Glossary

What is Dark Web Monitoring?

Dark web monitoring is the continuous surveillance of criminal forums, marketplaces and leak sites for information about your organisation — so you can act before it’s used against you.

Definition

Dark web monitoring, defined

Dark web monitoring is the practice of continuously scanning the dark web, deep web and other criminal sources for data tied to your organisation — leaked credentials, stolen data, brand impersonation and attack planning. Because much of this activity happens out of sight on sites that aren’t indexed by search engines, monitoring gives security teams early warning of threats long before they surface as an incident. Attack Insights focuses on intelligence that is relevant to your brands, domains and people.

Relevance over noise: generic feeds drown teams in data. Effective dark web monitoring correlates findings to your organisation and enriches them with context so they are actionable.

Why it matters

Most breaches are telegraphed in advance

Stolen credentials are traded, access is sold and targets are discussed — often well before an attack lands. Visibility into those signals is the difference between proactive defence and incident response.

Coverage

What dark web monitoring watches for

Leaked credentials

Corporate logins and passwords exposed in breaches and dumps.

Exposed data & secrets

API keys, tokens and sensitive data offered for sale.

Brand impersonation

Look-alike domains, phishing kits and fraudulent use of your brand.

Threat-actor chatter

Discussion and planning that targets your organisation or sector.

Sold access

Initial access to your environment offered by brokers.

Ransomware mentions

Leak-site posts and extortion activity naming your organisation.

How it works

How dark web monitoring works

01

Collect

Continuously gather intelligence from dark, deep and open sources.

02

Correlate

Match findings to your organisation, brands and people.

03

Enrich

Add threat-actor context, TTPs and indicators of compromise.

04

Alert

Deliver prioritised, contextual alerts so you can act fast.

FAQ

Dark Web Monitoring FAQ

What is dark web monitoring?

It is the continuous scanning of dark, deep and criminal sources for information about your organisation, such as leaked credentials and targeted threats.

How is it different from a threat feed?

A generic feed delivers undifferentiated data. Dark web monitoring correlates findings to your organisation and enriches them so they are actionable.

What sources are monitored?

Dark web marketplaces and forums, paste and leak sites, breach databases, ransomware leak sites and open sources.

Can I receive it in my SIEM?

Yes. Attack Insights intelligence can be delivered via API or ingested into your SIEM.

See what’s exposed about you

Get early, relevant warning of the threats targeting your brand, data and people.

External Attack Surface

Discover and monitor every internet-facing asset you own.

Detect new CVEs and exposures as they appear.

Find misconfigurations across AWS, Azure and GCP.

Prove your security controls actually work.

Threat & Digital Risk

Our public threat intelligence platform, in real time.

Spot leaked credentials and targeted threats early.

AI-driven prioritisation that cuts through the noise.

Protect your brand, data and people beyond the perimeter.

API & Email Security

Discover and test externally exposed APIs.

Stop spoofing with SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks.

Dashboards and board-ready security reporting.

Continuously test your public web applications.

Stream validated findings to your SIEM, SOAR and ticketing tools.

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