Articles by Muhammad Anas

Muhammad Anas

Muhammad Anas

Anas tracks the hidden corners of the internet so you don’t have to, delivering daily news on cybercrime, leaks, and online threats. At DarkWebDecoded.com, he turns breaking developments into straightforward, reliable updates.

Empire Market’s Operators Told Users to Mix Their Crypto. Blockchain Forensics Found Them Anyway.
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Empire Market Bitcoin Forfeiture: Crypto Mixing Didn’t Hide the Operators

Empire Market operators Raheim Hamilton and Thomas Pavey are forfeiting a combined 2,814 Bitcoin, worth over $280 million at current…

Muhammad Anas
Oct 10, 2026
5 min read
Cl0p Published Shell and Philips Data on the Dark Web. Here’s What BNR Found.
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Cl0p Published Shell and Philips Data on the Dark Web. Here’s What BNR Found.

Russian ransomware group Cl0p published data it claims to have stolen from Shell and Philips on the dark web in…

Muhammad Anas
Oct 10, 2026
6 min read
Raheim Hamilton Gets 40 Years for Running Empire Market, a $430M Dark Web Drug Marketplace
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Raheim Hamilton Gets 40 Years for Running Empire Market, a $430M Dark Web Drug Marketplace

Raheim Hamilton, 30, of Suffolk, Virginia, was sentenced on October 6, 2026, to 40 years in federal prison and fined…

Muhammad Anas
Oct 8, 2026
5 min read
Ontinue Built What Most Dark Web Monitoring Tools Are Missing
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Ontinue Built What Most Dark Web Monitoring Tools Are Missing: A Response Function

Ontinue launched ION for Dark Web Monitoring (DWM) on October 6, 2026, as a managed add-on to its ION MXDR…

Muhammad Anas
Oct 7, 2026
6 min read
A Hacker Claims 25 Million Medicare Files Are for Sale
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A Hacker Claims 25 Million Medicare Files Are for Sale. Here’s What Australia Knows So Far.

A threat actor called Saotome listed a claimed database of 25 million Medicare records on a dark web forum on…

Muhammad Anas
Oct 6, 2026
7 min read
Japan’s Keio Corporation Hit by Ransomware Attack, Services Disrupted
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Keio Ransomware Attack – Hotel Systems Hit, Trains Spared

Keio Corporation confirmed a ransomware attack on its group servers detected in the early hours of September 26, 2026. The…

Muhammad Anas
Oct 1, 2026
6 min read
SFR Hit by a Second Claimed Hack in Weeks. 15,817 Fibre Customer Records Up for Sale
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SFR Hit by a Second Claimed Hack in Weeks. 15,817 Fibre Customer Records Up for Sale

On September 29, 2026, a threat actor named Syrv4x claimed to be selling a database of 15,817 SFR fiber customer…

Muhammad Anas
Oct 1, 2026
6 min read
FBI Blocks Over $1 Billion in Cyber Fraud as Online Scam Losses Surge
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The FBI Froze $679 Million From Cyber Scammers. Here’s How It Works and What to Do If You’re a Victim.

The FBI’s Recovery Asset Team (RAT) froze $679 million of $1.16 billion in attempted cyber theft in 2025, a 58%…

Muhammad Anas
Oct 1, 2026
6 min read
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Daniel Greaves: East Yorkshire Man Used Dark Web to Build 110,000-File Collection Over Nine Years

Daniel Greaves, 35, of Patrington, East Yorkshire, received a two-year suspended sentence at Hull Crown Court on September 28, 2026,…

Muhammad Anas
Sep 30, 2026
5 min read
Fake Cloudflare Pages on Hacked Ukrainian Sites Are Installing a New Stealer That Drains Crypto Wallets
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Psychedelic Stealer Uses Fake Cloudflare Pages in Ukraine

Attackers have compromised legitimate Ukrainian business websites and injected code that displays fake Cloudflare verification pages in Ukrainian. When visitors…

Muhammad Anas
Sep 29, 2026
6 min read