Subj : New DarkIQ features can provide an early-warning to cyber attacks
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Oct 24 2023 15:00:06

New DarkIQ features can provide an early-warning to cyber attacks

Date:
Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:44:07 +0000

Description:
Latest updates to Dark Web Traffic Monitoring can help stop malware in its 
tracks.

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Searchlight Cyber has released new features as part of its DarkIQ platform, 
allowing live dark web traffic monitoring. 

This unique capability provides its users with the ability to not only gather 
dark web data to help with threat investigation, but also anticipate cyber 
attacks and stop them before sustaining damage. 

By anticipating and stopping cyber threats before they launch an attack, 
there is a significant reduction in both impact and cost. Tor network 
monitoring with a twist 

DarkIQ provides businesses with the ability to monitor traffic between their 
own infrastructure and Tor going in both directions. 

Traffic traveling from the dark web to the company can provide insights into 
hackers attempting to gain access to data or trying to install malware . 
Traffic traveling externally from the company to the dark web can suggest 
that employees are using the dark web, that hackers have already breached a 
company network, or if data is being extracted from company systems and 
uploaded to the dark web. (Image credit: Searchlight Cyber) 

The latest enhancements to the Dark Web Monitoring system include; enhanced 
granularity allowing your cyber security team to see detailed information on 
connections to and from the dark web including how much data is being 
transferred; new visualizations allowing security teams identify threats 
through data analysis; and traffic splitting which divides incoming and 
outgoing traffic to allow more efficient threat identification. 

Dark web traffic between Tor and the corporate network is a very reliable 
datapoint for identifying malicious activity, and we have seen first hand how 
organizations have used it to identify cyberattacks and take preventative 
action before any damage was done, said CTO of Searchlight Cyber, Dr Gareth 
Owenson. 

However, this relies on them firstly having visibility into the traffic, and 
secondly having the data points they need to identify where to start their 
investigation. The enhancements we have made to our Dark Web Traffic 
Monitoring feature provide our customers with even more context, to help them 
assess exactly what malicious activity is taking place, and the best 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/new-darkiq-features-can-provide-an-early-warning
-to-cyber-attacks


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