcomes of #covid19 is a reduction in #crime rates in some major metropolitans in the #USA (see https://lnkd.in/ekJzHJX).  John MacDonald believes this finding is a direct result of people sheltering at home. Interestingly, although the authors focus on offline crime, we observe a slow down of SOME types of #criminal activities in #online environment as well. Take a look for example at the #TELEGRAM screenshot attached. This screenshot is taken from a #fullz and #dumps telegram chancel that the  Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group at Georgia State University – Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at monitors (in addition to monitoring over 30 #darknet markets, we monitor more than 500 Telegram channels used by online criminals to communicate with each others, as well as sell and buy illegal commodities). Looks like “shelter at home” complicates also the “cashing out” tasks for money #mules and online #fraudsters